Stores Supervisor

Reference: REQ8569

Description: Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent The LCC Housing Stores is the Council's own builders' merchants. We are required to stock adequate levels of building materials and to prepare them for LCC Trade Operatives to collect and repair tenants' homes. The role as “Stores Supervisor” plays a crucial part in service delivery. The Stores Supervisor Team overseas the operational Stores service. Ensuring the right materials are available for the right person at the right time. The Stores Supervisor also maintains stock levels to an optimum level to meet normal demands. This role plays a vital function in maintaining Leicester City Councils Housing stock. As a part of the wider Housing Repairs team, we take pride in keeping our tenants suitably homed whilst operating within the Housing compliance regulations. We are driven to provide the best possible service to our tenants. We provide high quality materials for repairs, maintenance and renovations to vacant and tenanted properties. This role is based in a warehouse with the use of a shared office. Hours are Monday to Thursday 07:30 – 16:00, Friday being 07:30 – 15:30. What you'll be doing You'll be managing a small team of Stores Assistants. You will be helping them with operational queries, escalations and oversea their training needs, holiday approval, absence management and conduct their Quality Conversations. What you'll need A positive approach to leading a team, resilience to an ever-changing work environment. Attention to detail with record keeping/stock transactions. General Warehouse knowledge, a history of leading people. A good understanding of building materials/products would be an advantage. Having good interpersonal skills to be able to communicate effectively. What we can offer you As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator. Join us We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment' page. For an informal chat about this role please Contact Scott Grainger 0116 454 2508 or [email protected]

Region: Central

Location: 88 Leycroft Road

Salary: *GBP*36,581 - *GBP*39,481 Per Year

Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): *GBP*53,457

Contractual hours: 37

Basis: Full time,

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

The LCC Housing Stores is the Council’s own builders’ merchants. We are required to stock adequate levels of building materials and to prepare them for LCC Trade Operatives to collect and repair tenants’ homes. The role as “Stores Supervisor” plays a crucial part in service delivery.

The Stores Supervisor Team overseas the operational Stores service. Ensuring the right materials are available for the right person at the right time. The Stores Supervisor also maintains stock levels to an optimum level to meet normal demands.

This role plays a vital function in maintaining Leicester City Councils Housing stock. As a part of the wider Housing Repairs team, we take pride in keeping our tenants suitably homed whilst operating within the Housing compliance regulations.

We are driven to provide the best possible service to our tenants. We provide high quality materials for repairs, maintenance and renovations to vacant and tenanted properties.

This role is based in a warehouse with the use of a shared office. Hours are Monday to Thursday 07:30 – 16:00, Friday being 07:30 – 15:30.

What You’ll Be Doing You'll be managing a small team of Stores Assistants. You will be helping them with operational queries, escalations and oversea their training needs, holiday approval, absence management and conduct their Quality Conversations.

What You’ll Need A positive approach to leading a team, resilience to an ever-changing work environment. Attention to detail with record keeping/stock transactions. General Warehouse knowledge, a history of leading people. A good understanding of building materials/products would be an advantage. Having good interpersonal skills to be able to communicate effectively.

What We Can Offer You As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.

For an informal chat about this role please Contact Scott Grainger 0116 454 2508 or [email protected]