About the role
As a Section Manager in one of our National Distribution Centres (NDCs), you'll have an important role of leading and motivating your team of Partners and ensuring the smooth running of the supply chain operation within your area of the site.
You'll ensure the right stock in the right place at the right time for our shops and, ultimately, our customers, helping to drive sales and profitability for the Partnership.
Hours of Work: 14:00 - 22:00, Working 5 out of 7 days including weekends
Location: Magna Park
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £29,900 - £44,800 (After 1st April salary will increase to £34,000 - £53,800) including 25% shift premium
Key Responsibilities
1. Managing your team’s development, ensuring they have the tools and time they need to thrive.
2. Aligning Partner resource with the expected demand, maintaining a smooth operation.
3. Identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing them with your team.
4. Liaising with other departments and Partners to deliver site KPIs.
5. Developing and maintaining communication between key stakeholders to ensure communication across teams remains effective.
6. Building solid relationships with Partners and empowering them to take ownership of their operational success and personal development.
Essential skills/experience you'll need
* Previous experience of working within a logistics/supply chain environment.
* Managing stakeholder relationships.
* Management of a change agenda in a logistics environment.
* Working knowledge of IT systems (MS Excel, MS Word, Warehouse Management Systems, DLx, email).
Desirable skills/experience you may have
* Flexibility to cover other parts of the operation as required.
Important points to note:
It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.
We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.
We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.
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