Warehouse Team Leader

Company Overview: HellermannTyton is a leading manufacturer and supplier of products for fastening, fixing, installing, connecting, insulating, protecting, and identifying electrical cables and data network infrastructure. We also develop parts for customer-specific industrial applications. Since 1935, our mission has been to provide innovative solutions for all cable management needs – with customer satisfaction as our priority. Our portfolio includes more than 75,000 items, and we operate 15 world-class manufacturing facilities in 39 countries, employing over 6,000 people.

HellermannTyton is owned by APTIV and operates as a standalone business unit within the APTIV Group.

Why Join Us? You will be joining a business with ambitious growth plans, currently undergoing a period of change to enhance our performance and seize every opportunity for greater success. Recognised as a market leader, HellermannTyton delivers innovative solutions for our customers, collaborating with some of the biggest names in industry. We strive to be elite and are looking for individuals who share this vision. HellermannTyton is a great brand, with great people and products.

Role Overview: The Warehouse Team Leader will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the stores function, ensuring an efficient, accurate and timely service is provided to internal and external customers. Introducing, supporting and maintaining UK best practices and ongoing improvement programmes resulting in a high level of customer service.

Supervise all material movements in and out of the stores, from goods in receipt, supply to production, receipt from production and despatch to customer

Ensure goods-in are checked, booked in, tested where appropriate and located with minimum delay, investigating and reporting any discrepancies

Ensure stock and materials are issued to production and associated departments as required/requested, maintaining kanbans as necessary

Monitor and initiate pick runs to maximise output; picking, collating and preparing shipments and documentation for collection, supporting export to ensure timely dispatch to customers

Co-ordinate with carriers to arrange collections, raise and investigate queries to achieve resolution

Maintain a high level of stock accuracy, set up schedule and carry out regular cycle counts, organise and drive stock check arrangements

Ensure forklifts are maintained and operated in a safe and working order

Take responsibility for Company pool cars/van, arrange service and repairs and the general upkeep of the vehicles

Analysis daily, weekly, monthly reports, calculate and report KPI’s, identify, investigate and initiate corrective actions

Day to day Supervision of the stores team, performance management, appraisals, absence management, disciplinary, holiday schedule, etc.

Support export shipping function to maximise sales

Ensure necessary practices and processes are adhered to, to comply with HT, quality, environmental and safety systems and IT policies

Ensure consistent and fair implementation of personnel policies and procedures

Carry out departmental team briefings

Develop, suggest and implement ongoing improvement programmes and innovations with the stores team

Provide adhoc support within the business towards ensuring company objectives are achieved

Previous Supervisory experience working within a stores environment essential

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in Stores operations advantageous

Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

Highly competent with microsoft outlook, word and excel

Fork lift licence essential - Full driving licence desirable

Ability to work at heights essential

Demonstrates strong leadership by providing clear direction, inspiration and support to the team, fostering a collaborative working environment and ensuring resources are utilised effectively to achieve departmental and organisational objectives.

Encourages and motivates team members to perform at their best, adapting their management style to meet individual needs and drive high levels of performance.

Effectively manages performance by setting clear objectives, providing regular feedback and coaching, and addressing underperformance fairly and consistently in line with organisational policies and procedures.

Uses functional expertise to identify business improvements and applies skills and knowledge to progress and introduce initiatives

Works cooperatively and effectively with others in a team to achieve shared objectives recognises and works with other teams within the company and the HT Group

Communicates information, both oral and written, in a clear accurate and concise manner considering the needs of the recipient

* Works in a focussed, committed and purposeful way, taking responsibility for actions; successfully overcoming obstacles to deliver timely high-quality results

Hours - 8.30am-5.00pm (Monday-Thursday) - 8.30am-2.30pm (Friday)