Assistant Section Leader- Goods In

Organisation:Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO)

WorkLocation:Barnsdale Way Grove Park Enderby Leicester LE19 1ES

Salary: 25995- 26409 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

WorkingHours: 37 Hours per week

ContractType: Permanent

Closing Date: 9^th November 2025

Interview Date(s): TBC

About the Role

ESPO is responsible for the supply of goods and services to the Consortium Members of Cambridgeshire Leicestershire Leicester City Lincolnshire PeterboroughCity Warwickshire Norfolk and other public bodies within the area and nearby. As a means of providing part of the service ESPO maintains a 120000sq ft warehouse at Grove Park for the storage and distribution of a wide range (approximately 10000 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.

Main Duties

• Supervise the working of 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.
• Create and review each periodic replenishment report (bins and aisles) as required to meet the regularly updated daily output plan.
• Determine appropriate staff and fork lift truck resource required and assign work to staff/drivers.
• Monitor outstanding movements with replenishment and FLT staff to ensure efficient completion at the required levels of performance and against current short term objectives and plan.
• Liaise with Loaders and other Supervisors concerning items needing finishing.
• Receive prioritise and assign urgent (black list) requirements.

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 forklift 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 a current certificate of competence for an 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 10000 order lines per day from around 10000 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 the 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 and user (incl. creating and amend) of Exel spreadsheets.
• Able to motivate staff as first line supervisor to achieve output and KPI results.

Wed also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

• 25days 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:

Bernard Lowrey Shift Manager Warehouse

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How to Apply

ESPO is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every 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 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 more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.

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