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Despatch Supervisor (Nights Regular)

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

We currently have an opportunity for a Despatch Supervisor to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a customer focused individual to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression.

Role Responsibility

  • To delegate for direct reports and line manager as required in their absence
  • To monitor and work with loading team to ensure all loads are correct at time of departure.
  • Close monitoring of work progress in required areas
  • Dealing with daily issues regarding delivery queries and stock queries
  • Correct stock rotation of all products and heavy involvement with period end stock takes.
  • Communication within the department and with other departments
  • Control of staff overtime, breaks, and general discipline within the department
  • To ensure that all employees are adequately trained and informed of the safety procedures or regulations and hazards involved in their work undertaken and in the department in general
  • To adhere to company hygiene and health and safety procedures
  • To be aware of the company’s quality management system and in particular, to follow any quality assurance work instructions that is applicable to this job
  • To carry out other duties dictated by the requirements of the business
  • To prioritise VIP shortages and communicate with relevant departments
  • To conduct thorough handovers between in-coming & out going peers (to discuss all issues & work loads of all despatch departments) at beginning/conclusion of shifts.
  • To control holidays/sickness and carry out all return to work meetings/improvement notices/relevant investigations etc.
  • Close monitoring of work progress in required areas
  • To work Closely with Despatch Loading Team to ensure vehicle/customer orders are loaded to completion
  • To carry out investigations when required.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential:

  • Supervisory skills
  • Organisational abilities
  • Numerate and literate
  • Flexible approach to shift patterns and starting times
  • Positive attitude

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

Salary £22500 - £25500
Frequency Hourly
Job Reference SDX/TP/453309/39751
Contract Type Permanent – Full Time
Closing Date 30 December, 2018
Job Category Catering Management
Business Unit UK Tech and Services
Location Abertillery, Wales
Posted on 30 November, 2018

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