Event Logistics Team Leader
Description
Compact Security Services are seeking a proactive and organised Logistics Team leader to join our team on a fixed-term basis commencing mid May until September. Working 30 hours per week, with opportunity for additional hours during peak periods.
This role will work closely with our office manager and resourcing team and oversee a small team focusing on co-ordination and delivery of key elements required for festival and event service delivery, ensuring everything from equipment to uniforms is picked and packed correctly and on time.
Duties will include:
- Oversee and support a small team in planning and packing for upcoming events and festivals.
- Work in conjunction with the Office Manager to coordinate all requirements to ensure all targets achieved in line with established timelines and plans.
- Accurately pick, pack, and palletise requisitions for delivery in line with established schedules.
- Ensure all deliveries checked and stock levels maintained with effective stock rotation in place for perishable items
- In conjunction with resourcing team adhere to site delivery logistics and timelines, to ensure all items ready and packed for pick up .
- Receive all returned items following events ensuring all counted back in, and any shortages reported and tracked in line with procedures
- Where required deliver items to site or collect items from local suppliers – therefore a clean driving license is essential.
- Operate forklift machinery where necessary – a forklift license is preferred .
Requirements
The right candidate for this role will have :
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Experience in logistics, operations, or events planning.
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- Hands-on, team-focused attitude with the ability to lead by example.
- Ability to work flexibly, including occasional extended hours, including weekends during peak periods.
- A clean UK driving licence (essential).
- Forklift license
- Comfortable with manual handling and physical work as part of the role
Benefits
Holidays, pension, employee assistance programme, team portal, uniforms. Salary would be pro-rata based on 30 hours per week.
Compact security services is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. As a growing business we take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to background, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability status, caring responsibilities or other legally protected characteristics.
We are proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, supporting the armed forces community to transition into careers outside of the armed forces, and are committed to working with and providing reasonable adjustments for applicants and employees.If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application and perform at your best, please do not hesitate to contact us to make a request.