MAINTENANCE MANAGER - HEAVY ENGINEERING & PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT

“Exceptional career development opportunity for an Engineering Graduate, with track record of excellence in maintenance management to join market leader at strategically important production & processing facility.”

C£45-50000 + Car/Allowance and Excellent Benefits 

Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire

Our client is a world leader, with a £multibillion turnover and plants on virtually every continent.  Its investment in the latest heavy engineering and processing technology ensures its reputation as one of the world’s most sustainable corporations.

As part of its policy of continuous improvement and development they are seeking an ambitious Engineering Graduate who is very keen to take the next step into a Maintenance Management role at a strategically important site.

Reporting to a recently appointed and highly experienced Plant Manager, the Maintenance Manager will lead a small team of electricians and mechanical fitters, ensuring that plant equipment and maintenance systems are maintained, developed and improved within a manufacturing and Continuous Improvement environment and culture.  

The focus is safety first and zero harm and as Maintenance Manager you will champion and proactively promote this safe working ethos amongst your team and contractors.   You will lead the daily management of a production critical maintenance department including spares inventory and warehouse management on a processing/production site which operates on a 24/5 basis.  Assets include: shredding and crushing equipment, motors and sensors, mobile/materials handling equipment for transportation of material across the site, packaging and palletising equipment.

Therefore, our client is seeking an Engineering professional (mechanical and/or electrical) with a recent track record of engineering and maintenance team leadership gained within a “best in class”, quality focused, processing and production operation.
  
The Maintenance Manager will lead an experienced and competent team of mechanical and electrical engineers and will work with the Production Manager and cross functional colleagues in implementing all maintenance operations, mechanical, electrical and process control across inspection, planning, scheduling, execution and improvement phases. The objective will be to deliver a culture of continuous improvement and proactiveness not only within maintenance operations but also safety and health, environmental compliance and plant reliability. 

Our client is seeking a high potential who is already adept at working to stringent KPI’s and performance indicators. Successful candidates will be able to evidence excellent people development, managing engineering maintenance team performance via regular reviews, training, coaching and mentoring whilst also recognising potential with a view to succession planning.  

Maintenance and budgetary planning experience will be essential as you will be a key member of the site leadership team.  You will also be an excellent problem solver, structured, systematic and logical. 
 
The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical engineering and maintenance background gained within heavy processing sectors such as cement, aggregates, minerals or steel.  

The Role

• Develop a high-performing engineering and maintenance team with a culture of delivery and continuous improvement through effective leadership and management to deliver operational excellence.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant statutory legislation and the internal company Safety, Health and Environmental Standards.
• Drive improvements in plant equipment availability and performance, including costs, through the implementation of engineering maintenance best practices across the whole site. 
• Own, develop and evolve the site’s engineering maintenance strategy, implementing a common maintenance platform.
• To monitor and ensure implementation and delivery of engineering maintenance procedures, initiatives and controls across all areas of responsibility.
• Liaise between functions to ensure team work, consistency, co ordination and best practice to eliminate losses from poor practices or communication and to expedite learning.
• Develop annual maintenance budgets for the site, highlighting operational constraints and the value adding performance that Maintenance can make.
• Ensure the application of defect elimination/Pareto/root cause failure analysis to all losses and be responsible for the recommendation/implementation of solutions.
• Management of the established site maintenance, planning and cost reporting systems to maximise their potential to the organisation.
• Keep abreast of and apply where appropriate new condition monitoring technologies, maintenance improvement 'tools' and processes.
• Support the development of engineering staff by defining, and where necessary, providing training in activities that support maintenance improvement and coaching.
• Define and implement KPI’s to monitor the performance of all maintenance employees and contractors.
• Apply and communicate the engineering and maintenance improvement strategy for the site including proactively supporting cross functionally to ensure maintenance practices are adopted and implemented.

