General Manager

EA First; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Grocery Retailer in Dagenham seeks an experienced General Manager to oversee logistics operations and drive continuous improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in 3PL Contract Logistics, managing substantial budgets and teams. This position offers a competitive salary between £80,000 - £90,000, along with benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of 3PL Contract Logistics experience at General Manager or Site Manager level.
• Experience managing budgets up to £10m per annum.
• Previous contract logistics experience within Food, Drinks, Wholesale or FMCG is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, motivation and career development to the site management team.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities within current site operations through process optimisation.

Skills

Leadership

Relationship building

Continuous improvement

Budget management

Process optimisation

Education

Logistics Distribution and Supply Chain background

IOSH and NEBOSH qualifications

Tools

Lean processes

Six Sigma

Prince2 methodologies

Job description

Overview

Retail Grocery Distribution - Food & Drinks. Fast paced, highly pressurised food & drinks distribution centre based in Dagenham. Looking for an experienced General Manager to drive perforamance and productivity with a strong focus on building a culture of continuous improvement. EA First have exclusively partnered with a leading Grocery Retailer in their search for a General Manager within flagship operation in Dagenham. Fantastic opportunity to join a business that is looking for a proven site leader to take ownership of the logistics operations. Reporting to the Senior Logistics Director, you'll use your skills and experience as a General Manager to support the wider business to lead the operational team to ensure 'best in class' operational performance whilst supporting with the delivery of continuous improvement initiatives. Providing leadership, motivation and career development to the site management team, ensuring that they achieve excellence on a day-to-day basis. Proactive in driving a continuous improvement culture; seeking out and driving improvement initiatives to ensure growth is managed successfully whilst maintaining challenging targets. Developing productive and effective relationships with key customer stakeholders to ensure we are able to deliver the customer's growth and longer term plans. Identify new opportunities to pursue within scope of existing site operations through process optimisation, layout redesigns and systems implementations. Promote a culture of continuous improvement in order to improve both colleague and customer satisfaction. Responsible for achieving the overall resource plan that meets both the current and future business needs of the company. Work with site leadership teams to develop schemes for improvements within each department - maintaining optimum use of resource at all times. Proactive in seeking out initiatives that ensure the contract supports the customer's business plan and supply chain strategy as well as the contract logistics strategy.

Responsibilities / Qualifications

• Provide leadership, motivation and career development to the site management team and drive day-to-day excellence.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement and lead improvement initiatives to meet targets.
• Develop productive relationships with key customer stakeholders to support growth and long-term plans.
• Identify opportunities within current site operations through process optimisation, layout redesigns and systems implementations.
• Promote continuous improvement to improve colleague and customer satisfaction.
• Achieve the overall resource plan for current and future business needs.
• Collaborate with site leadership to develop improvement schemes in each department while optimising resource use.
• Ensure the contract aligns with the customer's business plan, supply chain strategy and contract logistics strategy.

Qualifications

• Logistics Distribution and Supply Chain background.
• Minimum of 5+ years 3PL Contract Logistics experience at General Manager or Site Manager level.
• Previous contract logistics experience within Food, Drinks, Wholesale or FMCG is essential.
• Experience managing budgets up to £10m per annum.
• Ability to build rapport and develop relationships with customers both internal and external.
• Ability to recognise opportunities and synergies to enhance the relationship with the customer and develop business growth opportunities.
• Energy, determination and commitment to operate in an environment with regular customer contact and highest level of customer service as non-negotiable.
• Have managed in excess of 150+ employees indirectly.
• Ability to deliver continuous improvement initiatives using lean processes.
• IOSH and NEBOSH qualifications.
• Experience of Six Sigma / Prince2 methodologies would be advantageous.
• Live within a commutable distance to Dagenham.

Salary & Application

£80,000 - £90,000 + benefits.

EA First Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency for this permanent vacancy