Warehouse Supervisor
(Secondment Opportunity - Internal Applicants Only))
Location: Falkirk
Competitive package + half day on Fridays
The Company:
- Come join Alexander Dennis. We are transforming public transport globally by designing, manufacturing, and servicing the cleanest and greenest buses and coaches for our customers.
- In a nutshell, we build buses and coaches. In fact, more than half of the buses you see on the roads in the UK are built by Alexander Dennis. We have a huge responsibility to keep the world moving.
- We are saving the planet. Our purpose is to support Governments globally with their push to reduce pollution and improve air quality by building greener, more eco-friendly buses.
- We love our customers. So much so, almost every bus we build is bespoke what the customer wants, we will do our best to deliver.
- We have a fantastic Canadian parent company called NFI. They welcomed us into the family in 2019, and we haven’t looked back ever since.
- We are building back and growing again, winning new orders in Germany and Ireland which will be manufactured right here in the UK.
- Our global footprint is pretty impressive. We have a presence in some super cool places across the world from Hong Kong to Auckland to Toronto.
- Our people are our biggest asset, making us the hugely successful company we are. We are transforming how we work, offering team members more flexibility around how they live and work.
What does that mean for you?
- Generous salary package we reward our people at the level they deserve.
- A half day on a Friday. Yes, every Friday. Giving you more time at the weekend to do the things you love, with the people you love.
- A 37-hour working week, with flexible working options, giving you that much needed work/life balance.
- Annual leave entitlement which increases with tenure.
- Pension scheme to help you save for the future.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme which offers practical, impartial support on issues impacting your life.
- Cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership, and regular meditation sessions as your health and wellbeing is important to us.
Interested and want to find out more? Check out our YouTube channel or LinkedIn!
Your Dream Role
- Support all team members in the effective on time delivery of material to the point of use in compliance with the company policies and procedures.
- Identify discrepancies between inventory records and take action.
- Investigate causes of lost or damaged shipments and other matters; make adjustments where necessary.
- General supervision of the warehouse team including; training development, holidays and cover, overtime, sickness reporting and general performance.
- Plan warehouse work operations in accordance with shipments, received, store orders, perish-ability, and stock rotation requirements.
- Ensure kits are picked and called off as per MPS and agreed kitting methods.
- Schedule and assign warehouse crew to meet schedules to handle daily volume efficiently.
- Supervise warehouse crews in a unionized environment.
- Supervise truck loading, order selecting, and receiving. .
- Coach, train, and lead work teams to achieve performance expectations as it relates to specialisation in receiving, processing, storage, order assembly or loading.
- Ensure behaviour’s support and promote ADL’s vision and values
- Ensure all material movements are transacted on time
- Hold tier 1 meetings daily, including weekly review of departmental KPIs and attendance at both tier 2 and tier 3 meetings.
- Act as a conduit to provide operations status updates on materials availability and seek information from material planning teams where necessary.
- Deliveries on time and in full for production and Goods In deliveries
- Meets expectations under 5 S’s scorecard
- Reduction in loss or damaged good reported
- Meets Company HSSE policy / expectations
- Creates a strong cohesive team and builds collaborative relationships to deliver results
- Demonstrates behaviours in line with Company vision and values
What you will bring:
- Must have experience in warehouse operations and team management.
- Be able to demonstrate background in material handling, purchasing, and stock control.
- Strong customer focus
- Understanding of ISO standards and quality management systems
- Strong communicator who can take ownership and deliver a clear message
- Ability to work in fast paced environment and think on their feet
- Ability to multitask, organizing workload to manage