Yard Supervisor
- Permanent - Full time
- Travis Perkins
- Grimsby, Lincolnshire
hrs/pw
Monday to Friday 7.30am - 5.00pm, every other Saturday 8.00am - 12.00pm
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Are you an experienced Yard Supervisor or Warehouse Supervisor? Do you have experience of leading a small team and enjoy working outside and helping customers? Then we may have the role for you!
We have an opportunity for a Yard Supervisor based in our Grimsby branch on Rowlandson Street. Grimsby Branch is one of our successful branches based in our Midlands region.
What will I be doing?
As a Yard Supervisor, you will play a vital role in our continued success, providing a first class service whilst ensuring the safe and efficient running of our yard. You will also be responsible for leading and inspiring our yard team of yard colleagues and drivers, our colleagues are on the front line dealing with our customers that come into our yard and for our deliveries.
Working hours are Monday - Friday, 7.30am-5pm and Saturdays 8am-12pm (working 2 in 4 Saturdays)
What's in it for you?
Competitive salary package and an achievable annual bonus
22 days holiday plus bank holidays
Contributory pension / life assurance
Strong health and safety measures in place in and out of branch, including, increased cleaning, screens and social distancing
Great discounts across the Travis Perkins Group businesses, including Toolstation, we also have a number of online discounts at leading retailers from theme parks to eating out and cinemas.
What am I responsible for?
People - As Yard Supervisor you will lead, motivate and engage a team, delegate to empower the teams of the yard and drivers to work together as one. Ensure that succession planning is being used to drive talent sustainability, coach and mentor direct reports “rising stars” and management apprentices as required. Being based outside leading the external yard team, you will be processing our customer orders, loading and unloading customer and company vehicles.
Stay Safe - Set the tone and champion a Stay Safe culture across the branch at all times promoting a healthy workplace and colleague wellbeing.
Customers - Developing strong relationships with branch customers in order to build profitable business growth.
Operations - Managing the full operation of the branch yard, ensure that adequate provision is made for customer deliveries, that branch layout is What Great Looks Like standards for safety, storage efficiency, housekeeping, and ability of customers to find products they might want to buy.
What experience do you need?
The successful candidate will already be running a small to medium-sized team in a similar role and will bring with them, their transferable skills including, Leadership, Great Customer Service and Health and Safety.
Does this sound like you?
Are you:
Someone that is physically active, as this role is located outside, it will involve lifting heavy building materials.
Passionate, inspirational and engaging leader, who is able to delegate successfully and empower colleagues to take accountability and lead areas of the yard, creating and cultivating that “one team” approach.
Being a Yard Supervisor in TP gives you a fantastic opportunity to excel and to continue to develop your career, if you choose. You will be encouraged to enrol onto a TP development scheme - which are available to colleagues and managers at all levels of our business. How will you know you are doing a great job and developing your career? Simple. We will support you with a development plan that embraces our values.
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