Musgrave is one of Europe's most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain.
Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 18 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place.
We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve.
We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens.
About Italicatessen
We select, import, and distribute top quality Italian food and wine across Ireland.
We carefully select our suppliers and products based on a criterion of excellence.
Our mission is to import Italian made products with exceptional price to quality ratios, that sell very well in Italy (as opposed to products made solely for export and thus of very low value).
Part of the Musgrave Group, a company that remains family owned and over 147 years in business.
Job Purpose:
Reporting to the Warehouse Manager, the role of Assistant Warehouse Manager is to assist in the management and monitoring of all warehouse operations, utilizing staff in different shifts to ensure completion of daily functions in an efficient manner.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
* Ensures that relevant warehouse activities and stock control procedures are routinely practiced.
* Defines and prioritizes work tasks and leads the warehouse team(s) in task accomplishment.
* Ensure deployment of warehouse best practices, e.g. optimisation of picking face location and pick paths based on volumes.
* Communicates / motivates the warehouse team to ensure orders are completed and shipped on time.
* Ensures that staff performance records are actively maintained and that all performance issues are remedied.
* Provides feedback to team members in relation to their performance on an ongoing basis and completes a formal periodic performance appraisal with staff.
* Promotes training and development.
* Trains and provides knowledge to the warehouse and administration teams to execute tasks efficiently and accurately and ensures all training records are kept up to date.
* Ensures all new colleagues receive the appropriate training and support to commence their role.
* Ensures new colleagues are trained adequately in Health and Safety and safe working practices.
* Communicates with management in relation to external training required for new starters.
* Addresses any disciplinary matters with the HR Manager and actively participates in this process.
* Liaises with relevant stakeholders to ensure smooth running of all aspects of the warehouse.
Education/Skills/Experience:
At least 3 years previous warehouse experience
Strong IT literacy
Experience with warehouse scanning/voice systems and allocation of team tasks / production of dashboards from the scanning system
Organised, attention to detail and clear communication skills are pre-requisites for this role
Ability to plan, organise and coordinate activities in a fast-moving work environment
Ability to motivate and engage a team
Knowledge of Health & Safety is essential
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills