GIK Warehouse Operations Manager

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Do you have warehouse and team management experience? Are you organised and able to manage a variety of different tasks?

We're looking for a hardworking and motivated individual to join our leadership team at Gifts in Kind (GIK) to help lead and grow the productivity of our warehouse team. With extensive experience of managing a warehouse team and facility you will play a key role in the growth of our business unit and there is scope for both personal and professional growth for the right candidate.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a small but growing team, your role will be to manage every aspect of the warehouse in Rugby and work alongside the Head of GIK & Sustainability to continue to grow the team, increase productivity and implement new processes and procedures to streamline the workload.

All this will be done whilst ensuring the Gifts in Kind (GIK) team are able to generate as much revenue as possible from the corporate donations received to help support children, young people and families in the UK.

Responsibilities to include:

• Leading a busy and growing team of 8 warehouse employees both in terms of general people management responsibilities as well as assigning day to day tasks.
• Ensuring the warehouse remains orderly,the inventory is kept up to date and items remain safely stored, easily identifiable and retrievable at all times.
• Supporting the team with their progression and development.
• Overall accountability for the timely sorting, picking, packing and dispatch of items to Barnardo's network of over 600 charity stores.
• Managing budgets for external storage and packaging requirements.
• Handling and managing donations, returns, recycling, waste & sourcing resale opportunities for items unsuitable for sale in stores.
• Testing & implementing new warehouse management processes and procedures to drive continuous improvement.
• Ensuring all Health and Safety requirements and regulations are adhered to.
• Oversee incoming and outgoing stock movements and ensure accurate records are kept
• Working closely with other departments as well as line managers to ensure Barnardo's basis and values are at the heart of everything we do.

What skills and qualities do we require?

• Extensive experience of leading a diverse team in a warehousing/logistics environment.
• Considerable warehouse/logistics/fulfilment management experience.
• Experience of managing budgets and costs.
• A strong understanding and a background of managing health and safety in a warehouse environment.
• High moral integrity and ability to apply fair and reasonable people related decision making.
• Autonomous in approach, results driven, hard-working and enthusiastic.
• Effective analytical decision making and forward thinking.
• Adequate problem-solving skills with a flexible approach.
• Strong organisational skills

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.