£40,000 - £46,000
per annum plus £5,688 per annum car allowance
Due to a secondment in the business, we are looking for a warehouse automation professional to join the Smiths News Operations team for a fixed term contract of between two and three years with an immediate start available.
To Provide management and ownership support of existing warehouse technologies along with Project Management support for associated equipment deployments. Working within a hybrid and flexible model based at our Head office in Swindon with depot visits as required.
About the role
Management of a small pre-existing field-based support team, ensuring uptime targets are met and planned maintenance schedules are adhered to with any critical failures addressed to agreed SLAs. Responsibility for existing estate of rugged mobile handsets, along with their administration via MDM (Mobile Device Management) and/or EMM (Enterprise Mobility Management). Includes specification, recommendation and roll out of planned replacement programmes. Account management for current and future vendor partners which supply and underpin usage of the aforementioned areas of responsibility.
To undertake day to day management of the field-based team supporting 34 depots nationally
Responsibility for the uptime management of warehouse technologies including pick by light systems, returns sortation, thermal printing solutions etc.
Management tools maintaining & configuring c. 1,000 rugged mobile computers
External relationship management with key operational technology suppliers & manufacturers
What we can offer you
Not only do we offer free onsite parking, 4x salary life assurance and 5% match pension but you’ll also have access to:
£5,688 per annum car allowance
Company funded Health Cash Plan – providing cash back for everyday healthcare costs such as dental, optical and physiotherapy
25 days holiday plus holiday buy scheme
24/7 E-Learning modules, Training and Development opportunities
Sharesave Scheme, Cycle to work schemes, Health cash plan
Colleague Assistance Programme & Colleague referral scheme
About you
Team Leadership
Account management
Proven proficiency in warehouse automation solutions
Enterprise mobility experience
Project management (including deployments)
Comfortable communicating at all levels within an organisation, including cross-functional projects and presentations to director-level
Able to articulate complex solutions in a clear and concise manner
Self-motivated and used to working autonomously
Problem solver with good analytic capabilities
Desirable skills:
Experience of working in Transport & Logistics/3PL sector
Understanding of modern Business Intelligence tools
End to end specification, recommendation & delivery of warehouse solutions
Use of Transport Management Planning, Routing and Delivery Systems
Working knowledge of database structures and interrogation.
Proficient in Excel
About us
Smiths News is the UK’s largest news wholesaler. Our colleagues serve 23,000 retailers every day of the year, operating from 33 distribution centres.
Inclusion and diversity are important to us. We are working together to build and shape a culture that embraces people from all backgrounds, experiences, and orientations. Smiths News is dedicated to creating an authentic workplace where everyone can thrive.