Mentoring for people in warehousing and storage.
Warehousing and Storage is a transportation, logistics, supply chain and storage field with its own language, its own way in and its own unwritten rules. A mentorhero session puts a mentee in front of somebody already doing that job for 30 minutes, so the questions get answered by a person instead of a search engine. Logistics promotes fast if you understand the numbers. Mentoring explains them early.
- Session length
- 30 minutes
- Cost to the mentee
- Free
- Sector
- Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Why a session helps in warehousing and storage.
The language of warehousing and storage
A mentee leaves the session understanding the terms used on the job, not a glossary written by somebody outside it.
The route in, said plainly
Which qualifications, tickets or first jobs matter in warehousing and storage, and which are a waste of money.
Thirty minutes, no cost to the mentee
Short enough that a working mentor can give it, long enough to change what somebody does next.
Somebody who has done the job
Mentors are matched on the work itself, so the person on the call recognises the problem straight away.
The language of transportation, logistics, supply chain and storage.
These are the terms that come up in a warehousing and storage session, and what they mean in practice.
OTIF
On time, in full. The measure the whole chain is judged by.
Lead time and buffer
How long supply takes and what you hold to cover it.
Tacho and hours
Driver hours rules that shape the working day.
Pick, pack and put-away
Warehouse basics, and where a lot of good operations careers start.
Where the jobs sit.
A mentor can walk a mentee through any of these, from the first job to the one after next.
Driver and operative
Warehouse team leader
Planner and scheduler
Transport manager
Supply chain analyst
Operations manager
The questions that come up.
Getting a licence or a CPC funded
Moving from the warehouse into planning or analysis
Whether transport management is worth the responsibility
Handling shift patterns and family life
Using operational experience to move into supply chain
Half an hour is enough for this.
How a network is planned and where cost really sits
What a transport or ops manager promotes on
How to move from doing to planning
Four steps, no cost.
- 01
Say what you do or want to do
Tell us the part of warehousing and storage you are aiming at.
- 02
We match you
A mentor working in the field, chosen on the job rather than the job title.
- 03
Thirty minutes on video
Bring the questions. No preparation, no cost, no obligation.
- 04
Come back when you need to
Sessions are repeatable as the next decision arrives.
The things people ask first.
Do the mentors actually work in warehousing and storage?
Yes. Matching is done on the work itself, so the mentor either works in warehousing and storage now or has spent long enough in it to speak from experience.
What does it cost a mentee?
Nothing. Sessions are funded by our partner organisations, so mentees never pay.
I am changing careers into this field. Is that still a fit?
Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons people book. Thirty minutes with somebody inside warehousing and storage is the fastest way to find out whether the move is right before you commit to a course.
Can employers in this industry offer sessions to their people?
Yes. Partners fund sessions for their workforce, their candidates and their local community, and get live reporting on hours delivered.
Working in warehousing and storage?
Give 30 minutes as a mentor, or book a session as a mentee. Both start on the same page.