Distribution Centre Manager

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

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Distribution Centre Manager to oversee depot operations in Reading. The role involves managing performance, ensuring safety, and driving continuous improvement initiatives while fostering a culture of excellence and engaging diverse teams. Proven leadership and project management skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in operational excellence and lean methodologies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Management experience within logistics, supply chain, or operations.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations, ensure safety, and exceed delivery targets.
• Implement change to foster a culture of improvement and safety.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure service delivery satisfaction.

Skills

Operational excellence

Lean methodologies

Project management

Communication

Leadership

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. This includes overseeing daily operations, managing teams, ensuring customer satisfaction, meeting KPIs, and maintaining compliance with company policies and regulations. You'll drive continuous improvement initiatives and optimize processes to achieve operational excellence.

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. With a rich 220-year brewing and pub history, we are proud of our 39,000-strong team that upholds the British pub experience.

Your role as Distribution Centre Manager

• Responsible for adopting a cultural transformation towards operational excellence using continuous improvement and lean methodologies, focusing on eliminating losses while ensuring safety, service, cost efficiency, and environmental sustainability.
• Implement change to foster a culture of safety and continuous improvement at all levels of the operation.
• Ensure targets for on-time and in-full deliveries are exceeded.
• Lead initiatives to improve employee engagement across the site.
• Manage the site P&L and budget, ensuring risks are mitigated and opportunities seized.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure confidence and satisfaction in service delivery.
• Ensure statutory compliance and governance, including the maintenance of the O licence.

What you'll bring

• Experience in operational excellence and lean methodologies.
• Project management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Management experience within logistics, supply chain, or operations.
• Proven leadership abilities to motivate and develop diverse teams, with a focus on results and engagement.
• Solid understanding of budgeting, financial management, and cost control.