Operations Support Manager (Nights)

Operations Support Manager (Nights)

Salary: Depending on Candidate and Experience
Disciplines: Distribution
Location: Hertfordshire
: 10134

We currently are working with one of the leaders in the UK distribution of fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy and cheese to source an Operations Support Manager (nights).

The role:

• Your role will be to contribute to the achievement of the overall National Distribution Centre objectives by ensuring that the assembly of individual customer orders are completed in accordance with the agreed site Operational schedule in conjunction with the Distribution team.
• The role covers the receipt of goods from Suppliers, to the loading of delivery vehicles and the effective management of those processes throughout the Operational flow.
• To ensure appropriate levels of customer service is given consistent with the maintenance of relationships.
• To manage, develop and lead their team in the delivery of an operationally excellent warehouse in line with BB supply chain business requirements.

The person will need:

• Organisational skills and management of results
• Coaching & development of first line managers
• Process improvement knowledge and techniques
• Ability to effectively allocate & maximise resource
• A self-starter with a hands-on, pragmatic approach
• Professional manner and excellent verbal communication skills
• Ability to delegate, remain in control and follow up issues as necessary
• Ability to work under pressure and remain calm whilst still maintaining attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise, multi-task and meet deadlines
• Develops relationships within own department and cross functionally with the rest of the Business
• Ability to diffuse and resolve conflict
• Significant experience of managing & developing managers and teams in an operational environment
• Superlative understanding & management of Warehouse processes and operations from a chilled food
environment
• Chilled experience

For further information about this exciting role, please contact Hannah Leigh.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted, if you have not heard from us within 7 days from date of application, please consider your application unsuccessful. If you do not meet the specific requirements, or submitted a covering letter where required by advertisements, you will not be contacted.

Fresh Talent Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.