Location
: Magna Park Central
Contract type
: Full time
Hours
: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, PM shift 14:30 - 23:00
Salary
: £39,750 per annum, 33 days rising holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the Job
Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. We're a fast-paced business, always delivering amazing quality and results for our customers, and this warehouse location is no exception. You'll have an important part to play planning, co-ordinating, supervising and reporting the operational activities.
We don't just have a way of working; we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level. You'll have a key role to play in helping your team go ‘From Gate to Great', and all the opportunities that go with it.
As Operations Manager you'll provide effective leadership, communication, training and development supporting your team to achieve their goals through continuous improvement, quality and attention to detail.
As part of your key responsibilities you'll:
- Plan, manage and adjust staffing levels to meet operational requirements.
- Direct the daily activity to ensure a safe, secure, clean and fair work environment for team members
- Deliver team member performance reviews, development, and succession planning as appropriate, and carry out recruitment and selection activity
- Facilitate effective communication and drive engagement
- Manage disciplinary and grievance issues (complaints) in line with HR policy
- Ensure compliance to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's)
- Ensure company policies are communicated, applied and enforced
- Organise and lead the focus on improved productivity levels
- Get involved with local and network project management
- Ensure the operation achieves the production and performance targets required and contributes to the achievement of service levels
- Monitor all physical aspects of the warehouse operation during the shift and take corrective action
- Compile operational data and report on operation performance as required
About You
- We'd love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you'd be able to perform well in this role!
- Experience within a fastmoving logistics operation
- An understanding of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
- Sound understanding of health, safety and environmental legislation
- People management experience and a track record of training and motivating a team to achieve their goals
- Excellent communication skills
- Highly customer focussed and had the desire to go above and beyond for our customers each and every time
- Experience of working to and achieving targets and timescales
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.
You may have experience in the following: Warehouse Operations Manager, Logistics Manager, Distribution Centre Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Operations Supervisor, Fulfilment Centre Manager, Production Manager, Shift Manager, Warehouse Supervisor, etc.
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