Overview
Warehouse Supervisor (non-management) – Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, Northamptonshire, NN3 6XJ
Are you an organised, hands-on warehouse professional who enjoys solving problems and keeping operations running smoothly?
We’re looking for a Warehouse Supervisor to take a key role in the day-to-day coordination of our finished goods Warehouses.
This is a hands-on role for someone who can take ownership, coordinate activity and make decisions in a busy manufacturing environment. While the role has no formal line-management responsibility, you’ll provide day-to-day direction to warehouse activities and available resources.
What you’ll be doing
A key part of the role will be taking overall responsibility for stock accuracy and control across both finished goods Warehouses. You’ll make sure physical stock matches our records, investigate missing or incorrect stock and take issues through to resolution.
You’ll also:
- Plan and coordinate stocktakes, including investigating and resolving variances.
- Complete daily stock and barcode checks and maintain accurate stock records.
- Coordinate warehouse activities, ensuring high standards of safety, housekeeping and organisation.
- Manage pallet and top-board movements, repairs, recycling and disposal.
- Work closely with Production, Planning, Despatch and Finance to resolve operational and stock issues.
- Act as the key operational contact with Junction 4 for pallet movements and repairs.
- Provide operational oversight of our external warehouse.
- Investigate stock queries and customer complaints where required.
- Identify opportunities to improve stock control, efficiency and warehouse processes.
- Provide short-term operational cover for breaks, meetings, projects, sickness and Team Leader holidays.
What we’re looking for
We’re looking for someone who is organised, proactive and confident taking ownership.
You’ll ideally have:
- Experience in warehouse and/or despatch operations.
- Strong organisational and coordination skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and a focus on stock accuracy.
- Good problem-solving and analytical skills.
- The confidence to work with colleagues across different departments.
- The ability to work independently and respond to changing priorities.
- A strong commitment to Health & Safety, quality and housekeeping.
- Experience with warehouse or stock control systems.
- B1 forklift licence – desirable.
Smurfit Westrock reserve the right to only shortlist candidates who meet both the Essential and Desirable Criteria.
We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their sex; religious or similar philosophical belief; political opinion; race; age; sexual orientation; or, whether they are married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled; or whether they have undergone, are undergoing or intend to undergo gender reassignment.
We practice equality of opportunity in employment and select the best person for the job.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
