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Operations Manager - GNFR
£45,000 - £55,000 plus excellent benefits (Work Level 5)
Manchester City Centre
12-month FTC/Secondment

Please Note: We will also consider part-time/flexible working arrangements for this role

We’re now working in a hybrid way, with colleagues dividing their time between home/remote working and the office. You can find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy

We’re looking for an inspiring operations manager to join Co-op’s source-to-pay leadership team in Manchester. In this role, we’ll need you to coach and motivate teams across GNFR (goods not for resale) to provide a high level of support to the business. If you can bring great leadership and people skills, combined with the technical know-how we need, we can offer you the chance to develop your career, gain lots of exposure and help shape our working methods.

To give you an idea of how this operations manager role will look and feel, here are some of the things you can expect to do:

• manage activity across various teams covering various activities including; operational procurement, colleague expenses, managing our supplier master data, capital construction ordering & Coupa Support
• take on line management responsibility for seven direct reports
• provide indirect line management to around 25 colleagues
• act as the point of contact for any enquiries and escalations for the team
• manage a range of stakeholders across the business and build meaningful relationships

To apply for this operations manager role, you’ll need experience of managing and inspiring colleagues and supporting teams through change. You’ll also require the following:

• great communication skills with the ability to build strong working relationships with stakeholders at different levels of the business
• previous procurement or source-to-pay experience
• experience of working with systems such as Coupa or SAP or equivalent

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services), the Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it, and the YuLife app – rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands. You’ll also get:

• an annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• a pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• coaching and training to support your career development

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing