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Warehouse Operations Controller

Warehouse Operations Controller

  • Location

    Chesterfield

  • Sector:

    Warehousing

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    24000 - 25000

  • Contact:

    Recruitment Team

  • Contact email:

    culina.jons@assist.co.uk

  • Salary high:

    25000

  • Salary low:

    24000

  • Job ref:

    CULD08

  • Published:

    over 6 years ago

  • Duration:

    Permanent

  • Expiry date:

    2018-02-18

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

Core Hours: 06.00am - 18.00pm and 18.00pm - 6.00am

Core Days: 4on 4 Off Days and Nights. 

**** However due to the nature of the role you will be expected to adopt a flexible approach to your working hours ***

The Role:

An exciting opportunity to join our clients new flagship 500,000sq.ft Distribution Centre that is due to open early 2018.

As Operations Controller reporting directly to the Shift Manager you will contribute to the success of the site by supporting the day-to-day running of the warehouse, ensuring that all schedules for inbound receipts and outbound loads are run efficiently, liaising with warehouse operatives and First Line Managers to maintain a smooth flow of work throughout the shift and operation.

Key Responsibilities:

·Efficiently manage the inbound and outbound schedule to ensure tipping, collection and delivery times are met to Transport timelines.

·Issuing instructions to designated staff to maintain a smooth flow of inbound and outbound work.

·Prioritising inbound and outbound loads as directed by the client as and when requested.

·Managing release of case pick orders in liaison with Shift Supervisors in correlation to volume of pickers.

·Proactive allocation of loads to determine issues prior to picking and liaising with Stock team to resolve.

·Controlling paperwork for inbound and outbound vehicles ensuring 100% accuracy.

·Being the secondary point of contact for all drivers arriving on site.

·To communicate issues to Shift Manager in a timely manner to minimise disruption to the schedule.

·Proactive use of stand trailers to loads available to run on the system, even if out of time order.

·To participate as an active member of the operations team, and to offer suggestions for solving problems, improving efficiency, customer and quality focus.

·Maintaining good communication with transport providers to ensure late collections and delivery failures are avoided.

·Producing a thorough, detailed handover to the following shift highlighting potential issues, reminders and current state of play.

·Highlighting any orders which haven’t been load planned due to missing haulier details.

·Proactively managing inbound and outbound pallets over 4 hours old.

·Assigning of VNA’s to aisles.

·Allocation of marshal lanes versus storage location output for load.

·Adding to and removal of orders to loads.

 This list is not exhaustive and the successful position holder may be required to carry out any task which the Company might reasonably require you to do.

 Transferrable Skills:

·Ability to prioritise work based on scheduling and available resources.

·Able to demonstrate a high level of attention to detail.

·Must be a team player who is capable of working on their own initiative.

·Able to demonstrate an in depth knowledge of on-site systems.

·Able to work to tight deadlines.

·Experience and good working knowledge of Autostore and RF kit.

·Knowledge of Transporean Scheduling system an advantage.

·PC Literate in Word, Excel and Outlook.

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