Operations Manager Witham, England
Job description
Are you an experienced Operations Manager from a palletised warehouse environment?
Do you have experience in food storage, in particular BRC accreditation?
Are you a natural salesman? Able to build strong relationships with customers with the ability to upsell?
Do you consider yourself a self-starter who can hit the ground running building your team, creating and implementing KPIs?
Celebrating our 30th successful year in business, we are a leading commodity supply chain management and warehousing company working with many food and drink household names
We own or manage 3,500,000 sqft of dedicated storage and we handle more than half a million tonnes of goods a year.
Our staff are paramount to our success and are drawn from across a wide range of sectors and industries. Their expertise allows us to offer the best service to our clients and the inspiration to face new challenges. If successful, you would join this diverse, growing team and have a significant impact on the organisations’ future endeavors.
Due to continuous investment into our operations, a fantastic opportunity has become available for an experienced Operations Manager at our Great Braxted site.
The role of the Operations Manager will be to take full operational and P&L responsibility for a multi-client site turning over £6m pa, comprising of nine warehouses totalling 280,000sqft on a 15-acre business park.
Overall management of the warehousing and transport operations including forwarding, administration and technical departments, predominately providing complete logistics and value-added services to the food ingredients industry.
Responsible for the effective and successful management of the departments’ productivity, quality control, customer service, health and safety measures and finances as agreed with the UK General Manager.
Serving as a company representative on regulatory issues, ensuring continuous improvement of the operational procedures, systems and processes. Whilst delivering accurate and insightful management reports and KPI’s.
Experience
Experience gained in a supply chain/warehousing industry for a minimum of 10 years in a Senior Management role.
Demonstrable management skills with an emphasis on guiding and developing a team, customer service, communications, and planning.
3PL experience is beneficial
For more information or to answer any questions you may have, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £50,000.00-£60,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- Day shift
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Witham, CM8 3EW: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Have you successfully created and implemented a KPI suite?
Experience:
- palletised warehouse: 2 years (preferred)
- BRC Audit and accreditation: 1 year (preferred)
- Warehouse management: 2 years (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: One location
