Warehouse Manager
Broadway is an innovative, family-owned plastic materials manufacturer. We’ve been operating from the Halesworth area in Suffolk for over 25 years. Our products are used by customers across the UK and Europe. We have exciting plans to continue our growth, but we’ll always retain the family values we were built upon. If you’d like to be part of a positive culture, with a long-term vision and opportunities for career progression, then get in touch.
We’re seeking a Warehouse Manager to lead the daily operations of our fast-paced warehouse, ensuring efficient workflows, accurate stock control, and strong team performance. Reporting to our Commercial Director, you’ll oversee barcoding integrity, maintain high safety and housekeeping standards, and uphold a well-organised warehouse environment.
Our normal working hours will be 40 hours per week: Monday- Friday 8-5pm.
Salary
Key responsibilities:
- Responsible for all direct activities of warehouse staff, ensuring efficient day-to-day operations.
- Provide strong people management, including daily supervision, workload planning and team motivation.
- Lead ongoing development of warehouse operatives, address performance issues promptly and constructively.
- Foster a positive team culture, promoting communication, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Responsible managing the training and performance of warehouse operatives.
- Manage and maintain the warehouse barcoding system, ensuring accurate product labelling, scanning compliance, and timely updates to barcoding data.
- Conduct regular audits of the barcoding process to identify errors, implement corrective actions, and improve system integrity.
- Responsible for full and accurate stock takes, investigating any discrepancies and implementing actions to prevent recurrence.
- FLT driving, including loading and unloading from curtain side vehicles, vans, and containers.
- Experience in picking goods accurately and building pallets safely.
- Ensure all documentation is completed accurately; investigate any queries or inconsistencies and resolve issues as they arise.
- Ensure the warehouse/yard is kept clean, tidy, and compliant with health & safety requirements; ensure spillages are promptly cleared and waste is minimised.
- Work closely with the Purchasing Manager and Operations/Production teams.
- Promote and maintain good housekeeping across all work areas.
- Adaptable and flexible in approach to work.
Experience and skills required
Essential:
- Previous experience of working within a fast-paced warehousing operation
- Must have an up to date FTL licence
- Must have a full UK driving licence
- Possess strong interpersonal skills
- Previous experience of picking goods accurately and building pallets using Health & Safety procedures
- High degree of attention to detail and recognises the importance of timely completion of tasks
- To have lead a team.
Desirable:
- Experience of working within a barcode managed warehouse system would be beneficial.
- Familiar with Outlook for emails
- Familiar with Microsoft suite.
Salary is dependent on experience and will be discussed with successful candidates.
We typically receive a large volume of applications for vacant roles. For this reason, it’s not practical for us to respond to every applicant. We will contact any applicants who are shortlisted for interview. If you don’t hear from us, we thank you for your application and wish you well in your job search.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
