Operations Manager

2 days ago


Hoddesdon, United Kingdom Great Bear Full time

**Company Description**

Part of the Culina Group, Great Bear is the flexible, agile ambient 3PL alternative. Great Bear is a key player in ambient 3PL, and through an extensive depot network including unique state of the art facilities at Port Salford and Markham Vale Great Bearserves established FMCG businesses.

Joining the team as an experienced Operations Manager, you will be responsible for all aspects of resource, process and performance for the Warehouse, setting a clear vision and agenda for your department whilst ensuring the continual development the teamand work in partnership with the customer to ensure productivity, accuracy and cost targets are met and exceeded.

Key Duties:

- Developing and deploying a Warehouse strategy that meets the business objectives of GB whilst ensuring excellent customer satisfaction
- Overseeing the daily site operations whilst taking full responsibility for the P&L Control and improve depot efficiency through effective cost control, budgeting and setting of financial Targets
- Responsible for forecast labour planning working closely with the HR team and our preferred Agency supplier to recruit the best fit for our business, in line with Labour requirements.
- Responsible for stock held within the warehouse keeping accuracy to the required standard and wright off to a minimum.
- Drive operational excellence and best practice across the business focusing on continuous improvement work streams improving performance in relation to Quality, Service & Operational Efficiency.
- Ensure that your entire team within your responsibility have clear and realistic targets and SLA’s and are driven and motivated to achieve them at all times.
- Formulate, agree and deliver the performance objectives of your area, considering the ways in which you can increase the scope and profitability of your area of responsibility’s performance whilst embracing and encouraging change.
- Contribute to the site’s people development plans and succession planning.
- Promote our visions and values, leading the way in demonstrating the GB people culture, to ensure that all of your wider site team feel valued
- Maintain your awareness of innovative operational developments within the industry in order to suggest leading edge solutions to the customer where appropriate.
- Ensuring all requirements relating to safety, health, environment and quality are being fully implemented - Where any issues arise, promote our culture to enable your teams, and the wider team to lead the way in solving these issues and ensuring a totallysafe environment at all times
- Working as part of the management team to ensure all operational process are in place and followed to support the compliance requirements in key internal and external audits.
- To ensure the safe and efficient operation of the warehousing functions.
- To maintain and improve performance levels both in terms of service and financial control.
- Engage in projects which further develop network capacity.
- Driving and facilitating change to enhance business growth
- Maintain a strong reputation with our customers

**Qualifications**
- Experience in FMCG/Distribution preferably within the drinks industry
- Bond experience is advantageous but not essential
- Experience of managing a P&L. both open and closed book
- Exposure to dealing directly with large customer
- A motivational, forward thinking and adaptable style of leadership - consistently investing in your people.
- A good understanding of reporting and recording performance statistics.
- The ability to communicate at all levels with an understanding of engagement and motivational tools and techniques
- Must be collaborative have the ability to influence be a self-starter with plenty of initiative and drive
- Ability to deliver multiple requirements to tight deadlines and react to change
- A strategic thinker with the ability to implement ideas rapidly
- An understanding of tools and concepts of Lean and 6 Sigma
- An ability to operate in a range of situations from the shop floor to client reviews
- Have an understanding of the key cost drivers within a business and how to affect them
- Has the ability to run small projects independently
- Has the ability to work with a site management team in order to achieve wider business goals that may be detrimental to the warehouse department

**Additional Information**

What you get in return:

- Competitive basic salary
- Competitive holidays
- Bonus
- Private health care
- Life assurance
- Pension Scheme
- Retail discounts

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a personable and growing business with plenty of opportunities and a great team.

When our staff have passion for what they do they work with more care and attention which is reflected to our clients, Click APPLY NOW to #JoinOurWinningTeam and begin your career today


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