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The Role:

Leading the Warehouse Operations Team to deliver a “right first time service”, ensuring Operational excellence and a safety first philosophy is embedded within the culture across our 16 (& ever growing) sites. Direct & support the creation of processes, systems, tools & reports designed to deliver performance in line with the businesses aspirations. To lead change through a continuous improvement strategy which ensures the operation evolves in line with industry best practice and business growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading the Warehouse Operations Senior Team ensuring that clear direction and sound operational management deliver Operational excellence & Customer satisfaction.

• Develop Operational Strategy which ensures that the Structure, systems, resources & operational infrastructure are aligned with the businesses evolving requirements.

• Embed Operational excellence across all areas of the Warehouse Network delivering a right first time ethos.

• Develop a Continuous Improvement strategy which is realised across the warehouse network delivering ongoing improvements & an empowered Warehouse Team.

• Driving the concept of Safety first across the Network, engaging cross functional Teams to deliver an ever improving safety culture.

• Ensure that the Warehouse function is aligned to the voice of the customer & delivers in line with and beyond their expectations of service, quality & cost.

• Develop and deliver robust plans which ensure the delivery of Service, Quality & flex based costs. Ensure that suitable contingencies are identified based upon sound risk analysis.

This list is not exhaustive and the successful position holder may be required to carry out any task which the Company might reasonably require you to do.

Skills:

• Strong Leadership Skills
• Operational Planning
• Change Management & CI methodologies
• Ability to create MI, analyse using MS packages & determine changes to existing & future plans & strategies
• Project Management
• Strategy development & execution
• Analytical skills including Solution design, Network modelling, demand planning & forecasting
  
• Logical decision maker capable of making choices under pressure
• Technology focused with a high level of understanding of systems, equipment, mechanisation & automation
• MS Excel Advanced user
• MS Power suite of tools user

Qualifications (Desirable):

• 
  Nebosh General Certificate
• Supply Chain / Logistics / Management focused degree
• CPC

Successful candidate(s) will be required to undergo a basic Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) Check.