Nights Warehouse Manager

Nights Warehouse Manager

Contract: Permanent

Shift pattern: Night Shift – 9:30 pm onwards – 8 hr shift

Recruitment Partner: Vyoma Gandhi

About the role

We\'re excited to announce a permanent opportunity for an experienced Nights Warehouse Manager to join our team at Burton Service Centre. This newly created role is central to our overnight operations and offers a unique chance to lead, shape, and improve the performance of our night shift teams. If you\'re passionate about team development, and driving efficiency in an automated warehouse environment, this is your next big move.

As Nights Warehouse Manager, you will oversee the Operational, Control, and Planning teams during night shifts. This is a leadership role that spans multiple responsibilities, offering broad exposure and the chance to influence important aspects of warehouse performance. You\'ll play a critical part in ensuring that our night operations run smoothly – providing the support, structure, and strategic direction needed to empower your teams.

You\'ll report directly to the Head of Operations for the Burton site, with a dotted line into the Head of Control and Planning. This dual reporting structure reflects the strategic importance of the role and its nature.

Key responsibilities

  • Team Leadership & Development: Lead night shift teams across operations, control, and planning. Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Operational Excellence: Ensure execution of warehouse processes and standards. Monitor performance metrics and implement strategies to improve throughput, accuracy, and service levels.
  • Systems & Automation Oversight: Use your knowledge of automated warehouse systems and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) to guide and support your teams.
  • Cost Efficiency: Identify cost‑saving programs without compromising service quality. Promote simplification and smarter ways of working to reduce cost to serve.
  • Communication & Collaboration: Maintain clear and open lines of communication with peers, senior leadership, and your own teams. Ensure expectations are well understood and updates are transparent.
  • Culture Building: Create a positive and inclusive work environment where team members feel valued to perform at their best.
  • Problem Solving: Handle operational challenges head‑on, making tough decisions. Embrace and encourage constructive challenge across all levels of the organisation.
  • Health & Safety Leadership: Champion the Health & Safety agenda for Burton\'s night operations. Collaborate with other Operations Managers across Logistics to share insights and best practices.

What you\'ll need to have

We\'re looking for someone who brings a blend of leadership, technical knowledge. You will demonstrate:

  • Inspirational Leadership: To lead by example, coach teams, that inspires growth and performance.
  • Technical Knowledge: Understanding of automated warehouse operations and WMS platforms, promoting confidence and informed decision‑making.
  • Strategic Thinking: A cost‑conscious mindset with the ability to identify opportunities for efficiency and new ideas.
  • Communication: Experienced in delivering clear, and impactful messages to diverse audiences – from junior teams to senior team members.
  • Culture Champion: A natural person who celebrates success and creates a workplace where people genuinely enjoy coming to work.
  • Resilience and Tenacity: Ability to stay the course through challenges, make difficult calls when needed.
  • Safety First Mentality: Deep commitment to Health & Safety, with a serious approach to risk management and compliance.

It would be great if you also have

These are desirable experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don\'t match this additional criteria.

  • Stakeholder Management skills

Our benefits

  • 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.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you – find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third‑party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What\'s next

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.

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