Warehouse Shift Manager - Barrett Steel Scotland - Newbridge
(2024-03)
- Manage all daily yard operational, warehousing & logistics activities across the sites, whilst driving process and operational efficiencies.
- Manage and coordinate all goods in and picking operations, ensuring, and improving a level of productivity, profitability and efficiency which meets the site's business requirements.
- Fully align all site operational activities with commercial goals, to deliver short, medium and long-term business objectives, drive cultural change to deliver process efficiencies whilst improving health and safety, quality, and customer delivery performance.
- Integral part of the site Leadership Team, playing a leading role in the strategic development and direction of the business.
- Ensure that operations, (including 3rd party workers or suppliers), are conducted in a manner which fully complies with Barrett Steel Health and Safety, Quality, Environmental and Group policies, and all relevant legislative requirements.
- Supervise the Team Leaders and continually achieve and, wherever possible, exceed productivity, customer service and quality target levels across the range activities undertaken by the site.
- Develop a 'safety-first' approach within Operations.
- Ensure that a strong customer-focus is created throughout the site and sustained, through standardised application of lean techniques.
- Improve all yard /site processes from order receipt through to the fulfilment of customer deliverables.
- Drive organisational improvements at every level across both sites taking responsibility, and accountability for performance management of all relevant staff.
- Ensure that all warehouse staff are working effectively, and site is maintained at the highest standard.
- Develop and embed a culture of continuous improvement across the sites.
- Ensure the operational capacity, including processing and distribution, satisfies customer requirements both current and projected.
- Ensure that both sites operate effective for storage and agreed good in procedures to maintain the integrity of stock.
- Maintain and recommend improvements as necessary to the condition and performance of site.
- Maintain site security and protect assets to limit liability and minimise loss.
Supply Chain Manager - Mathiesons Bakery - Larbert
(2023-09 - 2024-03)
- Responsible for providing leadership to the Supply Chain Team and across all supply chain functions.
- Represent Supply Chain within the Senior leadership team.
- Recruitment, mentoring and development of supply chain staff, leading by example and responsible by example in behavioural standards coaching and encouraging individual teams to achieve first class results across all areas of operational activities.
- Gather, collate and present all information on KPI performance across all areas of supply chain activities.
- Work closely with the Technical Team in relation to all internal and external audits, undertake any change / corrective actions and act as client and regulatory authorities interface for the supply chain function.
- Responsible for driving and developing a safety-first culture within production ensuring that all processes are being monitored for safety compliance.
- Continually assess risks prior to accidents, ensuring all Safety Action Reports and Accident Reports are accurately completed and submitted to the H&S Department promptly to reduce risks throughout the business.
- Undertook, managed and supported change / continuous improvement programmes across all areas of operational activities.
- Ensure accuracy with company, processes, procedures and all systems including stock control, material storage and usage, H&S and food safety compliance.
Logistics Manager - Mathiesons Bakery
(2020-10 - 2023-09)
- Lead the Logistics team to achieve the day to day operational targets and achieve KPIs in relation to health and safety, performance, quality, labour utilisation, material control and waste.
- Undertake all operational analytical reporting to senior management.
- Ensure all processes are run safely and in compliance with customer guidelines across the logistical areas of the factory.
- Engage staff through communication and feedback, identify training needs and motivate employees through regular updates on performance, achievements and areas for improvement.
- Ensure all the team are working on area improvements and identify talented people for the future.
- Responsible for ensuring operational activities meet BRC AAA status and all operational targets are achieved in relation to quality, cost and delivery.
Shift Manager Asda contract - XPO logistics - Falkirk ASC
(2018-05 - 2020-10)
- Responsible for the smooth running of the day-to-day operations within the ASC.
- Ensuring that all areas are manned and are working to the correct safe processes.
- Responsible for the site when the senior manager is not on the site.
- Use of the company and customers WMS to process orders and stock level.
- Managing a team of operators, team leaders, trainers, engineers and hygienist.
- Processing all daily and weekly paperwork and reports.
- Ensure that all colleagues are working to the correct SSOW and following the correct health & safety processes.
- Ensuring that the site is maintained to BRC AA status.
- Preparing for audits.
- Working to a budget set out by senior management.
- Delegating work duties to team leaders of what is expected across the shift.
- Carrying out accident investigations, along with drug and alcohol tests should it they required.
- Carrying out yearly reviews of risk assessments from previous year and carrying out any new assessments that may have to be done.
- Performance management.
- Ensuring that the customer receive the best service.
- Attending monthly management, health & safety and customer meetings.
- Using WMS Comet, Sphere, Lintracker, Microlise.
Section Manager Argos contract - XPO Logistics
(2010-01 - 2018-05)
- Responsible for planning out all department resources and activities in relation to companies objectives and targets and also using the internal computer system to allocate staff jobs, check in and out bound stock and the day to day running of the warehouse.
- Managing processes and functions within a busy warehouse.
- Managing small teams and large teams of up to 60 to 70 staff at peak.
- Managing different departments across the warehouse including pick, despatch, stock moves, x-dock, site services, goods in and returns department.
- Delegating work duties to individual staff members.
- Monitoring Key Performance Indicators.
- Carrying out staff returns to works, in the event of a staff member's absence.
- Performance managing members of staff who are under achieving company targets.
- Carrying out daily and weekly management checks of the warehouse.
- Approving time records and requests for time off.
- Carrying out accident investigations, along with drug and alcohol tests should it they required.
- Carrying out yearly reviews of risk assessments from previous year and carrying out any new assessments that may have to be done.
- Attending daily management meetings.
- Working with team leaders and agencies.
- Communicating with stores via phone and face to face.
Warehouse Operative - XPO Logistics - Mossend
(2007-01 - 2010-12)
- Goods in, Stock moves, Despatch, Pick & Returns
Beers, Wines and Spirits and Warehouse Supervisor - Asda Stores Ltd - Coatbridge
(2002-01 - 2007-12)
Undertook a number of successive promoted posts, Trolley porter, Checkout operator, Frozen foods assistant & Grocery assistant. All of the above roles involved interacting and dealing with customers. Ultimately promoted to Beers, Wines and Spirits and Warehouse Supervisor.
- Running the department in the absence of the manager.
- Completing Rotas.
- Completing paperwork.
- Loading and unloading trailers.
- Setting up promotions.
- Dealing with reps from outside companies.
