Area Cluster Manager

GXO Logistics; Dundee; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics company is seeking an Area Cluster Manager for their East of Scotland operations. This full-time, permanent role requires leadership across multiple sites including Edinburgh and Dundee, ensuring operations meet health and safety standards. The position offers a salary of up to £50,000 and includes a comprehensive benefits package such as a company car, private medical insurance, and annual leave. Candidates should have experience in managing distribution environments and the ability to drive team performance in a dynamic setting.

Benefits

Company car or car allowance

25 days annual leave

Private medical & dental insurance

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience of managing a stores and distribution environment or similar background preferred.
• Ability to work on own initiative while working under pressure.
• Support and encourage team working spirit.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and guidance for the management teams to meet objectives.
• Monitor depot's operational activities to achieve contractual obligations.
• Report weekly production figures to support KPI creation.
• Liaise with HR regarding operational and employee relations issues.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Job description

Are you ready for that next step in your career and ready for a regional role? Perhaps you are already in a regional role looking for that next challenge? Whatever the reason, this could be the role for you!

Here at GXO, we are currently looking for an Area Cluster Manager to join our team in the East of Scotland supporting our new business win, SGN. You can be based at any of the sites within your cluster—Edinburgh, Dundee, Thornton or Aberdeen—with regular travel expected between locations. As the Cluster Manager you will be responsible for controlling and managing multiple controlled and uncontrolled sites including Galasheils, Elgin, Wick, Thurso and Inverness within your region while ensuring that the operation is managed effectively and efficiently, leading and monitoring productivity to ensure KPI's are completed to meet Health and Safety Standards.

This is a full time, permanent position, predominately working Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00. With this being a regional role, we do ask for some flexibility if or when required.

Pay, benefits and more:

We're looking to offer a salary of up to £50,000.00, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company car or car allowance of £450.00 per calendar month, a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You'll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!

What you'll do on a typical day:

• Providing leadership and guidance for the management teams to enable them to meet objectives, encouraging open communication between them to address operational issues effectively and in a timely manner
• To monitor the depot's operational activities ensuring that contractual obligations for customers are achieved, generating solutions for continuous improvement in service
• Collate and report the weekly production figures to support the creation of the weekly internal and customer KPI's pack
• Liaise with HR in relation to operational/mamangement concerns and any other employee relations issues

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Support and encourage a good team working spirit and ensure that the leadership teams work effectively and communicate frequently to achieve the business objectives
• Ability to work on own initiative, while working under pressure in a continually changing and demanding environment
• Experience of managing a stores and distribution environment or similar background preferable, but not essential

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