The Ideal Candidate:

• University degree educated in Engineering. Must understand both engineering and business management principles. 
• An appreciation of a wide variety of engineering disciplines i.e. electrical, mechanical, process control and optimisation will be critical to success and credibility in this role.
• Master’s degree/other post graduate CPD highly advantageous.
• Your engineering & maintenance team management experience will be from very high safety culture, heavy engineering processing environments. Cement, aggregates, mining and minerals or steel/metals industry would be particularly interesting sectors.
• Consistent industry career history including existing or recent experience as a Maintenance Engineer or Coordinator, Maintenance Shift Team Leader or Supervisor/Manager, Maintenance Planner, Reliability and Asset Supervisor or Manager or other similar Maintenance Engineering leadership role.
• You will possess a demonstrable track record of engineering maintenance team leadership, motivation and development, working closely with HR to produce competency matrices, training plans, talent identification, coaching and mentoring.
• Experience using continuous improvement techniques will be critical to success.  Change and project management experience will therefore be highly advantageous.
• You will have experience of preparing and managing maintenance engineering budgets.
• Excellent project management skills are essential as you will play a key site lead role in terms of capital expenditure projects.
• A high level of IT literacy is essential i.e. Microsoft Excel and maintenance management and process control systems. 
• You will be an excellent communicator both in written and verbal format with executive presence, gravitas and technical and professional credibility.
• You will be an adept at engaging at all levels from the maintenance team to senior management and cross functionally, with well-honed persuasion and influencing skills.
• Resilient, driven, results focused personality - a high achiever.

In return our global multinational client offers a very competitive salary and benefits package, plus the opportunity to make a real difference to a market leading operation at an exciting stage of its continued growth and development.
 

EUROPEAN P2P/PROCURE TO PAY PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS MANAGER

“Excellent opportunity for graduate calibre SAP eProcurement specialist to develop a high performing team to drive P2P process improvement and best practice.”

£50-55000 + Blue Chip Benefits Package 

Location: North West (with UK and Mainland European travel)

Commutable from Ellesmere Port, Mold, Wrexham, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Chester, Warrington, Runcorn, Widnes, Liverpool, Crewe, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Greater Manchester, Wigan, Newton le Willows, Leigh, Heywood, Skelmersdale.

The Client
Our client is a global multinational undergoing a period of transformation and change.
As part of a strategic transformation of the procurement function moving to a shared service and category management model across its global operating units, our client seeks to strengthen its team with the appointment of an ambitious, university degree educated SAP P2P/Procure to Pay Procurement Operations Manager.   

Specifically, our client would like to significantly enhance its procurement capabilities and visibility, control and management of procurement spend through greater utilisation of its SAP and SAP P2P procurement technology.  The focus will be on delivering efficiencies, centralised billing, market analysis, price checking, spend analytics and reporting, transparency and control, strategic cost management ultimately delivering maximised value and improved financial performance for the organisation.  

As European SAP P2P/Procure to Pay Procurement Operations Manager you will be responsible for People Management, Process Ownership and Stakeholder Engagement. Accordingly, you will be expected to travel to work with your team and stakeholders located at two sites in the UK and two sites in mainland Europe.

The Role:
As SAP P2P/Procurement Operations Manager your role will be to:

• Lead a team of P2P Procurement Coordinators located in the UK and mainland Europe.
• Shape and sustain an effective and motivated team that delivers desired results (KPIs, internal customer satisfaction) by providing direction, coaching and developing team members, leveraging individual abilities and ensuring best practices are utilized.
• Coach your team to influence internal stakeholders to ensure that contracted suppliers are utilised wherever possible to ensure global efficiency.

As a Process Owner:

• Lead the initiation and delivery of transactional procurement activities within an international remit and constraints. 
• You and your team will provide SAP P2P Procurement initiation across all categories of spend.
• Create and maintain SAP P2P Procurement procedures to ensure process excellence and standardisation. 
• You will drive consistency and best practice across all European P2P locations.
• Through your team act provide first level support to internal operations in relation to supplier performance, working closely with Senior Buyers and Category Management to drive improvements.
• Manage and present performance indicators in internal operational reviews, analyse data & trends, implement continuous improvement.

As a Business Partner, working with key stakeholders and suppliers you will:

• Build and maintain a fluent relationship with key stakeholders such as Procurement and Category Management, IT, Plant managers, Governance and Control, to make sure that you understand their needs and work together to identify operating issues/non-efficiencies.
• Proactively assist with the ongoing roll out and management of Card Payments and other automation projects to reduce the number of SAP P2P transactions whilst also improving SAP P2P approval flows.
• Proactively contribute to the ongoing development of SAP P2P Procurement functional capabilities, ensuring sustainable value delivery and continual improvement of procurement effectiveness and efficiency.
• Interact with Senior Executives/Leadership teams to share performance updates, identified risks, issues or concerns, and helping drive best practices.

