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Warehouse Service Planning and Capability Team Manager


Company : Tesco UK


Location : Huntingdon, England


Created : 2025-06-21


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Availability WindowDaysFrom timeTo timeMon08:00:0016:00:00Tue07:00:0015:00:00Wed07:00:0015:00:00Thu08:00:0016:00:00Fri07:00:0015:00:00 I lead the Distribution Centre planning cycle, ensuring we have the right plans in place to deliver the volume requirements and service to stores. I monitor my Distribution Centre’s skills matrix and ‘max the mix’ of skills required for safe and efficient operations across all shifts. I proactively forward plan for seasonal/peak events and ensure resource and skills resilience in my Distribution Centre. I monitor and analyse local plans, productivity and performance data, escalating trends, patterns, and improvements required to the relevant team(s)/managers for them to take the appropriate action. I work in partnership with various stakeholders, providing data that informs decision making by the accountable team(s)/managers. I deliver outstanding people routines for my team. I develop my team's skills and continually review their capability and performance. I create a culture where we get the basics right all the time. I know my colleagues and how they feel about working for me and for Tesco. I develop great colleagues for today and leaders for tomorrow. I communicate purpose, plan & progress. I listen to customers and act on their feedback. I deliver a great shopping trip for customers every day. I deliver and sustain great standards to be proud of. I lead the service culture in my department. I protect our brand by delivering legal compliance through our teams. I actively control costs in my department and deliver my budgets. I consider safety in all I do so every colleague and every customer gets home safe every day. I engage my team to participate in bringing benefits to the local community. I am a professional business manager. These behaviors give you everything you need to be clear on what’s expected of you and to feel confident in your role. Care for Your Team so that our colleagues can be their best every day. Be Inclusive so that everyone feels welcome at Tesco. Drive high performance to make sure we Win Together and you and to feel confident in your role. Our Winning Together Behaviours Believe in each other… because when trust is high we can move at pace. Building trust in teams and enabling end-to-end collaboration across Tesco. Stay Curious… because the best ideas come from thinking differently and hearing every voice in the room. Be Brave… because when we take calculated risks, when our purpose is clear, we feel connected to it. Doing the right thing and creating safe spaces where colleagues can test, learn, and speak up. Live 20/80… because focusing on the few things that will make the biggest difference is how we win. Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of, and for the planet. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome. We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support. We’re proud to have been accredited as a Disability Confident Leader and are committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please clickhere. Please note Tesco will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age. To find out the school leaver’s age for your country, pleaseclick here . We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines 'spirits, counters, bakery, and driving roles. On occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date to manage all applications appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview. For more information about us, please visit .#J-18808-Ljbffr