Regional General Manager
About the Role
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a multi-site Regional General Manager Working for our Global Excavator Customer based out of the East Staffordshire area / Rocester. As the Regional General Manager, you will have responsibility for performance, development and service delivery through the operation and transport site General Managers. This will include operational oversight and strategic input into long term planning and development agendas as well as ensuring shorter term metrics are delivered.
As part of your key responsibilities you'll:
- Drive sustainable performance improvement across the account
- Own and deliver operational change agendas through personal leadership and providing value adding contributions to strategic and longer-term development agendas at both board and senior customer levels
- Ensure regional compliance with health and safety regulations, GDP obligations and environmental and quality standards.
- Overall regional accountability for operational performance to Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators.
- Implementing, embedding, sustaining and ensuring operational excellence using the principles of ‘The Unipart Way' CI, lean methodology.
- Driving a culture of employee engagement, championing employee voice through local and regional employee recognition, supporting employee engagement through commitment to Employee Forums, Trade Unison Partnership and the delivery of world-class employee engagement levels through Engagement and Pulse check surveys across your account.
- Leadership of the multi-site operational teams, working collaboratively within a matrix organisation to ensure capability and delivery of operational objectives to meet the business plan and targets.
- Supporting the delivery and implementation of your regions medium- and long-term resource plans, considering local and national market challenges, tracking fulfilment and quality measures, and ensuring customer demand and business plans are met.
- Multi-site Operational budget setting and management within targets, ensuring all financial targets, fee revenue and cash flow are managed to budget and forecast.
- Monitoring regional performance and the achievement of appropriate delta correction through robust operational reviews and audits.
- Developing relationships of mutual understanding and respect through effective two-way communication processes across site teams, customers and suppliers.
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 of Inbound and Outbound multi-site operations for a large 3PL or in-house function in a high-volume / fast paced environment
- Knowledge of the latest warehousing and distribution best practices and emerging concepts and solutions from across the logistics industry
- Experience of coaching and mentoring people – excellent leadership skills
- Track record of influencing internal people and at all levels to drive change
- Excellent communication skills - spoken, written, and presenting
- A strong understanding and experience with Logistics & Supply Chain Operations and considered an SME in Transport Operations
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.
Location:
Rocester, Staffordshire (ST14 5JP)
Contract
: Permanent
Hours
: Full time, 40 hours per week
Salary
: £85,000 per annum plus car / car allowance
Benefits
: 25 days rising holiday, pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
Closing date for applications:
4th November 2024
You may also have experience in the following: Operations Director, Logistics Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Warehouse Operations Manager, Distribution Manager, Logistics Director, Supply Chain Director, Head of Operations, Operations Manager, etc.
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