To be successful in this role you will need to possess:

• A university degree from a UK or European University.  A Masters level would be highly advantageous.
• Plus CIPS qualification (minimum level 4) or equivalent.
• Previous experienced team leadership experience gained within a SAP P2P/Procure to Pay or Procurement or Finance Shared Services environment.
• A track record of mentoring, coaching, motivation and development of a SAP P2P procurement/finance shared services team.
• Experience of working across global operations or multi-site environments and a keen sense of cultural awareness.
• Excellent knowledge of SAP P2P gained from a procurement perspective.
• Extensive knowledge of procurement in a Buyer or Category or Purchasing role.
• A proven track record in value delivery, improvement activity and best practice development in SAP P2P Procurement processes.
• Outstanding capabilities in building relationships internally and externally to enable you to be successful in your role and to contribute to the development of our client as a world-class procurement organisation
• A thirst for knowledge, an inquisitive mind-set and drive for results. 
• Resilience, energy and willingness to travel nationally and into Europe in order to engage with your team and key stakeholders in your quest to drive and deliver SAP P2P Procurement Process Excellence.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
   

QUALITY MANAGER – MECHANICAL, METAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS 

“Career development opportunity for ambitious customer focused quality manager to drive operational quality for a diverse range of in house manufactured and third party sourced products.”

Salary:  c£45000 + Excellent Benefits 

Location:  Wolverhampton, West Midlands 

Commutable from Birmingham, Kidderminster, Stafford, Stone, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Wednesbury, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Bromsgrove, Lichfield, Tamworth, Stoke on Trent, Telford, Shrewsbury, Droitwich, Redditch, Worcester, Coventry, Warwick, Sutton Coldfield, Coleshill, Stockport, Crewe

Our client is a well-established and respected manufacturer of fixtures, fittings and components both mechanical and electronic in the home and building infrastructure products sector. Customers include national, regional and local DIY chains, trade counters, hardware stores, other manufacturers etc as well as B2C internet sales. Highly acquisitive and experiencing excellent growth, the company is based in brand-new offices, distribution centre and test centre complex in the West Midlands but has operational facilities and subsidiaries nationally and globally.   

Reporting to the Manufacturing and Technical Director. You will drive and develop quality management capability, cultural quality behaviour and operational quality effectiveness. You will manage day to day operational quality activities focused on delivering effective resolution, preventative measures, and the exploitation of continuous improvement opportunities throughout our client’s head office, sales, manufacturing, next day logistics operations and all sourced product groups. The focus will be on resolving issues involving both products and service. You will drive and develop operational quality activities, ensuring the effective management of customer complaint investigation, preventative action implementation, effective handling of incoming and returned product inspection and quality management support to manufacturing operations.

The Role:

• Promote and maintain best practice for safety, health and environmental factors throughout all Quality operations, and facilitate the development of the safety culture within the quality management team.
• Establish, maintain and develop appropriate quality management systems and procedures, commensurate with the company’s objectives, ensuring continued accreditation to BS EN ISO 9001
• Provision of management system expertise and support for safety, environmental and resilience management systems.
• Implement appropriate analytical measures for the prevention of defects, process improvement and business quality performance.
• Lead the management of product and operational performance related customer complaints, from initial receipt acknowledgement, through containment and corrective action, to resolution, including on-site support, where appropriate, using 8D methodology.
• Remotely facilitating and coordinating 8D activities with overseas sourcing operations and supply chain.
• Effective management of operational quality activities, including appropriate AQL inspection of incoming products & materials, product returns handling, including investigation, trend analysis and appropriate final resolution with relevant external parties.
• Drive the quality management of manufacturing activities, embedding quality assured processes and the provision of appropriate quality surveillance within production operations.
• Provision of support to the sourcing team for evaluation and qualification of new suppliers, and continuous improvement activities with existing suppliers.
• Support Production Engineering in process development, equipment selection, and process flow activities within manufacturing operations.
• Coordinate quality management planning for new product introductions and product modifications.
• Provide coaching to develop quality awareness and cultural improvement
• Management of a small team of Quality Engineers.
• Effective management QMS auditing.
• Producing monthly reports, including KPI’s & Trend Analysis. 
• Creating Standard Operating Procedures for relevant activities. 
• Producing Product Quality Plans & associated documentation and corrective and preventative action reports.

