To control the warehousing operations in order to concur with the company’s required standards of performance, quality and safety.

Duties and Responsibilities

Staff Management

• To organise on a daily basis job allocations for all members of staff within the warehouse.
• Monitor timekeeping and sickness of all staff.
• Monitor performance of all staff members in line with company objectives and perform back to work interviews and discipline as necessary.
• Ensure that all daily orders are dispatched in a reasonable timeframe.
• Liaise with Operations and Procurement on a daily basis to advise of all outgoing orders.

Health & Safety

• Co-ordinate and monitor the health and safety policy throughout all departments under your control.
• Liaise with all department heads regarding any issues that have arisen. Report all findings to Operations.

Warehouse cleanliness/Maintenance

• Ensure all areas of the warehouse/Packing are clean and tidy.
• Ensure all fire exits are cleared and not cluttered.
• All empty pallets are removed from the warehouse.
• Ensure forklift trucks are fully maintained and constantly charged.
• Ensure cardboard and other recyclable materials are baled and organised prior to collection

Training

• Maintain training records for all members of staff.
• All staff to have all the necessary training i.e ISO / GMP.
• Supply all staff with on-job training.
• Ensure all relevant are trained in all areas of warehouse and dispatch and packing.

Documentation and administration

• Ensure all delivery notes match with goods received.
• Being responsible for end of month stock reports.
• To be responsible for the prompt ordering of warehouse packaging equipment.
• Ensure forklift daily checklist is carried out and completed.
• Ensure all warehouse cleaning logbooks are completed.
• Ensure GRN’s are completed accurately and within a reasonable timeframe and passed to the QC department.

Packing

• Assist with liaise with packing Team Leader to arrange Picking Lists are arranged in line with production schedule
• Ensure air lock area is clean and free from clutter at all times.
• Attend both daily planning meetings and weekly production meeting.
• Maximise output from department and look for continual improvement.

Quality Management

• Ensure that all logs and records are completed in a timely accurate manner.
• Complete cleaning to a satisfactory level throughout the warehouse, as per SOPs, and recorded appropriately.
• Notify QC promptly of any damaged/non-conforming product received, and ensure that documentation specifies goods received damaged.
• Assist with ensuring  that stock is clearly identifiable, secure and appropriately packed for despatch.