Warehouse Supervisor

Fowler Welch (Part of the Culina Group) operates in the fresh produce sector providing time critical logistics solutions for major retailers, growers and manufacturers across the UK.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

Our Aylesford site have an exciting opportunity for a Warehouse Supervisor to join our team on a full time, permanent basis.

Salary: £37,000-£39,000 per annum. 

Working hours: Sunday to Wednesday, 7am-7pm. 

The purpose of a Warehouse Supervisor is to lead a team ensuring good productivity, picking accuracy and the overall performance of the warehouse is achieved to meet customer and company service levels.

Key Duties of a Warehouse Supervisor:

• To supervise the warehouse staff to ensure that warehouse disciplines are rigidly maintained.
• To be responsible for the achievement of daily KPI's to ensure daily targets and despatch requirement are met.
• Ensuring all operatives are trained in the warehouse discipline of picking and to arrange retraining where necessary.
• Ensure that company standards of hygiene and housekeeping are achieved and taking appropriate action where it is not found.
• Ensure that the Company Health & Safety Rules are enforced in the warehouse, and any issues are reported in line with company procedures.
• Identifying procedures and or systems used which could be improved to help minimise warehouse errors and maximise staff productivity.
• To manage day to day team issues including holidays authorisation and arranging cover, timekeeping and absence monitoring, completion of daily time sheets.
• To manage any performance issues with the team in liaison with the Warehouse Managers and HR.

• Operational experience within a FMCG warehouse environment.
• FLT Licence.
• A good standard of education including Maths at GCSE level or equivalent relevant qualifications.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office – Word and Excel.
• Ability to work under pressure both as part of a team and on own initiative.
• Effective Communicator who continuously demonstrates excellent customer service skills.
• Thoroughness/attention to detail.

As part of our drive to make Fowler Welch a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement.
• Pension scheme – We want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirements so we offer a great contribution of 4.5% employee and 4.5% employer.
• Life Assurance - x3 your annual salary.
• Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year.
• Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
• Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - Via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!

If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!