General Manager jobs in United Kingdom

General Manager

An exciting new General Manager opportunity

All about you

You will be friendly, hard-working, and love the buzz of getting things done. We love team players, and here we are committed to providing our people with the technical and personal skills to progress their careers.

About us

We are a leading independent parcel, mail, and logistics services company operating throughout the UK and Ireland, delivering the important things in life. We provide next-day or scheduled delivery services for parcels and freight, as well as comprehensive logistics solutions, including warehouse management.

Role summary

The General Manager will report to the Regional Director and is responsible for leading and managing all aspects of the service centre operation to ensure achievement of budgeted and/or targeted service, cost, and quality performance, supporting budgeted revenue achievement. They are responsible and accountable for the effective management of all employed colleagues, third-party subcontractors, and owner drivers. Manage the premises, equipment, and consumables, ensuring the most cost-effective and high-quality performance is delivered. The role is to drive and lead the change process to deliver a fully integrated service centre operation.

Key responsibilities

• Evidence of line management experience in production/logistics/mail/parcels services environment at least at the same level of responsibility.
• Experience of managing budgets, profit, and loss accounts.
• Ability and a track record to seek improvements without prompting.
• Ability to identify problems and design deployable solutions.
• Proven success in customer interface and supplier management.
• Ability to manage commercial relationships with customers and suppliers through maintaining service/product processes to deliver excellent customer service, promote organic growth, and reduce customer attrition.

Essential criteria for this role

• Previous experience in the logistics or distribution industry.

Additional information on this role

If you have previous experience managing teams in fast-paced distribution environments and have the ambition to develop your leadership skills, we would love to hear from you.

Regional Manager Salary: £50-55k