Warehouse Manager Accessories and Seasonal Items Galway
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- Galway
- Temporary
- Full-time
- Warehouse manager for accessories , seasonal items and overflow storage from East of Ireland Warehouse
- Oversee all core warehouse functions including goods-in, put-away, replenishment, picking, order assembly, consolidation, packing, and dispatch.
- Plan and manage workload to meet daily schedules,
- Ensure accurate, timely booking of inbound loads from suppliers and international shipments.
- Maintain high standards of housekeeping, racking safety, and equipment condition.
- Any other duties may be reasonably requested by Management.
- Lead and develop a team of warehouse operatives, forklift drivers, goods-in staff, and supervisors.
- Manage labour planning, time & attendance.
- Provide coaching, performance reviews, and ongoing training
- Foster a culture of safety, teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure full compliance with safety policies and national legislation.
- Oversee safe operation of all materials handling equipment (MHE).
- Conduct regular safety walks, risk assessments, toolbox talks, and incident investigations.
- Conduct regular housekeeping & compliance audits.
- Collaborate with Health & Safety team to ensure best practice is maintained.
- Maintain strict adherence to manual handling procedures.
- Maintain high stock accuracy through cycle counting, location audits, and proactive discrepancy investigation.
- Support annual and periodic stocktakes across the Warehouses.
- Coordinate closely with Transport (internal fleet and external carriers) to guarantee efficient routing, loading accuracy, and issue resolution.
- Rapidly resolve order fulfilment or picking issues raised by stores, sales teams, or customer service teams.
- Ensure effective use of ERP/WMS systems to drive accuracy and productivity.
- Support systems development, process standardisation, and best-practice implementation across our warehouses.
- Develop and maintain KPIs, dashboards, and daily/weekly reporting (e.g., pick accuracy, productivity, goods-in processing times).
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities to reduce cost and increase throughput and service levels.
- Proven experience managing a warehouse, ideally within a multi- branch retail environment.
- Strong leadership capability with experience managing diverse warehouse teams.
- Strong H&S awareness and practical knowledge of warehouse compliance obligations.
- Good working knowledge of WMS/ERP systems and Microsoft Excel.
- Fun, fast paced & high energy work environment
- Culture of developing and promoting from within the company
- Our Generous staff discounts
- Our pension scheme
- Our Bonus Scheme
- Our Educational Support Scheme
- Our Discounted corporate rate health care
- Our free Employee Assistance Programme
- Our wellbeing initiatives like our Bike to work scheme
- Career Development Opportunities
- Continuous professional development with dedicated training resources
- Discount card for discounts on products and services across the island of Ireland