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General Information

Job Type
Permanent
Category
Management
Business
PlaceMakers
Location
Nelson
Job Reference
38906
Posted Date
10-Jan-2025
Closing Date
10-Feb-2025

Description

The Role:
You’ll lead and develop our vital front-line team in our timber yard. 

Daily you will be responsible for 
  • Driving excellent customer service to our building and trade customers when they come through our timber yard area.  
  • Controlling Inventory and stock management with the use of continuous improvement techniques. 
  • Leading, mentoring and developing the team of four in the timber yard 
  • General maintenance to ensure Health and Safety, Environmental and Quality requirements are exceeded. 

This is a permanent full-time role. Offering 40-45 hours a week Monday-Friday.   

About You:
We are looking for someone with a passion for leading a team, who is highly motivated to make decisions and act to continuously improve performance and safety measures. 
  • Have Hands-on leadership skills to ensure that the team exceeds our customers’ expectations. 
  • Strong interpersonal skills with ability to motivate/influence the team
  • Trade/product knowledge or warehousing experience is preferred 
  • Proficient computer and numeracy skills
  • Have a clean Full driver’s licence. Forklift driving experience or licence 
  • Physically fit with a solid health & safety values 
  • Proactive and able to think on your feet under pressure

Our Benefits:
• Competitive hourly rate & Staff-buying privileges 
• Genuine development opportunities that come with being part of the wider Fletcher Building Group
• Employment Education Fund
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme  
• Joining an inclusive and diverse team and company 

Join Us: We value diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds. Research shows that females and minority groups don’t always apply for roles unless they match 100% of the requirements. If this role interests you but you feel you don’t quite fit, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are proud of our diversity and see it as one of the things that make us better together.

Pre-employment checks including references, medical, drug test and a Criminal background check is required as well as the legal right to work in NZ indefinitely

We are proud of the incredible diversity of people who make up our business! As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strive to create an inclusive environment for all our employees across our national network of branches throughout New Zealand.