Distribution Centre Manager

JR United Kingdom; Belfast; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in British hospitality is seeking a Distribution Centre Manager based in Belfast. In this role, you'll oversee depot management, ensuring operational excellence and safety. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and experience in logistics and supply chain management, driving continuous improvements while managing site P&L and compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience in logistics, supply chain, or operations management.
• Proven leadership ability in managing diverse teams.
• Strong focus on safety and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage overall performance and safety of the depot.
• Oversee daily operations and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Drive continuous improvement and compliance initiatives.

Skills

Operational excellence/lean methodologies

Project Management

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Financial management

Cost control

Job description

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Location - | St Edmunds DC| Fortress Way |Suffolk Park, Bury St Edmunds | Suffolk |IP32 7FQ |

As a Distribution Centre Manager you'll be responsible for the overall management, performance, and safety of the depot. Including overseeing daily operations, managing teams, ensuring customer satisfaction, KPIs and maintaining compliance with company policies and regulations. You'll drives continuous improvement initiatives and optimisation of processes to achieve operational excellence and you'll be responsible for the overall management, performance, and safety of the depot.

Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience.

Your role as Distribution Centre Manager

• Responsible for the adoption of cultural transformation of operational excellence with established continuous improvement/lean methodologies focusing on removal of loss while delivering on all aspects of Safety, Service, Cost, Environmental
• Deliver the required change to the distribution culture with a priority on safety and improvement at all levels of the operation
• Accountable for exceeding on time and in full target
• Lead the improvement of employee engagement across the site operation
• Accountable for the site P&L & budget ensuring that risks are fully mitigated, and opportunities are realised
• Work with all stakeholders to ensure they remain connected to and confident in the service provision
• Responsible for ensuring statutory compliance and governance including but not limited to O licence is always upheld.

What you'll bring

• Experienced in operational excellence/lean methodologies.
• Project Management.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong experience in a management role within logistics, supply chain or operations environment.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to manage, motivate, and develop a diverse team, with a strong focus on achieving results & engagement.
• Solid understanding of budgeting, financial management, and cost control.