Warehouse Manager | Edgeworthstown
| Company: | ABP |
| Location: | Ireland |
| Salary: | Negotiable Salary |
C&D Foods is one of Europe’s leading Own Label Petfood manufacturers producing a range of Wet and Dry Petfoods. Founded in 1969, and now part of The APB Food Group, C & D Foods has grown to become one of the industry’s leading pet food producers. C&D Foods has 7 production facilities across 6 Countries (Ireland, Denmark, Austria, Spain, The Netherlands and the UK) and 2 sales offices (Germany and Italy). C&D Foods’ Head Office is in Mullingar, County Westmeath. Turnover is in excess of €300 million.
C & D Foods have an exciting opportunity for a Warehouse Manager to join our team. This role will be based in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford.
As Warehouse Manager you will be responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the warehouse, ensuring the accurate and timely dispatch of products, and maintaining high standards of inventory control and safety.
This role will be responsible for a team of circa 25 colleagues across the warehouse management, inbound and outbound teams and play a key part in the overall growth of the organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Supply Chain Manager to handle all aspects of the running of a busy warehouse.
- All stock movements to be completed accurately and in real time on the company MRP system.
- Constant monitoring and evaluation of available data to ensure optimal warehouse layout and stock integrity is being achieved.
- Ensure procedural controls in place for all activities
- Ensure customer orders are fulfilled on time and in full
- Ensure the Warehouse is Managed to comply with all Quality Standards, (BRC, IFS, ETI, Customer Specific, Pest Control, NCR’s)
- Manage customer delivery/collection requirements daily ensuring delivery on time and in full.
- Manage resource to service the collection of raw material (Offal) with the Island of Ireland
- To Manage the MHE (Forklift) requirement for the site (Including Epicom), ensuring the fleet is maintained to the required standard
- To ensure the site is legally compliant on any associated transport activities: Import/Export Requirements
- Ensure contracted Security Provider of Man Guarding is delivering to meet the needs of the business through well defined Assignement Instructions whilst ensuring the site remains secure at all times
- Through Risk Assessment ensure the site has appropriate controls in place to deter, prevent unauthorised entry and support Food Defence requirements
- Ensure the site external area(s) are monitored and controlled: Pallet Storage Areas, Trailer/Vehicle Parking, Car Park.
- Identify areas for process improvement and implement agreed solutions within the department.
- Leading the team of employees providing clear direction and efficiency
- Supporting and helping the supervisors and general operatives whenever required
- At all times ensure that the Health and Safety requirements are adhered to by the entire team
Personal Competencies & Qualifications:
- 5 years proved experience in Warehouse Management.
- Experience of goods in and goods out, ideally in an FMCG environment.
- Good working knowledge if Warehouse Systems, ERP Systems and Excel.
- Experience in stock management -stock counting cycles on a daily and periodic basis.
- Ability to delegate in line with setting the expectation, assigning responsibility and ensuring responsibility is taken by your team.
- Collaborative and confident to constructively challenge for the right result with an ability to influence peers and senior managers.