Warehouse Team Leader (Birds Drove)
Come and join the leading #avoexperts 🥑
Westfalia Fruit is a leading multinational supplier of fresh fruit and related value added products to global markets. Through our vertically-integrated supply chain we grow, source, ripen, pack, process and market quality avocadoes & fresh produce – 365 days a year & across the globe.
With the largest avocado-growing footprint in the world, we are recognised as the leading #avoexperts, and considered as the supplier of choice to both retail & wholesale customers whom we serve from sales offices in the UK, Europe, North America, Latin America & Southern Africa.
We’re looking for a Warehouse Team Leader to join our team in Spalding, Lincolnshire.
**This is day shift 7am-7pm, working a continental shift pattern**
Westfalia Fruit UK are seeking motivated and results-oriented Team Leaders to join our expanding team in our brand new facility. This leadership role offers a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in the success of our fresh produce operations.You'll be responsible for leading and motivating a team of warehouse operatives, ensuring efficient and accurate order fulfilment, maintaining optimal stock levels, and implementing strict quality control procedures to deliver the highest quality produce to our customers
Responsibilities include:
- Leading and motivating a team of warehouse operatives, fostering a positive and productive work environment.
- Ensuring efficient and accurate order fulfilment, overseeing picking, packing, and dispatching of fresh produce.
- Maintaining optimal stock levels through collaboration with other departments and implementing effective stock rotation strategies.
- Implementing and enforcing strict quality control procedures throughout the warehousing process.
- Training and supervising your team on proper fresh produce handling techniques to optimise freshness and quality.
- Upholding high health, safety, and hygiene standards within the warehouse.
- Prior experience in a warehouse or logistics supervisory role
- Proven experience in leading and motivating a team
- Excellent communication and delegation skills
- Ability to plan, prioritse, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Strong analytical and organisational skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines
- Knowledge of the fresh produce industry
- Experience using warehouse equipment (e.g., forklifts)
- Salary of £32,000 per annum
- 20 days holiday, inclusive of bank and public holidays
- Free on-site parking
- Free Tea & Coffee
- Company pension plan
- Medicash cash plan
- Christmas hampers
Please note that this position does not have a specific closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and the advert may be removed at any time.
We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.