Warehouse Team Leader

Join our team as a Warehouse Team Leader!

We’re looking for a hands-on and motivated Warehouse Team Leader to join our fast-paced operation in Leixlip. You’ll lead by example, ensuring safety, quality, and performance targets are consistently met while supporting and developing your team.

Location: Leixlip, Kildare
Shift pattern: 7am–7pm and 7pm–7am rotating. You’ll work 4 days on, 4 days off, followed by 3 days on, 3 days off.

What will you be doing?

• Leading a team of Warehouse Operatives to achieve daily targets for picking, packing, and loading highly valuable and sensitive products.
• Overseeing all warehouse activities to maintain a safe working environment and ensure full compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Training, coaching, and motivating your team to meet performance standards and drive continuous improvement.
• Monitoring output and quality, resolving issues quickly to minimise disruption.
• Managing shift handovers and maintaining accurate records and reporting.
• Supporting the wider management team in driving operational excellence and process improvements.

About you:

• Proven experience in a warehouse environment with prior team leadership or supervisory experience.
• A strong focus on health & safety, quality, and performance metrics.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and fluent English.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Positive attitude, approachable, and supportive of team development.
• Flexibility to work 4 on 4 off shift pattern.
• Full clean driver’s licence essential.
• Ideally, experience in a high-volume warehouse, manufacturing, or logistics environment.

What We Offer

• Career Growth: Exciting career paths and development opportunities.
• Time Off: 19,5 days of annual leave plus a day off for your birthday.
• Financial Benefits: Pension scheme with up to 5% employer contributions.
• Health & Well-being: Private healthcare coverage and an extensive well-being program.
• Learning & Development: Education support and access to online training.
• Additional Perks: Bike-to-work scheme, maternity pay, parental leave, and a discount scheme. 

Next Steps

Interested in joining our dynamic team? Apply now by following the links and attaching your CV as soon as possible. Please note that we may begin reviewing applications before the job advert expires. 

At DB Schenker, we celebrate the diversity of our workforce and are committed to further enhancing it. We warmly welcome applications from individuals of all genders, ages, abilities, nationalities, religions, and sexual orientations. Please be aware that candidates will undergo necessary right-to-work checks for Ireland, a 5-year referencing process, and a criminal records check.

At DB Schenker, you are part of a global logistics network that connects the world. A network that allows you to shape your career by encouraging you to contribute and truly make a difference. With more than 76,000 colleagues worldwide, we welcome diversity and thrive on individual backgrounds, perspectives and skills. Together as one team, we are Here to move. 

Diverse teams are the best teams

We are keen to meet people with varied backgrounds: the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We want to build a team which represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, and we decide employment on the basis of merit and potential.

Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, unfortunately we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful applicants i.e. (if you do not meet the minimum criteria). Should you be successful in your application you will be subject to background security checks including a 5-year reference check and Garda Vetting.