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DISTRIBUTION CENTRE OPERATIONS MANAGER - FMCG RETAIL
Roheela Khan MSc, BA (Hons), AssocCIPD Recruitment Operations Director
Job Description
DISTRIBUTION CENTRE OPERATIONS MANAGER - FMCG RETAIL & EFULFILMENT
"Amazing career development opportunity for experienced FMCG Retail/ERetail Warehouse Operations Professional to join High Street Retailing Brand in high profile leadership role."
C£48000 (Dependent On Experience) Excellent Blue Chip Benefits
Bedfordshire
Commutable from Luton, Bedford, Leighton Buzzard, Dunstable, Milton Keynes, Hitchin, Ampthill, Harpenden, Letchworth, Hemel Hempstead, Houghton Regis, Harpenden, St Albans
Our client is a well-known High-Street Retailer, part of a multinational group. It is consistently recognised as an Employer of Choice and a Top-rated UK Workplace.
This is an amazing career development opportunity to join this multinational group and to take the lead as Distribution Centre Operations Manager for warehousing operations for one of its rapidly expanding High Street and online Retail brands.
Reporting to the Head of Logistics, as Distribution Centre Operations Manager, you will strengthen operations, projects, change management and continuous improvement capabilities. The site is an extremely fast-moving environment, especially as the operation heads to the peak trading period and you will work closely with Transport colleagues as they plan store and online retail/efulfilment deliveries via carriers, working to stringent customer service and operational KPI's.
The Role:
- Your leadership and planning skills will ensure that you are able to coach and develop your distribution centre/warehouse operations team to deliver results - ensuring all stock is managed and moved efficiently.
- You will lead a large team by setting direction, monitoring, and motivating individuals to exceed objectives whilst ensuring that security, inventory management and safety standards are maintained.
- We are looking for strategic individuals who can drive continuous improvement in productivity, operating costs, and customer satisfaction.
- The ideal candidates will be experienced leaders and people managers with the ability to motivate and drive performance.
- You will also possess extensive knowledge of retail logistics and warehousing operations, online retail and efulfilment, transport and distribution.
- The primary objective of this is to ensure accurate order assembly and despatch to retail stores and to online retail customers in a timely, cost effective and efficient manner.
- The operation is very seasonal but also with lots of promotions and new product launches and you will be adept at building excellent relationships across the supply chain and commercial teams promoting "retail excellence".
- It is essential that you also have some collaborative planning exposure with the ability to work cross functionally across this retail business.
- So, the key emphasis of this role will be to surpass internal and external customer expectations, people development and leadership and proactive continuous improvement of safety, quality and operational productivity and performance.
- Accuracy of stock holding, excellent cost control and budgetary management will be critical to success so you must already be very familiar with compiling and managing budgets and forecasts.
The Ideal Candidate:
- To succeed in this role, you will be of graduate calibre with previous experience of managing a distribution centre/warehouse operations team including significant experience of managing first line managers/supervisors/team leaders, within a FMCG retail warehousing and distribution sector. This could be in house or within a third-party contract logistics company.
- This must include proven people management skills including team development, maximising performance, improving motivation and productivity.
- Proven experience of forecasting and capacity planning in line with budgetary constraints and within a highly seasonal and promotions led environment.
- You will be mature, credible, and comfortable interacting with senior internal and external contacts. Excellent analytical skills, able to resolve complex problems through the identification of long-term solutions covering IT/process change.
- An influential change agent with the capability to facilitate and drive continuous improvement projects cross functionally.
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£Competitive + bonus/commission scheme & benefits schemeEXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT - INTERIM EXECUTIVES DIVISION (Part Time)
£Competitive + bonus/commission scheme & benefits scheme
Location: Pershore, Worcestershire
THE COMPANY
Martin Veasey Talent Solutions is a leading independent executive search consultancy with experience recruiting across a diverse range of industries and service sectors. The client portfolio spans both the UK and international market places. Specialising in middle and senior management appointments we are able to source high quality candidates from the UK as well as all over the world, in a variety of disciplines, from key management roles to board level directors.
We utilise leading edge recruitment technology and marketing tools and work with a large blue chip multinational client base offering a full range of talent, recruitment, and assessment services.
THE ROLE
The role of Executive Recruitment Consultant - for our Interim Executives Division (Part Time) will be a good combination of new business development, account management and both consultative and transactional recruitment. You will be working as part of a very successful and established team that enjoys a strong reputation in the marketplace. You will be involved in the whole recruitment lifecycle from developing client relationships, attending client visits, new business development, advertising, interviewing and managing your candidates through a client's selection process to the point where you place the candidate in a suitable role. You will have access to state of the art recruitment software and a candidate and client database that is proactively and regularly updated by our recruitment support team.
You will be responsible for sourcing, screening, interviewing and consulting with candidates on their career aspirations as well as forging strong relationships with clients and companies to understand their requirements and corporate culture to ensure that you source the very best candidates for them. You will develop and expand your interim executives division and identify new business opportunities. You will also be expected to work as part of a team and develop excellent working relationships both internally and externally.
THE PERSON
- Graduate calibre with lots of drive, ambition, and commitment.
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- Experience of recruiting interim executives advantageous
- Experienced technical and competency/behavioural interviewer.
- CIPD level 3 or 5 would be highly advantageous but not a prerequisite.
- Psychometric test or coaching qualifications would be advantageous but not a prerequisite.
- Articulate with the ability to build rapport and relationships with senior stakeholders and decision makers within the corporate marketplace.
A consultative, solutions focused approach.
Experience within the interim executives recruitment sector or experience of recruiting temporary managerial staff.
Excellent customer service/key account relationship management experience.
A hardworking and committed individual who is looking to contribute and progress within a growing company whilst maintaining their work, family life balance.
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THE COMPANY
Martin Veasey Talent Solutions is a leading independent executive search consultancy with experience recruiting across a diverse range of industries and service sectors. The client portfolio spans both the UK and international market places. Specialising in middle and senior management appointments we are able to source high quality candidates from the UK as well as all over the world, in a variety of disciplines, from key management roles to board level directors.
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THE ROLE
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You will be responsible for sourcing, screening, interviewing and consulting with candidates on their career aspirations as well as forging strong relationships with clients and companies to understand their requirements and corporate culture to ensure that you source the very best candidates for them. You will develop and expand your interim executives division and identify new business opportunities. You will also be expected to work as part of a team and develop excellent working relationships both internally and externally.
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- Graduate calibre with lots of drive, ambition, and commitment.
- Experienced in recruiting managerial and executive level candidates.
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- Experienced technical and competency/behavioural interviewer.
- CIPD level 3 or 5 would be highly advantageous but not a prerequisite.
- Psychometric test or coaching qualifications would be advantageous but not a prerequisite.
- Articulate with the ability to build rapport and relationships with senior stakeholders and decision makers within the corporate marketplace.
A consultative, solutions focused approach.
Experience within the interim executives recruitment sector or experience of recruiting temporary managerial staff.
Excellent customer service/key account relationship management experience.
A hardworking and committed individual who is looking to contribute and progress within a growing company whilst maintaining their work, family life balance.
Ideally you will have previous recruitment experience gained either as an in-house recruiter, or as HR/Talent Acquisition/Resourcing Manager or with a recruitment/executive search and selection consultancy.You will be a high achieving and articulate candidate who is able to present to the highest levels within business. Having excellent organisational skills, you will be able to work on multiple projects at any one time, ensuring that all are delivered on time and to a successful conclusion.
In return we offer a relaxed but challenging, team orientated, highly focused environment within a growing business. As well as a competitive salary we offer bonus/commission and a range of other benefits.
These roles are offered on a full or part time or job share basis and hybrid working. This may involve occasional evening calls to candidates/clients. The role will predominantly be based from our offices near Pershore.