Warehouse and Logistics Lead

Job Title:               Warehouse and Logistics Lead
Location:               Walsall, West Midlands
Compensation:     Competitive + Benefits
Role Type:             Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                 SF59595

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Warehouse and Logistics Lead at our Walsall site.

The role
As a Warehouse and Logistics Lead, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll provide first line management capability for the supply-chain warehouse operation.

Day-to-day, you’ll ensure the team has the operating processes, tools and direction to safely deliver outputs within the warehousing function.

• Provide support to manage employee lifecycle (recruitment through to exit processes) and supporting warehouse manager through disciplinary, grievance, welfare support procedure
• Managing functional resource levels
• Delivering business and functional communications including team briefings, tool-box talks and business communication
• Managing staff, their skills and competencies to ensure capability and performance across operation processes
• Support warehouse manager to provide warehouse visual plans, charts and measures to inform the team on performance and service level agreement and key performance indicator achievement.

This role is full time, 40 hours per week and is based on site at Walsall.

Essential experience of the Warehouse and Logistics Lead:

• Competent PC user (MS Office, MS Outlook, SharePoint, MRP system NAVISION/SAP)
• Ability to manage people, individuals and small teams
• Ability to be dynamic and multi-task
• Ability to communicate effective which includes potential to challenge and have harder conversations
• Ability to analyse information and make rational decisions to complete tasks effectively

Qualifications for the Warehouse and Logistics Lead:

• Educated to Level 2 in National Qualification Framework (NQF) as a minimum (Intermediate apprenticeship, Level 2 NVQ, GCSE – Grade A* - C, O Level A – C, CSE Grade1) or equivalent workplace experience
• Completed (or working towards) British Safety Council Level 2 or equivalent training.
   

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain  Standard (BPSS), Security Check (SC) and NPPV security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer 

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’.

We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 19/09/2024