Warehouse Manager

Warehouse Manager


All About the Role

Dragon Steel Services are one of the smaller sites within the Barrett Steel network, highly successful and growth minded, we have 4 operatives and 2 drivers, all operating under ISO 9001 and the strictest of Health & Safety standards and procedures.  Machinery includes Mega, Bowmar & Weytrain bandsaws, 4 overhead electric cranes and a selection of FLT’s.  

Reporting to the Operations Director, the purpose of this role is to hands-on manage this brilliant team and undertake general site responsibility.  Driving Health and Safety across the site fostering a culture of Safety first.  A strong focus on operational excellence,  ensuring, and improving a level of productivity, profitability and efficiency which meets the site’s business requirements in line with our target for growth, whilst ensuring customer service levels stay high and sales targets are achieved.

You will support with orders and works hands-on in operations at busier times and to cover any absences.
The hours for this role are Monday to Friday 8 am to 5pm, although flexibility will be required.

Specific tasks include:

• Oversee the day-to-day operations ensuring all goods are received, stock picks are carried out accurately, processing is complete, and goods are delivered on time in full. 
• Lead the team to meet & exceed productivity, operating cost, customer service and quality target levels.
• Ensure that all operations are conducted in a manner which fully complies with Health and Safety, Quality, Environmental and Group policies, and all relevant legislative requirements. 
• Be adaptable & flexible in approach to work to meet operational requirements, developing a “safety-first” approach through standardised application of lean techniques. 
• Ensure effective communication between operations, planning, and commercial functions to align customer demands with the constraints of operational capacity. 
• Ensuring high customer service levels, personally working with customers to support the sales and commercial function of the business to help with achieving targeted growth.

We offer you

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays 
• Barrett Steel Pension
• Bonus potential based on KPI performance
• Life Assurance
• Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
• Cycle To Work Scheme

All About You

You will have the passion, drive, and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way. An operational leader with a passion for people and operational excellence, with a strong safety-first mindset, you will have the opportunity to work within a successful business as we look to take the site even further. 

Essential Skills for the role: 

• Have excellent management skills and be well-versed in managing and developing effective team working, able to muck-in and support in the warehouse as often as needed.
• Ideally an excellent hands-on working knowledge of H&S Leadership and ideally be IOSH trained (however not mandatory as training will be given). 
• Previous experience in a similar role within an operational environment ideally in a heavy industry such as steel.
• Used to working in a flexible, results oriented, team environment, build good working relationships with the team, site, and wider business.
• Good computer skills with a strong commercial acumen
• Live in a reasonable daily commute to site

How it feels to work for us

We provide a fantastic opportunity to work within a forward-thinking organisation that is respected as the UK’s leading steel stockholder. Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel, and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business. Barrett Steel encourages innovative thinking and has an open door for people to lead and influence change.

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