The Ideal Applicant:

• Prefer trained QMS auditor with six sigma qualifications
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a customer focused quality role, ideally within a manufacturing environment, serving retail, wholesale, trade or consumers.  
• Highly customer focused with excellent customer relations skills and ability to bring issues to a satisfactory conclusion.
• High level of proficiency with MSOffice applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Proficient with FMEA process 
• Familiar with a design culture and able to read CAD / technical drawings 
• Experience leading problem-solving processes and use of quality tools
• Excellent team working & verbal and written communication skills
   

MARINE AGGREGATES SHIP MANAGER/TECHNICAL SUPERINTENDENT

“Career development opportunity for Vessel/Technical Superintendent or similar Marine Engineering Specialist to join UK division of multinational plc within the aggregates and construction materials sector”

£50-60000 (DOE) + Excellent Benefits including Relocation Assistance

Sussex

Commutable from Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, West Kent

Our client’s marine division supplies high quality natural sand and gravel aggregates from the seabed off the UK for use in ready mixed and pre-cast concrete, general construction and coastal defence schemes.  Our client is seeking a Vessel or Technical Superintendent with a strong marine engineering background for the role of Marine Aggregates Ship Manager for its UK team. The team comprises a group of specialists in marine and wharf operations, ship engineering and mineral resources, based in West Sussex.  Your objective will be to monitor and deliver vessel performance and all aspects of the technical operation, driving marine and engineering standards onboard your assigned vessels.

Our client operates a fleet of four ships purpose built for aggregate dredging   The ships/dredgers operate round the clock, 24 hours per day, seven days per week, extracting sand and gravel from licensed dredging areas in the North Sea, English Channel, Bristol Channel and Irish Sea. 

The ships/dredgers deliver cargoes to landing points close to where the aggregates are used such as wharves with onsite processing plants along the River Thames, along the south coast between Shoreham and Southampton, in South and North Wales and in SW and NW England. Each dredger uses satellite navigation to dredge accurately and precisely locate aggregate reserves on the seabed. 

The Role:

• Responsible for the safe and economical day to day operation of vessels under your control, ensuring they comply with statutory and class certification.
• Leadership and management of the on vessel/ship-based team and the office-based team.
• Accountable for the performance of these vessels against budget. 
• Provide a high level of technical support and supervision.
• Responsible for improvement and development of the AMOS marine planned maintenance and purchasing system, improving reliability and achieving world class vessel performance.
• Responsible for the company’s’ entire fleet spares stock holding, including increasing stock value, depreciation and stock write offs to ensure management of critical spares.
• Marine aggregates business improvement programmes such as ongoing fleet optimisation including taking accountability for a associated KPI’s  
• Responsible for upgrades and modifications to vessels to overcome obsolescence and improve vessel performance.  Investigate and assess innovative ways of maximising out turn and improving equipment longevity.
• Responsible for CAPEX applications for vessel technical requirements from instigation to compliance and completion sign off. CAPEX and OPEX budget performance reporting.
• Responsible for downtime strategy planning and minimisation in accordance with production demands and for budgetary planning and purchasing control.
• Preparation of dry-docking and repair specifications.
• Negotiations with shipyards, dry-docks and suppliers to obtain best value for all requirements. Adjudication of quotes and justification of costs to stake holder management. 
• Supervision of repairs during alongside repair and dry-dock periods including influencing and monitoring of safety systems in shipyards during repairs to promote safe working practices in accordance with legislation, company procedures and safety culture.

