Want to work for a purpose driven, family run business? Keen to work in a customer service focused logistics operation?
Dunsters Farm Foodservice is an award-winning, independent food wholesaler with depots in Bury and Oswestry. We are seeking an experienced and driven Warehouse Team Leader to manage a team within our fast-paced warehouse operations within the FMCG / Food sector at our Bury depot. If you thrive in a fast-growing environment and are excited by the challenges of operational excellence, we want to hear from you.
Location: Based at Bury (Head Office)
Contract: Full-time, Permanent, 37.5 hours per week, Sunday to Thursday 20.00 – 04.00
Reports to: Nights Shift Manager
Salary: up to £29,000
Job Role
We are seeking an experienced Warehouse Team Leader/ Supervisor (Nights) to oversee daily warehouse operations, ensuring efficiency, safety, and accuracy. The successful candidate will manage a pick and loading team in a fast-paced environment. The position is suitable for candidates eager to develop their managerial expertise within a dynamic organisation.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and coordinate daily warehouse activities for the pick team including order assignment and stock queries
- Organise forklift operations, including loading and unloading goods safely using appropriate mechanical knowledge
- Work with the transport team to ensure all vehicles are loaded in a timely fashion
- Ensure all invoice paperwork is correctly printed and ready for the drivers to use for their daily routes
- Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations Lead, motivate and support the warehouse team to achieve daily targets
- Oversee pick operations ensuring orders are processed accurately and efficiently
- Ensure all warehouse procedures and health and safety standards are followed
- Train and support warehouse staff to maintain high standards
- Check vehicles for loading accuracy
Skills and Experience Required
Essential
- Proven experience in warehouse management or supervisory roles within a logistics or distribution environment
- Good organisational skills with attention to detail in inventory control and documentation
- accuracy
- Physical capability for heavy lifting tasks and standing for extended periods during shifts.
- A positive, reliable and hands-on approach with a strong work ethic
Desirable
- Counter-Balance and Reach Truck Licence
Our Core Values
Our values are the foundation of everything we do at Dunsters Farm:
- Get Results: we strive for excellence, driving efficiency and delivering outstanding outcomes.
- One Team: we work together, united by a common goal, supporting and empowering each other.
- Give Back: we make a positive impact on our community and our environment through responsible business.
- Legendary Customer Service: we go above and beyond to exceed our customers' expectations, every time.
- Own It: we take ownership of our actions, responsibilities and results, always striving to improve.
- World-Leading Standards: we set the highest standards in safety, quality and excellence at every step.
Why Join Dunsters Farm
Feeding the North since 1963, Dunsters Farm has grown from a small family operation into a major foodservice wholesaler, now operating from three depots across the North of England and have recently been recognised as one of the fastest growing businesses in the North West. We're proud to be an accredited Real Living Wage employer and are strong believers in supporting our staff and the communities we operate in.
Job Type: Permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
