Lead Warehouse Manager - Fresh

Job Description

• Work within the Distribution Centre to manage and align streams of work for Distribution, ensuring colleagues and operation are not compromised at any time.
• Partnering with stakeholders across Tesco and externally to deliver objectives, manage dependencies and deliver the overall plan.
• Be agile in your approach, working across different areas of distribution operation to ensure plans are aligned in support of the strategic automation plan.
• Ensure colleagues are recruited, trained, developed and supported to be the best they can be.
• Know your stuff and share knowledge and enthusiasm.
• Take ownership of process and systems, making sure they are effective and efficient; you spot issues and swiftly find the best solutions.
• Understand how technology/automation is key to our future and make sure automation is a part of key business.

• Attending meetings and calls with the Project Manager and Distribution team.
• Liaising with the distribution centre teams during the installation to ensure that they understand each step of the process from install to go live.
• Sign off the resource /skill plan to ensure that this is in line with each phase of installation.
• Working between the Distribution Team and Project Team to ensure minimum disruption, Depot operation and wider network.
• Ensuring communication to Depot teams on progress updates, changes and upcoming events and activities
• Regular communication and updates to be provided to Project Manager and Project Team.
• Ensure all faults have been logged post install and ensure the centres team know how to log issues going forward.
• Support the Project Team with any queries promptly.
• Logging operational learnings to build the future blueprint for future AMR rollout.

• Knowing your stuff, sharing knowledge and enthusiasm, the way you manage makes Tesco a great place to work.
• Taking ownership of process, systems and plans, making sure they are effective; you spot issues and swiftly find the best simplest solutions.
• Understanding how automation is key to the future of distribution and Tesco.
• Following our business code of conduct and always acting with integrity/due diligence.
• Achieving great results by inspiring, engaging and leading others; you make our colleagues and distribution team feel valued.
• Being disciplined, organised and a great communicator with the leadership qualities to motivate those around them.
• Show energy and resilience to keep momentum going when working in challenging and ever-changing environments.
• Being known as the expert on the process and making yourself accessible for the centre teams to contact you for guidance and advice.

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is �Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day�. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.�

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we�re a place where Everyone�s Welcome.

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That�s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We�re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we are committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click�here.

Please note

Tesco will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver�s age. To find out the school leavers age for your country please�click here�

We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, counters, bakery and driving roles.

On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.

For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com