Operations Manager Tamworth, England
Job description
If you are as ambitious as we are and you’re looking for an opportunity where you can make an impact and progress your career within Operations and Supply Chain, join the UKs largest foodservice supplier as the Operations Manager at our busy and evolving Tamworth site.
This newly created role presents an excellent opportunity for an experienced Operations Manager with proven leadership capability to join our site senior management team. You will have overall responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day operation, the focus of your role will be on future planning – developing a continuous improvement and high-performance culture across the warehouse function with a view to drive service and cost benefit across the operation.
You’ll work closely with your Warehouse Manager to ensure the effective planning and execution of the day-to-day operational strategy including workforce planning, using forecasting and trend analysis to ensure operational efficiency. And it goes without saying that you will be responsible for ensuring company, operational and legal compliance in critical areas including Health and Safety, HAACP and Food safety.
A proven and dynamic leader, you will enjoy developing your people and through setting a clear direction for all team members, create a culture that enhances colleague experience through regular and open channels, enabling and driving engagement. You’ll be a forward-thinking individual, able to manage and enable change effectively - ensuring that colleagues are engaged every step of the way. Your excellent communication, relationship building, and interpersonal skills will be fundamental to your success.
To join us as the Operations Manager, you will have previous senior leadership experience in a fast-paced, high volume warehousing operation, ideally within the FMCG sector. You’ll be commercially astute; results driven, and detail orientated - using data to support your decision making.
In return we offer a great package including basic salary and car allowance, generous holiday allowance plus the option to purchase more, pension plus huge discounts on award- winning products. It’s a great time to join us and this is a fabulous role with the opportunity to progress within a large, global organisation.
People join us for the stability and security. But they stay for our fun and friendly culture that supports everyone to be the best they can be. Join us and discover all sorts of opportunities to develop your career with us, as well as a range of great benefits.
Built on a passion for food and feeding the nation, we are the UK’s largest foodservice supplier. Every day Brakes deliver the highest quality fresh and frozen food and ingredients from our nationwide network of distribution centres to some of the nation’s most famous pubs and restaurants, as well as schools, caterers, care homes and hospitals. Our customers depend on us, and our 6,000-strong workforce is dedicated and proud to be part of this vital provision. And we’re growing!
At Brakes everyone is welcome. We don’t want you to ‘fit our culture’ we want you to help define it and we actively celebrate the unique talents of each and every colleague. We don’t just look at your CV, we’re more focused on who you are and your potential. As part of our values, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone has a voice, is appreciated and has the same opportunities. We work hard to ensure that everyone feels part of our business, as we care for one another and connect the world through food and trusted partnerships. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone belongs and thrives at Brakes and we recognise that Brakes can only thrive when everyone feels they belong. We'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our resourcing team who will be happy to support you.