The Ideal Applicant:

• Graduate calibre education level e.g. HNC/HND, Bachelors or Masters in engineering, marine, maritime or nautical or shipping studies or similar.
• Minimum of an STCW95 III/2 Class 2 Engineer Officer Certificate of Competency (or equivalent).
• A good working knowledge of the maintenance requirements of medium speed diesels and their associated electro-hydraulic systems.
• A strong engineering background relevant to the Marine Industry, having potentially spent time at sea in a shipboard Managerial Position. 
• This role would be particularly suited to someone with shore-based experience, or recent Senior Position onboard a vessel looking to take that first step ashore.
• To be able to diagnose and rectify faults in a wide range of machinery and control systems.
• Clear, concise communicator with ability to liaise with personnel and outside bodies at all levels.  Effective communication skills, and excellent written and verbal capability.
• Significant management/leadership skills. Strong organisational, delegation and interpersonal skills. Able to lead both an offshore/on board vessel and on shore team 
• Able to take command of situations effectively, efficiently and calmly.
• A proven history managing complex docking projects and electronic planned maintenance systems would be essential together with excellent leadership and management skills.
• Experience of managing marine dredgers or similar vessels within the aggregates or similar sector would be highly advantageous.
• This experience may have been gained in the UK or EU or further afield but you will have the right to live and work in UK/EU.
• Candidates who have worked within the Merchant or Royal Navy or Commercial Port Operations would also be of interest.

Candidates with seagoing experience would be considered favourably, although this is not essential. It is important to have a strong commercial aptitude with a solid knowledge and understanding across all the variables within operations when dealing with vessels.

This is a great opportunity for an ambitious Technical Superintendent to take the next step in their career. 
This position offers the successful candidate excellent career progress opportunities, the opportunity to work with a leading shipping company and enjoy an attractive package based upon experience which will include an excellent salary and assistance with re-location if needed.
 

CLINICAL TRIALS PROJECT MANAGERS 

“Business English & Chinese Speaker with project management track record in clinical trials research, clinical trials or pharmaceutical manufacturer”

Salary & Benefits:  RMB/CNY Excellent Salary to Attract the Best + Bonus + Benefits
 
China

Our client is the division of a NYSE quoted multinational. A global leader in outsourced pharmaceutical solutions, the company works with major international pharmaceutical/drug manufacturers to provide exceptionally high on-time service levels to stringent regulatory and QA standards. 

Due to dynamic growth, our client is now seeking to appoint two-three experienced Clinical Trials Project Managers. 

The Opportunities:

You will manage and co-ordinate all technical and service aspects of clinical trials projects on behalf of major pharmaceutical companies.  This will range from initial discussions with clients, development of the project specifications, documentation aspects of setting up the project and management of all project related activities through to project/study completion.

You will need to have robust Project Management experience, ideally in Clinical Research, Clinical Trials or the Pharmaceutical sector.  Your focus will be on the projects undertaken for specific clients which may include pharmaceutical manufacturers or CRO’s (Clinical Research Organisations). 

As a Clinical Trials Project Manager, you need to demonstrate past experience of: scheduling workloads; meeting key delivery dates; managing costs and risks; understanding the scope of the project and ensuring change control and change management principles are included, ensure the quality is measured and Key Performance Indicators met or exceeded. 

Key Accountabilities:

• The Clinical Trials Project Managers will serve as the primary operational interface internally with cross functional departments and externally with clients, with responsibility for the oversight of timelines, milestones, and financials during the project lifecycle
• The focus will be to manage client expectations effectively and to ensure client projects proceed on time, within budget and with quality, therefore maintaining and enhancing client satisfaction.
• Manages the project timeline regularly, sharing this information with internal stakeholders and the client as appropriate.
• Communicates regularly with internal and external team members regarding study status and provides timely notification to all appropriate parties with deviations from timelines and/or deliverables.
• Actively identifies, manages, and mitigates any project risks, ensuring appropriate input from all stakeholders, maintaining accurate documentation, and communicating to internal and external parties as appropriate.
• Identifies inefficiencies with current processes and recommends improvements.
• Supports communication flow in matrix organization to ensure collaboration across project teams for efficient achievement of project goals.
• Supports Business Development and Sales efforts.
• Collaborates with Business Development colleagues (and other relationship stakeholders) to highlight areas of client opportunity or relationship concerns.
• Leads and facilitates customer teleconferences, visits and audits as required, and provides timely provision of customer reports and updates.
• Provides accurate and timely financial forecasting and reporting.
• Ensures customer needs are properly translated into quotation, and has responsibility to monitor and amend the quote and budget as required.
• Manages the delivery of all technical and service aspects of projects and studies for clients.

