Assistant General Manager

GXO Logistics, Inc; Woodlands; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car / car allowance

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

GXO University

High street discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

GXO is seeking an Assistant General Manager for the B&Q operation in Doncaster. You will lead a large warehousing operation, managing shift managers across day and night shifts to deliver targets with safety and quality at the core.

The role is full-time and permanent, predominantly day hours with flexibility for night shifts. You will drive performance, mentor teams, and promote a culture of safety and inclusion within a fast-paced logistics environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large teams in high-volume logistics environments.
• Proven ability to lead, coach and develop large operational teams through change and growth.
• Results-driven with a passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Good understanding of health & safety, wellbeing and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the warehouse operation, ensuring safe, efficient and high-quality performance against service and budget targets.
• Manage, coach and develop a team of shift managers, creating a highly engaged and high-performing culture.
• Drive operational excellence through effective resource planning and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Champion health, safety and wellbeing standards, ensuring full compliance across the operation.
• Analyze performance and identify opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency and overall business performance.

Skills

Large team leadership

High-volume logistics

Change management

Operational excellence

Stakeholder management

Health & safety knowledge

Job description

Are you an experienced warehouse leader who can really deliver? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where operational excellence, people development, and customer service are at the heart of everything you do? Ready to take the next step in your career with a business that does logistics differently?

GXO is currently looking for an Assistant General Manager to join our B&Q operation in Doncaster. Reporting to the General Manager, you'll play a key role in leading a large warehousing operation, managing Shift Managers across both day and night shifts, and ensuring the safe, efficient, and successful delivery of operational targets. You'll be responsible for driving performance, developing talent, and creating a culture built on safety, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

This is a full-time, permanent position. Whilst you'll predominantly work during daytime hours, flexibility will be required to support both day and night shift operations because, after all, this is logistics!

Pay, benefits and more:

You’ll be paid a salary of up to £75,000 per annum, you’ll also receive 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days so you can enjoy a positive work-life balance. Your benefits package includes a company car or car allowance of £505 per calendar month, a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical and dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll 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. You’ll also have access to our GXO University which provides you with the opportunity to learn new skills and gain qualifications at a pace that you’re comfortable with. There’s also our continued focus on internal promotions, over 55% last year!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead and support the warehouse operation, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality performance against service and budget targets
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of Shift Managers, creating a highly engaged and high-performing culture
• Drive operational excellence through effective resource planning, continuous improvement initiatives, and strong leadership
• Champion health, safety, and wellbeing standards, ensuring full compliance across the operation
• Analyse performance and identify opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency, and overall business performance

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous proven experience in managing large teams in high-volume logistics environments
• Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop large operational teams through periods of change and growth
• A results-driven approach, with a passion for continuous improvement and delivering operational excellence
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage colleagues at all levels
• A good understanding of health & safety, employee wellbeing, and operational compliance

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work.GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.