Logistics Manager - Wholesale - Field

Morrisons; Bradford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% store discount

Additional 10% discount card for a-f

Annual bonus scheme

Career progression and development

Generous holiday entitlement

Pension scheme and life assurance

Healthcare benefits including Aviva

MyPerks discounts with 850 retailers

Free parking onsite

Enhanced family leave

Private Healthcare

Car Allowance

Job summary

Morrisons Head Office in Bradford is seeking a Wholesale Logistics Manager on a 6 to 9 month fixed term contract, with potential to go permanent. You will own the Wholesale Plan for Logistics, overseeing end-to-end service to Wholesale sites and CPCs and leading a team of 1 while managing external partners.

You will drive day-to-day operations with DHL, ensure contract adherence, and collaborate with senior stakeholders to implement best practice.

Responsibilities

• Take charge of day-to-day operational interaction with DHL, enforcing contract commitments and communicating with senior management, your team, CPCs and DHL.
• Influence senior stakeholders to implement best practice and build strong relationships with DHL, with readiness to step into senior stakeholder exposure.
• Support design, development and implementation of end-to-end processes from Morrisons multisite supply through CPCs to convenience stores.
• Provide innovative, improved ways of working to speed up CPCs and improve wholesale customer experience.

Job description

This role is a fixed term contract, with the potential to go permanent.

More about the Role

We are looking for a highly driven Wholesale Logistics Manager to join us on a 6 to 9 month fixed term contract. In this critical position, you will be accountable for the application of the Wholesale Plan for Logistics. Specifically, you will focus on the end-to-end service to the Wholesale sites and Convenience Picking Centres (CPCs). You will lead a team of 1 and act as the daily driving force behind our external partnerships, with a customer first lens on everything you do.

You will fit into a highly collaborative and structured management team, owning the daily operational interaction, process adherence, and daily KPI delivery with DHL, working closely with the Senior Logistics Manager - Wholesale.

What you’ll do

• You will take charge of the day-to-day operational interaction with DHL, holding them strictly to the contract and their commitments, while effectively and consistently communicating with senior management, your team, convenience sites and DHL.
• You will influence senior stakeholders across the business to support the implementation of best practice, as well as building strong relationships with DHL and demanding a readiness to step up into senior stakeholder exposure.
• You will support the design, development, and implementation of the end-to-end process from multisite Morrisons supply through the CPCs to convenience stores.
• You will provide innovative and improved ways of working to speed up and simplify the work of the CPCs to improve the Wholesale customer experience.

In return for all your hard work, you will receive:

• 15% discount in store from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Annual bonus scheme
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
• Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• ‘MyPerks’ giving you discount with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Private Healthcare
• Car Allowance (company car provided in some instances)

Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!

At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.

There’s more to our business as it’s fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you!

At Morrisons, we’re proud to be building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We want every colleague to feel respected, supported and able to be themselves at work. Different voices, experiences and ways of thinking help us grow and improve and that’s good for our customers too. We’re always looking for people from all walks of life to join us and bring their talents to our team. Together, we can build a workplace where everyone has the chance to thrive, make a difference and belong.