Warehouse Shift Manager (Days)

Location: Canterbury
Salary: £40,582 per annum
Shift Pattern: 6:00am - 6:00pm
Job Type: Permanent

Are you an experienced Warehouse Team Leader or Shift Manager looking for your next challenge? We are seeking a hands-on Warehouse Shift Manager to lead a fast-paced operation, ensuring service levels, productivity targets, and customer expectations are consistently achieved.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing business where you will play a key role in driving operational performance, developing teams, and maintaining the highest standards of safety and compliance.

As Warehouse Shift Manager, you will take full responsibility for the day-to-day warehouse operation, ensuring all goods-in and goods-out activities run efficiently while meeting KPIs, SLAs, and budget targets.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and motivating warehouse teams to achieve operational excellence.
• Managing staffing levels and shift schedules in line with business demands.
• Monitoring warehouse performance, productivity, and labour costs.
• Producing and analysing operational and financial reports.
• Ensuring all health & safety, HACCP, and compliance standards are maintained.
• Overseeing warehouse equipment, MHE, racking inspections, and maintenance.
• Managing stock flow, dispatch accuracy, and on-time deliveries.
• Driving continuous improvement projects to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
• Building strong relationships across departments to ensure seamless operations.
• Promoting a positive team culture focused on performance, accountability, and development.

We're looking for a proactive leader who can inspire teams and deliver results in a fast-moving warehouse environment.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Minimum 5 years' warehouse management experience.
• Experience within FMCG, food production, manufacturing, produce, or a similarly fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate, coach, and develop teams.
• Strong understanding of warehouse operations, KPIs, and budget control.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience implementing operational improvements and delivering against business plans.
• Strong English and Maths skills.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Comfortable operating in a hands-on management role.

If you're a driven warehouse professional with a passion for operational excellence and team development, we'd love to hear from you.