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Warehouse Inbound Team Leader
Location: Dublin
Salary: Up to 45,000 Euro
Department: Warehouse Operations
Reports to: Site Manager
Contract: Permanent, full time
The company
A fast-growing parcel and logistics business with a high-volume distribution network. The operation is built on speed, accuracy, and a culture that values ambition, trust, fun, excellence, and teamwork. This is a hands-on leadership role at the heart of inbound performance.
The role
As Warehouse Inbound Team Leader, you will own the inbound flow from pre-alert through receipt and putaway. Your focus is simple and critical: make inbound accurate, fast, and consistent every day. You will lead a team on shift, keep standards high, remove blockers quickly, and build a positive culture where people feel proud of what they deliver.
What you will be doing
Inbound workflow management
Drive pre alert compliance and ASN matching, keeping performance above 98%.
Maintain inbound lag below four hours, spotting constraints early and escalating bottlenecks immediately.
Ensure receipts are completed with precision and aligned to booking expectations.
Accuracy and issue resolution
Track inbound booking accuracy and lead daily root cause reviews to prevent repeat errors.
Own the disposition process for damaged, missing, or mis labelled goods, ensuring clear actions and fast resolution.
Work closely with stock control and operations to protect inventory integrity.
Putaway efficiency
Allocate putaway tasks to maximise labour use and reduce travel time by up to 20%.
Ensure stock is placed into correct allocated slots with no short cuts.
Monitor putaway lag and reassign resources when required to maintain service levels.
SOP enforcement and training
Run weekly SOP refresher sessions focused on inbound standards.
Certify team members through quarterly inbound best practice refreshers.
Coach in the moment to build consistent habits and safe working methods.
Team coordination and culture
Lead daily stand ups, set clear shift priorities, and provide feedback tied to performance and behaviours.
Recognise inbound wins, celebrate progress, and help create a fun, high trust working environment.
Encourage full participation in inbound improvement forums so ideas come from the floor as well as the office.
What success looks like
Booking accuracy above 99%.
Putaway lag consistently below four hours.
ASN compliance at or above 98%.
Full team engagement in continuous improvement, with regular ideas turned into action.
What our client is looking for
Proven experience leading an inbound or stock receiving team within a busy warehouse or distribution setting.
Strong understanding of ASN processes, pre alerts, booking accuracy, and putaway discipline.
Confident using warehouse systems to track performance and drive corrective actions.
A practical leader who is calm under pressure, organised, and clear in communication.
Someone who sets the pace on standards, while keeping the team motivated and involved.
A value led approach that brings ambition, trust, fun, excellence, and teamwork to daily operations.
What you will get
Salary up to 45,000 Euro, depending on experience.
A visible role with real ownership of inbound performance.
Support from an experienced site leadership team.
The chance to shape inbound standards and develop your people as the operation grows.
If you want a role where your leadership directly improves speed, accuracy, and team culture, this is the one to step into.
Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
