Warehouse Manager / Head Storeman
Job Placements · Kensington
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This key position puts you in charge of daily floor operations at a new facility. You will lead the warehouse team and work with logistics to maintain fast stock dispatches. Use your hands-on stores experience to grow your career in a well-managed industrial environment.
Job Description
- Supervise warehouse floor teams, stock pickers, packers, and forklift operators every day.
- Manage the receiving, safety checks, and binning of incoming tools, machinery, and consumables.
- Oversee accurate order picking and packing for direct branch transfers and customer dispatches.
- Conduct routine inventory cycle counts and regular stock audits to prevent stock discrepancies.
- Enforce stock rotation rules and ensure high-value technical equipment is stored safely.
- Keep staging areas organized for smooth handover to the logistics and transport team.
- Maintain a tidy warehouse floor and enforce daily health and safety procedures.
What You Need to Apply
- Proven background supervising staff in a busy distribution warehouse or engineering store environment.
- Practical experience handling technical hardware, welding supplies, machinery, or industrial tools.
- Working knowledge of computer-based inventory systems, warehouse management software, or ERP platforms.
- Solid understanding of stocktaking, binning systems, cycle counts, and stock control practices.
- Strong knowledge of warehouse health and safety rules, load stacking, and forklift operations.
- Good communication skills with the ability to lead and motivate a warehouse team.
• A positive attitude, a willingness to learn, and strong team-player values. This exclusive opportunity is managed by TRPig
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