The Ideal Candidates:

• Excellent Business English & Fluent Chinese.
• Educated to Degree level in a science-based subject including biomedical science, medicine or pharmacology.
• Experience in a Clinical Trials Project Management or Clinical Research Associate role in pharmaceutical or clinical research industry.
• A thorough understanding of clinical trials Project Management principles, concepts and approaches - a project management qualification would be advantageous.
• Experience/understanding of the clinical research environment and GCP principles is preferred.
• Ability and experience of direct project activities and ensuring customer satisfaction while understanding and adhering to the project budget.
• Excellent Communication & Influencing.
• Excellent in Planning & Organising.
• Able to portray a professional appearance and presentation to customers.
• Able to communicate and deal effectively with all levels of the organisation.
• A team-oriented person with a “can do” attitude.
• Problem resolution skills; ability to analyse and solve a range of simple and complex problems.
• Experience of working with a matrix environment.
• Financial acumen.

An excellent opportunity to progress your career into Project Management based on the experience you have within clinical research or clinical trials supply.  This role may suit an ambitious Clinical Trials Project Manager or a Clinical Trials Administrator, Clinical Research Associate, Clinical Project Co-ordinator, Clinical Trials Data Co-ordinator, Packaging Technologist, Pharma Supply Chain Specialist, Drug Safety Officer or Regulatory Affairs Officer.
To apply, without delay and in confidence please email your CV for the attention of Roheela Khan to applications@martinveasey.com quoting reference J13610.
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PLANT GENERAL MANAGER 

“Excellent transformational change management role for Chemical Engineer/Engineering professional with track record of people development, engagement and continuous improvement in an Industrial Processing Environment.”

North

C£Very Competitive + Car Allowance, Bonus & Benefits & Relocation Assistance

Commutable Locations: Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, West Midlands, Shropshire, Greater Manchester, Humberside

Our client is a global market leader within the industrial processing sector and operates a number of plants in the UK.

Due to dynamic growth our client is now seeking an Engineering degree educated Plant General Manager to take the lead at three strategic sites located.  Candidates currently working within the heavy engineering/industrial processing industries would be particularly interesting.  

This is a high-profile leadership role, focused on ensuring continuous improvement of health and safety and operational efficiency.   You will manage a highly experienced and loyal team, further developing and instilling a zero-harm culture, and the technical competencies and behaviours required to achieve and sustain world class standards for the manufacture of our client’s product which is exported globally and utilised for a wide range of industry applications.  

The successful candidate will therefore demonstrate a high profile and visible leadership style, and a track record of transformational change management and people development, engagement and motivation against a backdrop of a “best in class”, operational development programme. Ideally this experience will have been gained within a blue-chip multinational environment renowned for its world class/leading edge standards in terms of operational performance, people development, change management and leadership - an "employer of choice".

The ideal applicant will possess current and previous site leadership and manufacturing operational management experience gained within a fast-moving, lean processing, high customer service focused heavy engineering/industrial processing environment will be a prerequisite. The sites are unionised so excellent, well-honed ER skills are essential.

The Role:

The primary purpose of the roles is to be responsible for optimizing labour; safety on site; material and equipment resources to maximize production capability and meet customer expectations with excellent quality and service. We are seeking people with experience of turnaround/transformation, people development, technical skills transfer, retention and management as part of a talent development and succession planning programme, continuously improving and developing such operations as the sites take on increased customer volumes both in the UK and in the export market.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Must be University degree educated in Engineering – Chemical Engineering would be particularly advantageous.
• Consistent career history in blue chip multinational environments
• High profile leadership experience in a Plant/Site Operations. Worked at Plant/Factory Manager Level.
• Track record of people development, technical skills transfer, retention and management, employee engagement, change and continuous improvement leading to best in class OEE and safety standards
• Experience in Project Management, business and systems analysis highly advantageous but people management, development and succession planning within a long established and highly skilled processing environment will be critical to success.
• Plant, Site or Factory multi functional operations leadership experience must have been gained within heavy industrial processing sector 
• Experienced Lean or Continuous Improvement champion with track record of excellent team development and engagement to deliver continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated experience of cross functional and multi-level interaction and working in a matrix organization.
• Ideally experience of working within high volume / target driven manufacturing environment.
• Led & achieved results in UK or pan-European, multi-single site, managing cross functionally within blue-collar sites. 
• Experience of leading and managing employee relations at a senior level through continuous improvement within best in class operations.
• Proven skills and capabilities in leadership, communication, capability, collaboration and problem solving.
• Excellent experience of the Budgeting process and CAPEX business case approval process.
• Project Management qualification highly advantageous.
• Knowledge and use of Lean/Six Sigma.
• PC Literate. Particularly strong Excel skills.
• Resilient, driven, results focused personality -  a high achiever.
   

