We have an exciting opportunity at our Liverpool Warehouse department in the role of Warehouse Shift Leader to join our Warehouse team. The Warehouse Shift Leader will support the warehouse operations team in terms of managing the team one of the teams on a 24/7 shift pattern to meet business requirements and Standard Procedures.

A successful candidate will be able to:

• Understand the SC organization of our customers & suppliers, their strategy, objectives and associated key performance indicators
• Manage supplier relationships through a clear monitoring of KPIs
• Develop trust & collaborative mindset with suppliers & customers while using negotiation skills to improve day-to-day work
• Monitor the procurement process, the MRP parameters and the key components on long term availability
• Experience with working within process constraints and with capacity constraints to improve the overall site flow
• Experienced People manager driving a individual development culture
• Creating and encouraging a team culture
• Driving best in class mentality

Successful candidate will have :

• Substantial years of experience in the Warehouse , Supply chain and Manufacturing sectors 
• Expensive Warehouse sector experience 
• Broad experience and knowledge of Supply chain and processes. 
• Knowledge and experience  in understanding high demand performance in a high-performance team.
• Recognized as a "high potential" individual.
• Enthusiastic and dedicated self-starter.
• Confident with robust communication skills and driven by results.
• Have strong CODE behaviours.
• Committed, Open, a Doer, and Empowered.
• Proficient in computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Office and warehouse sector systems.
• Highly adaptable and capable of quickly assimilating into new roles.

The role is an ideal opportunity for development towards a broader operations career :

• involvement in strategy development
• highly transversal role, working actively with most of the companies functions (ops, finance, R&D, medical,…)
• high exposure to hierarchy
• extremely strong operations mentality

When it comes to finding a great place to work there are plenty of things to look for: inspirational colleagues, freedom in your job to make a real difference, and a shared ethos you can truly believe in. Throw in top perks, a responsive and dynamic environment, and unrivalled opportunities to develop personally and professionally and you’ve found something pretty special. You’ve found Danone.

Danone is a major FMCG company in the UK, with market leading brands across four divisions: Waters (Evian, Volvic), Dairies (Actimel, Activia, Shape), Early Life Nutrition (Aptamil, Cow & Gate) and Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition (Neocate, Fortisip).

The Nutricia Liverpool site is faced with growing volumes across all business areas, to manage this a new shift patterns for WH teams has been introduced in 2022 to cover 24.7 operations. Nutricia is Europe’s largest specialist nutrition company and the market leader in the UK. We specialise in the delivery of medical nutrition for the very young, the old and the sick, supplying high quality feeds to patients and consumers. Our purpose is to pioneer nutritional discoveries that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Here at Danone, we put people at the centre of everything we do – whether we’re developing ground-breaking new products, taking care of individual patients, or supporting the community. And if you join us, you can expect exactly that sort of attention too.

Nutricia medical nutrition products have a strong market share. The business is operating within a mature market but there is still scope for expansion both within local and global markets, and the emphasis in the coming years with be on maintaining volume growth, whilst ensuring we drive our cost targets in the right direction.