Are you someone who enjoys variety and thrives off a role where no 2 days are the same? Are you confident with communicating with a range of stakeholders, and always providing a high level of service?
We are on the lookout for an Area Team Leader to cover the South West (including areas of the midlands) of the UK Wales and Northern Ireland. We know you hear this all the time, but this really is a unique opportunity to join us on a key contract - for our well-established customer, Virgin Media. A company van for travel will be provided as a part of the role.
You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis. The working hours are Monday to Friday, 07:00-16:00, with flexibility required. Due to the nature of the role, which involves significant travel, you will be covering approximately 10 stores, ensuring smooth operations and keeping the workforce engaged, motivated, and focused on delivering excellent results for our customers.
Pay, benefits and more:
We're looking to offer a salary of up to £34,073.83 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes, a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You'll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!
What you'll do on a typical day:
- Plan and allocate resource for daily store activities updating SMART system to reflect shifts and activity
- Determine over/under capacity of work areas and allocate/escalate accordingly on a daily/weekly basis
- Complete site inspections and audits (QSHE/5S/Operational/Stock) to schedule ensuring corrective actions are carried out
- Liaise closely with the Area Manager on all aspects of the operation.
- Liaise and develop relationships with internal and external customers to better understand requirements and improve ways of working
- Manage and motivate the team of Team Leaders & Operatives, providing support, advice,coaching and training as required
What you need to succeed at GXO:
- Previous experience in a managerial role, managing a team and working to agreed targets
- The ability to lead, motivate and inspire your team with a real drive for optimisationand continuous improvement
- Strong customer service ethos, including key stakeholder management, communication,and interpersonal skills
- PC literate (strong Microsoft skills), WMS experience desirable
We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains
GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team - energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are Disability Confident Committed as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.
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