Warehouse Manager

Ballantynes brings a mix of tradition and innovation to the Canterbury region. With locations in Christchurch, Timaru, Auckland and Invercargill, we employ over 300 staff to fill a wide range of roles including retail, hospitality, buying, customer services, IT, finance, marketing, and more.

At Ballantynes we are all about delivering exceptional customer service. Our people are essential to our goal of providing a warm and welcoming environment for customers and staff.

Reporting to the Buying and Concession Manager, the Warehouse Manager will be responsible for leading, training and empowering the wider team to ensure they have the necessary skills to perform the duties of their role. You will ensure that the Company’s Vision and Values are incorporated into daily interactions and decision making.

Having strong experience leading and managing teams, you will be at ease minimising and resolving issues, external and internal. You will enjoy building strong and functioning teams by driving a customer excellence culture through setting objectives and managing performance to achieve SLA’s and KPI expectations which will help optimise business productivity and efficiency. This will also assist you with reporting on the team’s wage budgets and associated financials.

You will have solid experience in identifying and implementing areas of process improvement and efficiency where possible. Ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the Warehouse, Stock and Despatch functions; and seeking areas of meaningful improvement for the staff and department.

Health and Safety will be at the forefront of the day-to-day focus, creating a safety-first culture for all team members and visitors, encouraging safe behaviours and work practices and taking action to address identified hazards.

Having the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks at any one time will be an advantage.

• Minimum intermediate proficiency with Microsoft suite of applications and knowledge of inventory platforms
• Leadership and staff management skills
• Strong experience in a warehousing or inwards/outward goods environment
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Class 1 licence and a current Forklift licence would be advantageous.
• An interest in the retail sector

This is a permanent full-time position.

If you enjoy leading teams to perform at their best, streamlining processes and managing efficiencies then this could be the role for you!

Applications close on the 20 July 2024.

Applicants must have current eligibility to work in New Zealand.