What is it like to work in our Travis Perkins distribution centre?

Gytis leads a team to successfully deliver the best service

Gytis has been with our Group for 6 years, and since joining he has progressed his career, became father to two son’s, and is looking forward what the future will bring. He’s been in his current role at the Primary Distribution Hub for 3 years and applied for Distribution Shift Manager because he wanted growth, training and the challenge of working in a fast-paced environment.

“My day-to-day responsibilities include leading a team to successfully deliver the best service for our customers, while keeping safety and wellbeing of our colleagues at the highest priority. I am also nearly at the end of an Improvement Practitioner Apprenticeship Standard (Level 4) involving project management and leadership training which has been very useful. 

One of the best aspects of working here is that we have a unique and diverse workforce, which enables us to challenge the norm and look for new ways to build inclusion, which generates new ideas. One of the recent activities we did showed that our colleagues are from 27 different countries!

I really believe we’re better together at Travis Perkins. We have one mission, providing quality service to our customers. The only way we can achieve that, is to work together towards the same goal. All of us might have different responsibilities, but we all contribute.”

How Sheila stepped up to Distribution Shift Manager

Sheila has been with us for over 15 years but was seconded into her current role around a year ago. Having worked in several different roles within the business, as a picker, team leader, supervisor, front-line manager and section leader, Sheila told us applying for the role of Shift Manager felt like a natural progression.

“Day to day I look after the smooth running of the PM Shift. I’m responsible for the Health and Safety of the team and make sure they follow good working practices. Although warehouse jobs have historically been male-dominated environments and in the past, at times I was the only woman on shift, now it is so much more diverse and has changed so much over the years.

I most enjoy interacting with people and trying to help them achieve their goals, just as I have been helped in the past. I enjoy working together with my fellow Shift Leaders to get the job done in a safe and efficient manner. Every day is different and full of different challenges.”