Assistant Section Leader- Replenishment

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 1. Support the section leader in the running of the relevant department 2. 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. 3. Determine appropriate staffing and fork lift truck resource required, and assign work to staff/drivers. 4. Monitor outstanding work to ensure efficient completion at the required levels of performance and against current short-term objectives and plan. 5. Liaise with other sections as required to ensure completion of workloads 6. Receive, prioritise and assign requirements with particular regard to urgent activity 7. Check documentation is completed promptly and correctly and (if not scanned) pass to confirmation staff for processing. Health and safety 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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.

2. NVQ 2 or equivalent 3. 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. 4. Numerate, for accurate reading/writing of numbers, and ability to carry out addition/subtraction efficiently and correctly. 5. Literate, to read paperwork, endorse as appropriate; and write effective labels, etc. 6. Competent keyboard skills, for use or WMS computer system, and general use of Microsoft Office. 7. Competent user (incl. creating and amend) of Excel spreadsheets. 8. 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., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

• 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.