Webbs is an award-winning garden centre retailer with four stores and a growing ecommerce business. Our stores are premium garden centres with exceptional indoor and outdoor horticulture departments, a range of quality gifts, homeware, furniture and clothing. Our high quality restaurants offer freshly prepared, seasonally changing menus.
We're an independent family business with a great team of people. We have an excellent workplace culture with a focus on fun and wellbeing whilst we work hard to get the job done together. We’re proud to have won national awards including Best UK Workplace 2023, Best UK Workplace for Women 2023 and Excellence in Wellbeing awards 2023.
We are seeking a strong people manager, who has exceptional warehousing experience and a diligent process control way of thinking using a combination of mobile and digital technology to drive productivity improvements and stock accuracy.
The successful candidate will have responsibility overseeing the warehouse department, as well as working closely with our e-commerce and other store teams driving improvements in both goods in and out processes. Skill and experience requirements are as follows:
- well organised planner with an understanding of warehouse management principles;
- strong focus on continuous improvement and ideally LEAN management trained;
- ability to learn quickly and experience of putting new procedures in place to improve service to internal and external customers, stock accuracy and process efficiency;
- confident leader and able to delegate tasks, motivate individuals and improve team performance;
- experience of transport planning, knowledge of legal transport requirements (OLAT, CPC etc) and experience of working with external couriers
- excellent customer focus;
- administratively strong and IT literate;
- qualified FLT driver
- good understanding of health and safety
- excellent verbal and written communication skills
This is a full time and permanent position, working on average 39.5 hours per week on a 2-week rota. This involves working 4 weekdays plus every alternate weekend (you would work 4 days one week and have one weekday plus the weekend off, then you work 6 days the following week, including both weekend days).
We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience, with a generous benefits package including colleague discounts, life insurance, pension scheme, discretionary profit share bonus scheme and free parking.
If you'd like to join our fun, friendly Webbs team then please click apply now or send your CV to [email protected]
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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: up to £30,000
