Indirect Procurement Officer

Freixenet Copestick; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading wine company seeks an Operations Manager to manage logistics operations in London. The role involves overseeing warehouse functions, ensuring safety compliance, and optimizing transport performances while leading a team of drivers and managers. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a data-driven approach to logistics management.

Benefits

25 days holiday + birthday off

Private Health Cover

10% Annual Bonus

Company Pension Contributions

Life Assurance – 4 x basic salary

Income Protection Insurance

Maternity Pay – 13 weeks at full pay

Paternity Pay – 2 weeks at full pay

Qualifications

• Experience managing multi-drop transport functions.
• Experience managing warehouse and stock control.
• Extensive people-management experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee logistics operations including receipt, storage, handling, and delivery.
• Maintain health & safety compliance at site.
• Manage fleet and driver performance.

Skills

Leadership

Health & Safety Management

Data-led Decision Making

People Management

Tools

Industry Standard Software Packages

Job description

Take the lead in overseeing end-to-end logistics operations for a thriving wine company. As Operations Manager, you'll manage warehouse and stock control functions, ensuring efficient receipt, storage, handling, and delivery of company products. You'll be responsible for fleet management, driver performance, and health & safety compliance while collaborating across departments to optimize logistics efficiency.

This role requires strong leadership skills, overseeing multi-drop transport operations and driving continuous improvements in service, compliance, and cost efficiency. If you're an experienced logistics professional with a strategic mindset and hands-on approach, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full time

Location: London (Greater)

Key Purpose of the Role

• Responsible for the management, organisation, planning and co-ordination of all activities and resources necessary for the efficient receipt, storage, handling and delivery of Company product

Key Responsibilities

· Responsible for maintaining health & safety levels to legal standards, as a minimum, for the site and all Jascots logistics activities and personnel

· Report to line manager on spend-vs-budget for the logistics function

· Line manager for the Warehouse Manager

· Line manager for the Stock Control Manager

· Allocate drivers to correct routes to ensure legal compliance and maximum customer service levels

· Ensure pre-brief & de-briefings are undertaken at start of shift and end of shift for all drivers

· Manage driver performance to achieve 1st class standards of customer service

· Ensure all relevant information is recorded and reported for transport KPIs

· Liaise with other departments, on site and external, for planning and labour allocation

· Organise service and maintenance of vehicles in line with legal requirements

· Manage team hours in line with working time legislation

· Ensure transport documentation and records are managed in line with relevant legislation in preparation for transport audits

· Actively manage absence rates in collaboration with the HR department

· Undertake disciplinary investigations and resulting actions as appropriate, in collaboration with the HR department

· Chair daily and weekly team meetings to discuss performance, plans and targets for the site

· Responsible for day-to-day building compliance, maintenance incl. monthly fabrication checks and reporting of faults

· Responsible for service contracts and annual inspections i.e., pest control, maintaining fire equipment and routine compliance

· Plan, manage and track all onsite training activities

· Responsible for the environmental impact of the site incl. monitoring and recording energy use

· Manage all site training activity to ensure legal and H&S standards

Person Specification

· Previous experience of managing a transport multi drop function

· Previous experience of managing a warehouse and stock control

· Extensive people-management experience

· Experience of data-led decision making

· In depth geographical knowledge of London and surrounding areas

· Health & Safety management

· Computer literacy of industry standard software packages

We welcome applications from candidates who do not 100% meet the role requirements.

Company Benefits

25 days holiday + 1 day off for birthday + public holidays

Additional Company Pension Contributions

10% Annual Bonus

Private Health Cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance – 4 x basic salary

Income Protection Insurance

Company Maternity Pay – 13 weeks at full pay

Paternity Pay – 2 weeks at full pay

· 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday between the hours of 7am and 6pm

· Onsite working only

· Managing six Multi-Drop Drivers, and direct management of Warehouse Manager who leads a team of three and Stock Control Manager