Description Organisation: Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) Work Location: Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 1ES Salary: Grade 6 £25,188- £25,590 per annum (pro rata for part time) plus appropriate shift allowance Working Hours: Full Time, Hours per week - 37 Contract Type: Permanent (Alternate shifts working Monday to Friday ) About the Role ESPO is responsible for the supply of goods and services to the Consortium Members of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Leicester City, Lincolnshire, Peterborough City, Warwickshire, Norfolk and other public bodies within the area and nearby. As a means of providing part of the service ESPO maintains a 120,000sq ft warehouse at Grove Park for the storage and distribution of a wide range (approximately 10,000 different items) of educational, stationery, cleaning materials and other goods to schools, offices, homes and other establishments and distributes goods to a planned schedule using a fleet of its own and contractors’ vehicles. This role is a “Safety Critical Post” and, consequently, subject to random drug and alcohol testing in accordance with our policies and procedures. If successful in being appointed to the role, you will be required to agree to a planned test and achieve a negative result as part of any conditional offer of employment and/or during your probationary period. A copy of our Substance Misuse Policy and Procedure is available upon request. Job Purpose A practical, first line supervisory post, to ensure that associated department workload is completed efficiently and in a timely manner, in accord with current priorities and requirements. Main Duties Support the section leader in the running of the relevant department Working alongside and supervising a small team (4-8) warehouse staff. Train, monitor, advise and instruct staff as appropriate, to ensure that work is completed to the current requirements and KPIs. Determine appropriate staffing and fork lift truck resource required, and assign work to staff/drivers. Monitor outstanding work to ensure efficient completion at the required levels of performance and against current short-term objectives and plan. Liaise with other sections as required to ensure completion of workloads Receive, prioritise and assign requirements with particular regard to urgent activity Check documentation is completed promptly and correctly and (if not scanned) pass to confirmation staff for processing. Health and safety Due to the nature of the work within the warehouse, a considerable amount of bending and lifting is required, and in particular for this job where parcels of up to 25kgs are frequently handled. In addition, all employees shall operate with a duty of care and consideration for themselves, other employees and all other users of the warehouse in which both fork lift and other powered trucks are operating. Personal protective equipment, in the form of approved Safety Footwear, and High Visibility jackets/waistcoats must be worn at all times whilst working in the warehouse and service yard. About You To apply for this post, you must: Have/ be able to obtain current certificate of competence for electric stacker truck. NVQ 2 or equivalent Experience of the picking and packing, and despatch process in a large ‘manual picking’ Distribution Warehouse (picking in excess of 10,000 order lines per day from around 10,000 different products onto 40 delivery lorry loads. Be able to demonstrate practical knowledge of appropriate storage and picking processes and awareness of units of stock. Numerate, for accurate reading/writing of numbers, and ability to carry out addition/subtraction efficiently and correctly. Literate, to read paperwork, endorse as appropriate; and write effective labels, etc. Competent keyboard skills, for use or WMS computer system, and general use of Microsoft Office. Competent user (incl. creating and amend) of Excel spreadsheets. Able to motivate staff, as ‘first line supervisor’, to achieve output and KPI results. We’d also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing to 30 after 5 years’ service), and a scheme to buy additional leave. Local Government Pension Scheme with a generous employer contribution. Great office location next to Fosse Park, with free on-site parking and easy access to M1 and M69.. For more information or an informal discussion, please contact: Neil Tompkins – Operations manager n.tompkinsespo.org How to Apply ESPO is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our customers. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the customers we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme. To apply for this job, please click ‘Apply Now’. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home. 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