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About the role

• This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
• We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
• This is a regional role covering our Distribution Centres at Birmingham, Amesbury, Enfield and Treforest, with other national travel required in an occasional basis

What you'll do

• The main focus of the role is to drive improvements in operational costs, efficiencies and levels of compliance and customer service across all on-site logistics operations, and to input into key infrastructure and strategic projects as these arise.
• To provide strong strategic and directional leadership for all teams associated with the regional logistics operations
• To be responsible for the development and deployment of major infrastructure change and improvement within both the radial and primary logistics network
• To be responsible for a variety of projects that will include potentially opening new and repurposing existing operations
• To develop the radial logistics operations through the regional teams, and ensure all areas of efficiency, safety and legislation are maintained and driven
• To drive efficiencies and KPI performance measurement through our dispatch and stores operations – including pick rate, stores ordering processes, inventory measurement etc
• To act as key and effective member of the central logistics team, including input into and development of the central logistics business plan
• Liaising with relevant stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of projects
• Providing management information to the wider logistics team

About you

You will fit right into this role if you:

• Have poven specialist knowledge and experience in both Warehouse and Transport operations
• You have a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) and / or a professional accreditation from a professional body (e.g. CILT)
• Have previous demonstrable leadership experience within an operational role
• Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal, and celebrating results together
• Are supportive of an inclusive culture – recognising and valuing that difference is good
• Demonstrable communication and influencing skills with the ability to build strong relationships
• An ability to diagnose and implement practical process improvements with a strong customer focus
• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail
• Have proven logistics experience within the food industry, ideally within temperature controlled and multi drop distribution operations
• Present a welcoming attitude to change and adjust dynamically to continuous business change and improvement

About Greggs

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.

Vacancy Information

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Logistics team at Greggs as a Regional Logistics Manager covering our Distribution Centres in Birmingham, Enfield, Amesbury and Treforest, and to be part of our continuing growth plans and development of our logistics operations.

• 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day

• Company car or car allowance

• Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 17.5% of your salary

• Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year

• Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants

• Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme

• You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages

• Defined contribution management pension scheme

• Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary

• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products

• Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits

• Career progression and learning and development

• Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing

• Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers

• Cycle to Work scheme

• A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge

• Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another