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Competitive salary plus car allowance or car, bonus & great benefits package

If you are as ambitious as we are and you’re looking for an opportunity where you can make an impact and progress your career within Operations and Supply Chain, join the UKs largest foodservice supplier as the Operations Manager at our busy Portbury site based at Royal Portbury Docks.

A key operation within our depot network, this high-volume South-West RDC operation services 2 satellite sites as well its own radial deliveries. Over 1300 customers are serviced per day, through 130 routes across the South-West, delivered by a warehouse team of over 200 colleagues. 

This role presents an excellent opportunity for an experienced Operations Manager with proven leadership capability to join our site senior management team. You will have overall responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day operation, the focus of your role will be on future planning – developing a continuous improvement and high-performance culture across the warehouse function with a view to drive service and cost benefit across the operation.

You’ll work closely with your Warehouse Manager and direct reports to ensure the effective planning and execution of the day-to-day operational strategy including workforce planning, using forecasting and trend analysis to ensure operational efficiency. And it goes without saying that you will be responsible for ensuring company, operational and legal compliance in critical areas including Health and Safety, HAACP and Food safety.

A proven and dynamic leader, you will enjoy developing your people and through setting a clear direction for all team members, creating a culture that enhances colleague experience through regular and open channels, enabling and driving engagement. You’ll be a forward-thinking individual, able to manage, enable and implement change effectively - ensuring that colleagues are engaged every step of the way. Your excellent communication, relationship building, and interpersonal skills will be fundamental to your success.

To join us as the Operations Manager, you will have previous senior leadership experience in a fast-paced, high volume warehousing operation, ideally within the FMCG sector. Experience within the food service sector and a multi-temperature operation is advantageous. You’ll be commercially astute; results driven, and detail orientated - using data to support your decision making.

In return we offer a great package including basic salary, car or car allowance and company bonus, generous holiday allowance plus the option to purchase more, pension plus huge discounts on award- winning products. It’s a great time to join us and this is a fabulous role with the opportunity to progress within a large, global organisation.

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