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Senior Human Resources Advisor at Bazaar Group
What you’ll be doing:
Supporting the Director of Operations in running an effective Operations function, ensuring best practice policies and procedures and instilling the ethos throughout the business.
Key responsibilities:
* Oversee and manage the full remit of PPD, Warehousing and Manufacturing in the UK operation.
* Work closely with the Director of Operations on short to medium term Business Planning and Budgeting.
* Line management of Warehouse operators and Team Leader
* Manage Learning & Development actions for the team
* Understand, implement and maintain efficient outbound logistics techniques, working on a strategic level with other departments to forecast and future proof operations.
* Take responsibility for process to ensure operational efficiency and accuracy.
* Produce management information to demonstrate performance against KPIs, encompassing both operational and financial performance targets.
* Monitor daily performance and to ensure that daily and weekly performance targets are met.
* Manage resource planning and allocation to ensure production targets are met in a planned and efficient manner.
* Pro-actively communicate with internal stakeholders to ensure all parties are kept informed of day-to-day operations.
* Play a key role in managing the commercial performance of the operations of the business, including ensuring projects are correctly managed, and costs are controlled and monitored.
* Pro-actively manage relationships with key third party suppliers.
* Ensure that all Health and Safety Regulations are always complied with by everyone on site, working closely with the EH&S Lead.
* Implement and ensure all Company operating procedures are followed in relation to the work being carried out.
* Ensure that Company Security requirements are always maintained.
* Ad hoc travel to the Hamburg, Germany facility.
Pick, Pack & Dispatch:
* Line Management of the Shift Managers including driving performance and analysis of stats around KPIs such as OTIF, PPD, Staffing Costs against budget.
* Daily meeting with Shift Managers for high level overview on performance and pressing issues.
* Peak planning for PPD function with HR / Shift Managers.
* Risk Management planning for the PPD function with Shift Managers.
Inventory Management
* Work with the Stock Control Team to maintain an awareness of available warehouse space and potential risks to the business.
Logistics
* Maintain relationship with Account Managers for key couriers and logistics suppliers, including negotiating on price.
* Deal with any high-risk invoice disputes at Account Manager level.
Bead Plant
* Maintain a daily overview of the efficiency of bead plant operations.
* Work closely with the Bead Plant Specialist over peak planning.
* Develop risk assessments and contingency planning around critical points of failure within the bead plant operations.
Facilities Management
* Accountable for maintaining facilities within Bazaar Group.
Health, Safety, Quality & Environment
* Maintain and continually improve the health and safety culture within the business through a robust process of continuous risk assessment and adherence to best practice, delivered through a structured, planned and compliant HSQE process.
* Working closely with the EH&S Lead to drive best in class EH&S measures.
The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.
What we are looking for:
* Experience of leading a busy PPD / manufacturing /Ops environment.
* Proven track record of leading and managing a team and driving operational efficiencies.
* Experience of lean manufacturing methodologies.
* Able to analyse and apply financial reporting information to drive efficiencies.
* Understanding of costing systems and the ability to make decisions based upon the results.
* Change management experience bringing improvements in performance.
* Team Management and strong leadership capability.
* Customer focused approach.
* High attention to detail.
* Proficient Microsoft Office software skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
* Positive, problem-solving attitude with decision making qualities.
* Working to deadlines and under pressure.
* Ability to manage multiple priorities.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Bazaar Group values diversity and believes that a variety of perspectives enrich our team and contribute to our continued success.
We proudly offer a guaranteed interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you consider yourself to be disabled, and would like to request any reasonable adjustments to support your application for careers at Bazaar Group, please get in touch at hr@bazaar-group.com or call the HR team on 01670 330399. We’ll look forward to speaking to you.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Management and Manufacturing
* Industries
* Online and Mail Order Retail
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