Yard Supervisor

Job description

Job Title: Yard Supervisor

Team: Yard

Responsible to: Yard Foreman

Work Pattern:

Full time: Monday to Friday 7.00am to 5.00pm plus alternate Saturday mornings 7.30am -12.30pm

As an active leader, you will ensure the smooth running of the yard area, building excellent customer relationships and inspiring team members to offer the best customer service possible, upholding the good reputation of the company.

Health & Safety and the well-being of employees and customers are key components of this role. You will utilise your excellent communication and leadership skills in sustaining a safe, professional and appropriate environment.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise and oversee the Yard staff, ensuring they work as an effective team in their duties of serving customers, storing materials, keeping the yard and storage buildings clean and tidy.
• Perform day to day people management tasks and perform appraisals for staff as per the company’s review process. Evaluate individual and team output and recommend changes and training as required.
• Working within the parameters set by senior management, approve annual leave / time off for the team.
• Assist the Yard Foreman with the general running of the yard and storage buildings.
• Where appropriate unloading, unpacking, checking and storing goods received.
• Where appropriate, greet customers, establish the customers purchase needs, provide advice on alternative and/or more suitable products.
• Where appropriate retrieve the goods for the customer and load onto the company or customers vehicle as required, where the customer has pre-loaded goods, check the vehicle to ensure the goods loaded reflect the information provided.
• Assist with the Company’s stock taking spot checks to ensure accuracy of information at all times.
• General warehouse and yard duties as required.
• Report any incidents or accidents as soon as possible and in compliance with the company’s act accident reporting system.
• Adhere to all company policies and procedures.
• Any other duties appropriate to this role.

Requirements

Person Specification

• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Supervisory experience
• Awareness of and commitment to working to high levels of health and safety regulations
• Knowledge of building materials, having previously worked in a builder’s merchant
• Counterbalance Fork Lift Truck Certification
• Physically able to cope with reasonable manual handling, working in all kinds of weather & being on feet / walking for the majority of the day
• Reliable and able to work within a team environment as well as under own initiative
• Adaptable and able to cope with fluent, changing work requirements