We're working with a removals and relocation company in Uxbridge, London, looking to recruit a International Removals Warehouse Manager. The role involves overseeing warehouse operations, managing household goods storage and coordinating the movement of customers' belongings for national and international removals. You'll be responsible for keeping the warehouse organised, managing incoming and outgoing consignments and working closely with the removals operations team.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
- Overseeing daily warehouse activities, including the receipt, storage and dispatch of household goods.
- Managing containerised storage, ensuring customers' belongings are correctly inventoried, labelled and stored.
- Coordinating the loading and unloading of vehicles and shipping containers for UK and international removals.
- Organising warehouse staff and allocating daily tasks to keep removals operations running efficiently.
- Checking export packing, wrapping and handling procedures for furniture and personal effects.
- Maintaining accurate storage records, stock movements and warehouse documentation.
- Monitoring warehouse health and safety, equipment use and the safe handling of customers' belongings.
Our client is particularly interested in candidates with:
- Previous experience managing a warehouse within the removals, household goods or moving and storage industry.
- Good knowledge of International and domestic removals, including export packing and container loading.
- Experience managing containerised storage, inventories and warehouse movements.
- Ability to supervise warehouse teams and coordinate workloads with removals crews and operations staff.
- Understanding of warehouse health and safety procedures and safe manual handling practices.
- Forklift licence and experience operating warehouse handling equipment (ideal).