Team Leader
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 12, 2026. Boots scores B on the Alion truth index.
Burton on Trent - Full Time - Onsite
Shift Pattern: 4 days in, 4 days off Hours: 22:00 - 10:00 (12-hour shifts) - Total - 38.5 hrs
Permanent
Vyoma Gandhi - [email protected]
What you'll be doing
Reporting to the Department Manager, you will lead a team of warehouse colleagues within our Burton Service Centre Night Shift operation, ensuring work is completed safely, accurately and on time.
You will take ownership of your team’s performance, development and engagement while delivering operational targets across safety, service, quality and productivity. You will coach and support colleagues, set clear expectations and create a positive team culture that delivers excellent service for our customers.
Key responsibilities
- Lead, coach and develop a team of warehouse colleagues(Close to around 30), taking ownership of their performance, engagement and development.
Delivering productivity, quality, attendance and service targets.
Coaching colleagues to maximise performance and capability.
Monitoring team performance and taking action to improve results.
Delivering team briefings and maintaining clear communication throughout the shift.
Supporting workflow and resource allocation across operational areas.
Maintaining shift handovers and operational updates.
Ensuring compliance with Health & Safety, security and operational standards.
Working collaboratively with support departments to resolve operational issues.
Creating a positive, engaged and high-performing team culture.
What you'll need to have (our must-haves)
These are the essential experience needed to succeed in this role.
- Proven experience directly leading and managing a team within a warehouse, logistics or operational environment.
- Strong communication and people leadership skills, with the ability to engage, support and motivate colleagues while setting clear expectations.
- Ability to coach, motivate and develop colleagues, identifying development or performance gaps and following through on improvement.
- Ability to assess operational issues, identify root causes, set priorities and take clear action.
- Experience using operational KPIs and performance data to prioritise workload, deploy resource and improve results.
- A proactive approach to safety, identifying risks and taking action to maintain safe working practices.
- Ability to remain calm and organised in a fast-paced environment.
- Basic IT skills and confidence using operational systems and reporting tools.
- A proactive approach and willingness to take ownership of challenges.
- Experience managing people processes including performance, attendance, absence and conduct, with confidence having difficult conversations and supporting formal investigations where required.
It would be great if you also have
- Experience within an automated distribution environment.
- Previous experience in warehouse, outbound or e-commerce operations.
- Experience managing agency colleagues.
- Experience supporting continuous improvement or operational improvement activities.
Rewards designed for you
Boots Retirement Savings Plan
Discretionary annual bonus
Generous employee discounts
Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.
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A bit about us
At Boots, we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we're committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.
What's next
If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.
Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.
We hope to hear from you soon.
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