Stores & Depot Supervisor - Mountsorrel

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Mountsorrel Depot, Granite Way, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7TZ

Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker

Salary: £31,074 - £33,294 per annum

Working Hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent.

Closing Date: Friday 27th December 2024

Interview Date(s): Date TBC Please note: these will be in-person.

About the Role

This role will involve working within the Stores building at Mountsorrel depot from 06:45am until 16:00 pm Monday to Thursday and 06:45am until 15:30pm Fridays.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the stores, ensuring efficient stock layout, stock control and utilising storage appropriately. Adhering to stock processes and waste management procedures.

You will be responsible for ordering, issue resolution, returns and transfers and providing the general depot operatives and technician with daily support with deliveries, yard duties, plant issuing, timesheets etc.

You will manage daily stores transactions ensuring accuracy of recording and input of receipts.

You will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and have experience of managing your own workload and working to deadlines.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of Street Lighting scheme resources, including lantern and column allocation, warranty returns and stock levels.

You will have excellent communication skills, and report regularly to the stores and depot supervisor.

This role is a "Safety Critical Post" and, consequently, subject to random drug and alcohol testing in accordance with our policies and procedures. A copy of our Substance Misuse Policy and Procedure is available upon request.

About You

To apply for this post, you must have:

• A valid Tele-Handler and Lift Truck license or willingness to work towards.
• Experience of working in an office environment; knowledge of stores and stock control processes is desirable.
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as having initiative to work on your own along with experience in handling conflicting demands.
• Knowledge of Waste Management Regulations and a willingness to work towards a waste qualification / certification.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to liaise with customers face to face and on the telephone, and to continue to build on the credibility of the Council and its services.
• Attention to detail to ensure accurate recording of information. Good IT skills, including the ability to learn the use of service specific systems and software.
• Good organisational skills and prioritisation of work to tight timescales. Ability to be flexible and adapt to change in a fast paced, customer focussed construction industry environment.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Ella Boyle, Stores & Depot Supervisor

Telephone: 0116 3052341

Email: [email protected]

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home.

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