Logistics Manager

Technical Network; Milton Keynes; Sur place; GBP 54 000 - 66 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Technical Network's Milton Keynes site is seeking an experienced Logistics Manager to lead a high-volume despatch and logistics operation. You will own day-to-day logistics, ensuring products move efficiently from production through consolidation, loading and despatch while maintaining service levels and strong cost control.

Responsibilities include overseeing goods-in, picking/packing, and preparation for despatch; coordinating loading and transport; managing third-party hauliers; and leading

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Logistics Manager in a high-volume operation.
• Experience in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Strong transport planning and third-party haulier management.
• Understanding of logistics costs and KPIs.
• Experience leading a sizeable operational team.
• Hands-on management style under pressure.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication.
• IOSH or NEBOSH qualifications are desirable.

Responsabilités

• Oversee goods-in operations, including receipt of materials and despatch preparation.
• Coordinate loading and movement of goods for export and domestic customers and inter-company transfers.
• Organise transport requirements and ensure proper packaging and loading instructions.
• Manage a varied transport operation from courier to articulated vehicles.
• Maximise vehicle utilisation and control logistics costs.
• Lead and develop the operational team and coordinators.
• Balance production pressures with dispatch priorities across functions.
• Maintain high health and safety standards throughout logistics operations.
• Monitor KPIs such as cost per tonne and service performance.

Connaissances

Logistics leadership

Transport planning

Cost control

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Description du poste

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Logistics Manager to lead a high-volume despatch and logistics operation at our Milton Keynes manufacturing site. This is a key operational leadership role within a well-established UK manufacturer serving industrial and commercial customers across the UK and Europe.

You will take ownership of the day-to-day logistics function, ensuring that products move efficiently from production through consolidation, loading and despatch, while maintaining high service levels, strong cost control and a safe working environment.

Role: Logistics Manager

Salary: up to £60,000 per annum + benefits

Location: Milton Keynes

Responsibilities for the Logistics Manager will be:-

• Overseeing goods-in operations, including the receipt of steel, accessories and ancillary components.
• Managing picking, packing and preparation activities for products ready for despatch.
• Consolidating workloads and coordinating the loading and movement of goods for export, domestic customers and inter-company transfers.
• Organising transport requirements and ensuring appropriate packaging and loading instructions are followed.
• Managing a varied transport operation, from courier movements through to articulated vehicles.
• Maximising vehicle utilisation and controlling logistics costs.
• Managing third-party transport providers, ensuring vehicle availability, punctuality and service standards.
• Leading, developing and supporting the existing operational team.
• Working closely with Production and internal fulfilment teams to balance production pressures, customer requirements and despatch priorities.
• Maintaining strong health and safety standards throughout the logistics operation.
• Monitoring and improving operational KPIs, including cost per tonne, vehicle utilisation and service performance.

Requirements for the Logistics Manager will be:-

We are looking for a practical, resilient and commercially aware logistics leader who can take ownership quickly and operate effectively in a demanding environment.

The successful candidate will have:

• Proven experience as a Logistics Manager, or in a closely comparable senior operational role.
• Experience managing a busy, high-volume despatch or logistics operation, ideally within manufacturing or an industrial environment.
• Strong experience of transport planning, vehicle utilisation, loading operations and third-party haulier management.
• A sound understanding of logistics costs and operational KPIs, particularly cost per tonne and vehicle utilisation.
• Experience leading a sizeable operational team through Team Leaders and coordinators.
• A hands‑on management style, with the confidence to make decisions under pressure.
• Excellent stakeholder‑management and communication skills.
• A strong understanding of health and safety within a logistics environment; IOSH or NEBOSH qualifications are desirable.

The role of Logistics Manager will particularly suit someone who enjoys operational ownership, thrives in a fast-moving environment and wants to make a tangible impact within a well-established manufacturing business.