SHIFT PRODUCTION MANAGER 

C£40000 + Shift Allowance c£7000 + Bonus & Benefits & Relocation Assistance

South Yorkshire

Our client is a market leader.

Our client is a seeking an experienced engineering graduate for a Shift Production Manager role.  The site is currently focused on transformation including equipment upgrade to streamline processes, improve cost effectiveness and efficiency in order to meet rising volumes/throughput.   
The successful candidate will therefore demonstrate a visible “hands on” leadership style, a competitive edge and a drive for continuous operational performance improvement.  You will be an excellent communicator. Previous involvement in change management, people development, engagement and motivation against a backdrop of a “best in class”, site development programme will be critical to success in this role. 
Candidates must be adept at working to strict KPI’s for health & safety, environmental excellence and of course high-quality production output.  You will be a role model for the promotion of safety awareness, promptly addressing safety concerns and performing regular safety inspections of equipment and the site. Strategic planning and budget preparation experience as part of the site management team will be essential. Ideally this experience will have been gained within the cement, aggregates, building materials sector.  Your experience will be characterised by world class/leading edge standards in terms of operational performance, people development, change management and leadership - an "employer of choice".

The Role:

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the primary purpose of the role is to be responsible for optimizing labour; safety on site; material and equipment resources to maximize production capability and meet customer expectations with excellent quality and service. You will set and deliver growth by developing the team and achieving best in class standards.  Working cross functionally with technical, maintenance, process optimisation, quality, EHS and purchasing/materials colleagues, you will monitor production forecasts and schedules to manage capacity to ensure production requirements and deadlines are achieved.   You will review and analyse production and operational reports and trending to determine causes of non-conformity with product specifications and operating or production problems. You will also revise production schedules and priorities as a result of equipment failure or operating problems; generate production reports for equipment utilisation and history. You will develop and implement operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate problems, improve product quality and productivity.  Accordingly, you will consult with technical and maintenance in relation to modification of machines and equipment in order to accomplish these objectives.
You will also develop short- and long-term plans to successfully manage production volume changes. This will require an ability to set KPI’s and ensure teamwork to meet targets.  Therefore, you must be highly numerate and commercially aware with the capability to interpret and translate financial data and forecast costs into realistic and achievable plans. 
Furthermore, you will maintain a framework of improvement activity to support the implementation of cost reduction initiatives and the elimination of non-value-added production activities.  Most importantly you will develop a culture of quality and health & safety first, ensuring a Right First Time standard, consistently challenging non-conformance and ensuring counter measures are agreed and implemented. 
As an excellent people developer, you will manage team performance via regular performance reviews, training, coaching and mentoring line managers whilst also recognising potential with a view to succession planning.  We are seeking people with experience of turnaround/transformation, continuously improving and developing such operations as the site takes on increased customer volumes.

The Ideal Applicant:

The successful applicant will possess an undergraduate degree in Engineering or Chemical Engineering or similar, possibly supplemented with a Masters. Current and previous cement production operations management experience gained within a fast-paced lean processing; high customer service focused environment will be a prerequisite. NEBOSH Certificate and IOSH Managing Safely are essential. Well-honed ER skills are very important.  Process driven and results orientated with a positive and realistic outlook and a clear focus on high quality, safety, and the bottom line.  Candidates will also be natural strategic planners able to critically evaluate their operation and their own performance. Exceptional cross functional relationship skills both on site and with corporate HQ colleagues will be a prerequisite. Candidates will be highly ambitious, resilient and results focused.  Career prospects are fantastic for candidates who are instrumental in delivering transformational change and improvement at this strategic site.  
Our client offers a highly competitive base salary plus shift allowance and benefits package including bonus and relocation assistance.

To apply, without delay, please email your CV quoting reference J13603.

