Job Description:

Warehouse Manager – Art, Prints & Luxury Goods
Location: South East London (on site)
Salary: £50,000–£55,000 + benefits
Contract: Permanent, full time, Monday to Friday 9am–6pm

Fancy running a warehouse where the stock on your shelves includes original artwork and limited-edition prints from some of the biggest names in contemporary art?

I’m working with a fast-growing art-tech business that partners with world-renowned artists and estates to bring their work to a global audience. Prints, physical artworks, books, merchandise – it all moves through their South East London warehouse, and they now need an experienced Warehouse Manager to take ownership of it.

This is a proper leadership role. You’ll run the operation day to day, lead and develop the team, and make sure every high-value (and often irreplaceable) item is received, stored, packed and dispatched with real care. When a big product launch lands, you’ll be the one who has planned for it.

What you’ll be doing

• Running the whole warehouse operation: goods in, storage, picking, packing and dispatch for both customer and wholesale orders
• Leading, training and motivating the warehouse team, including rotas, performance and development
• Owning the WMS and making sure stock records are accurate and processes are followed
• Managing stock control, cycle counts and reconciliations, and getting to the bottom of discrepancies
• Setting the standard for how high-value and fragile pieces are handled, packed and stored
• Taking overall responsibility for warehouse health and safety, including risk assessments and training
• Managing couriers, carriers and suppliers on service levels and cost
• Planning capacity ahead of launches and peak periods, and keeping on top of packaging, consumables and budgets
• Reporting on KPIs such as order accuracy, dispatch times and stock levels
• Spotting where things could run better and making it happen

What you’ll bring

• At least 3 years in warehouse management or a senior supervisory role
• A track record of leading and developing a warehouse team
• Strong working knowledge of WMS and inventory control best practice
• Solid, practical health and safety knowledge in a warehouse setting
• A systematic, process-driven approach and a real eye for detail
• Comfort using data and KPIs to make decisions
• The ability to stay calm and organised when volumes peak
• Good communication skills and the confidence to work with people at every level

Experience in art, fashion, luxury or e-commerce, or of handling high-value or fragile goods, would be a real advantage, but isn’t essential. A clear basic DBS check will be required.

Why apply?

• Lead the warehouse for an ambitious business that is genuinely changing how people access art
• Handle products you won’t find in any other warehouse job
• Real ownership, with the backing of senior operations leadership
• Scope to shape processes and grow the operation as the business scales

If you’re a hands-on warehouse leader who takes pride in getting the detail right, I’d love to hear from you. Apply with your CV today.

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