Warehouse Manager – Athlone My client a leading retail business with over 50 stores nationwide is seeking a Warehouse Manager for their central distribution site in Athlone.
This is a great role for an experienced Warehouse Manager to take charge of a large team, in a very busy warehouse containing large volumes of bulky stock.
Reporting to the Operations Manager, the successful candidate will lead a team of 36 to include operatives and transport.
As Warehouse Manager you will oversee all warehouse operations to include goods-in, picking and packing, branch fulfilment, home delivery, and delivery direct to key trade customers.
Salary and Package: €65k – €75k Bonus Pension Life Assurance Key Responsibilities for the job of Warehouse Manager : Oversight of all Warehouse functions; goods-in, put-away, replenishment, picking, order assembly, consolidation, packing, and dispatching Planning and ensuring of all daily replenishments to all branches, trade customers, and home deliveries Management of warehouse layouts in order to most effectively store heavy product, such as boilers, radiators, etc.
Ensuring the warehouse is kept to a high standard in all regards, such as equipment condition and racking safety.
Completing training, and performance reviews, aligned with compliance standards.
Fostering a culture of safety and excellence to further organisational ambitions.
Facilitating strong collaboration between warehouse and office-based teams through functional and cross-functional governance.
Oversight of safe Materials Handling Equipment operation and ensuring compliance with national legislation in relation to all health and safety practices.
Maintaining stock accuracy through location audits, cycle counting, and proactive discrepancy investigations.
Collaborating with different department teams to decide how best to manage slow-moving, damaged, or obsolete stock.
Supporting regularly scheduled stocktakes.
Collaborating with Transport to ensure targets are met by guaranteeing efficient routing, loading accuracy, and quickly resolving any transport issues that do arise.
Resolving any order picking or order fulfilment issues highlighted by the branches, sales, or customer service.
Utilising the ERP system to drive productivity and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
Developing KPI's, dashboards and reporting these daily and weekly.
Skills and Experience Required for the job of Warehouse Manager: Proven experience leading a large warehouse or distribution centre team as a senior manager, with the ideal candidate having worked in a multi-branch trade environment.
A strong understanding of Branch, Site and Home Delivery fulfilment service requirements and logistics operations.
Practical knowledge of warehouse compliance obligations and the implementation of Health and Safety practices across a workforce.
Microsoft Excel proficiency and a good working knowledge of WMS/ERP Hands-on Leadership skills with the ability to communicate and collaborate across a wide range of teams, throughout the fulfilment process.