Location: Portsmouth Naval Base, Sea Cadets Stores
Closing Date: 5 February 2025
Are you a hands-on Warehouse Logistics Manager and Head of Department looking for a new opportunity?
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a vibrant and growing charity delivering life changing nautical adventure for young people through the Sea Cadets to give them the best possible head start in life. We also provide personal and professional development opportunities for seafarers with the Marine Society.
We are currently looking for a Head of Logistics and Trading to join our team responsible for the management and duties arising from the MSSC stores team and Sea Cadets Shop orders, and other departmental functions.
We are looking for a capable, ambitious person, able to accept increasing responsibilities, as the department transitions significant staff/role changes in the coming months.
Responsibilities
* Manage the operations of the MSSC Logistics & Trading department, which includes motor transport management for the MSSC.
* Be line manager to the Logistics & Trading Team.
* Act as Building Manager responsible for the safety and security of all machinery, staff and operations within Sea Cadet Stores.
* Be responsible for budgetary control and finances associated with the department.
* Provide warehouse management and administrative oversight to operations for receipt and dispatch of online shop orders, MoD and MSSC stores held on loan throughout the MSSC.
* Liaise with SCC units, contractors, suppliers and MoD, to effectively deliver an efficient, effective department.
* Maintain appropriate levels of MoD and Sea Cadets Shop stock.
* Liaise with Royal Navy regarding use of RN systems for purchasing uniforms and other RN provided equipment.
* Manage warehouse receipt and dispatch, ensuring that all orders are dispatched within specified timelines.
* Manage the operations of the Westminster Stores and Sea Cadets Shop online systems, ensuring that all records are maintained and up to date and accurate.
* Assist with the manual aspects of warehouse activities as required.
* Liaise with Royal Navy and Captain of Sea Cadets regarding changing uniform requirements.
* Liaise with fundraising team to develop a strategy for increasing sales in the SCC shop.
* Experience of line management responsibilities and managing a team.
* Ability to successfully undergo MoD security clearance to SC level.
* Ability to operate the counterbalance for lift (training will be provided if necessary).
* Experience of logistics work within the Royal Navy or Cadet Forces as an adult.
If you are interested in this Head of Logistics and Trading vacancy, please apply now!
Additional Information
MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community.
We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity.
All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo a criminal record and higher level security check.
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