HEAD OF CLIENT SERVICES  & PROJECT MANAGEMENT– CLINICAL TRIALS 
  
"Experienced Clinical Trials Project Manager/Client Services Manager required to lead both clinical trials project teams and key account growth through excellent relationship management" 
  
Salary: Very Competitive + Blue Chip Benefits 
  
Suzhou, Jiangsu China 
  
Our client is a global leader in outsourced pharmaceutical clinical trials project management working with major international drug manufacturers to provide exceptionally high on-time service levels to stringent regulatory and QA standards. 
  
The Role: 
  
As Head of Client Services & Project Management you will manage the clinical trials logistics operations and clinical trials project management team. You will also play a critical role in assisting our client’s Chinese operation to achieve customer acquisition and revenue growth objectives. Specifically, you will work closely with Business Development colleagues to generate additional growth and interest by leveraging opportunities from existing pharmaceutical clinical trials clients, generating local opportunities in China, qualifying prospects and opportunities. 

As Head of Client Services & Project Management you will supervise and coordinate the Chinese facility’s clinical trails logistics operations and clinical trials project management ensuring the timely delivery of client clinical trials projects; control of all processes related to logistics operations in line with Good Manufacturing, Storage and Distribution Practices at internal and external level as well as implementation of processes to support productivity enhancements. You will also generate metrics, control and optimization of processes, evaluation of service capacities and response time to reduce operating process deviations. You will lead a team of clinical trials project managers. Therefore, you will be a strong leader of people familiar with managing change in a dynamic environment. A key part of the role will be to instill a proactive rather than reactive approach to clinical trials project management. You will be highly engaging, motivational, visionary and supportive as the team and the Chinese operation goes through a major change in approach. 
  
You will also proactively manage client relationships ensuring appropriate communication, business engagement, implementation and service delivery to enable retention, growth and long term mutual business partnerships.   To succeed in this role, you must have a clinical trials project, process and quality management background combined with a strong network of contacts and clients within the pharmaceutical clinical trials sector in China/Latin America. 
  
You will be highly consultative, with excellent listening and client services/key account management experience within the clinical trials project management arena. You will have a track record of nurturing clients and a high focus on face to face relationship management. The focus will be on an excellent customer experience. You will work closely with local and global colleagues in client services, business development and logistics/supply chain operations to optimize and synergise opportunities emanating from the Chinese marketplace. 
  
  
The Ideal Person 
  

• You must currently reside in China. However, you must be fluent in both English and Chinese. 
• You must be educated to degree level in a science, biomedical, pharmaceutical, medical, health related or similar subject. 
• You will have an in depth understanding of the pharmaceutical clinical trials market sector. We are not seeking candidates from any other sectors as you will need to present evidence of your clinical trials network of client contacts. 
• Experience in clinical trials project and client services delivery management. A formal qualification or certification in Project Management, combined with clinical trials sector experience would be highly desirable. 
• Strong people management and leadership experience. Ideally at least 5-7 years of supporting and then at least 2 years leading a clinical trials project management team. Proven experience working with direct management of teams.   
• A change manager familiar with developing a highly responsive and proactive rather than reactive clinical trials project management team focused on excellent customer service and customer experience. 
• Knowledge of rules related to pharmaceutical GMP, GDP, biosafety, local regulation and SOP. 
• A confident personality, familiar and very comfortable working face to face with large pharmaceutical clients in relation to clinical trials projects. 
• A significant network of pharmaceutical clients within the clinical trials project management arena. 
• Highly motivated to achieve key account growth through leveraging existing relationships, identifying and qualifying opportunities, working closely with business development and marketing colleagues to achieve country revenue and growth targets. 
• Requires demonstration of good professional judgment when working with clients, excellent organizational, planning, verbal, written and numerical skills with the ability to analyze and define solutions and manage multiple tasks to meet strict deadlines. 
• Requires strong and effective communication with the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of pharmaceutical client managers and directors in relation to clinical trials projects. 
• Requires strong customer management skills; proactively anticipates, understands, and responds to the needs of clients to meet or exceed their expectations. 
• Requires experience with detail execution, managing multiple tasks and meeting strict deadlines. 
• Experience in pharmaceutical clinical trials quality, logistic and storage activities. 
• Strong capability in preparing reports using Excel; knowledge of Windows, and Microsoft Word as well as the understanding and competent use of SOPs required by pharmaceutical clinical trials quality standards. 
• Requires strong interpersonal and communication skills to include excellent relationship building.
   

Nicky - UK CATEGORY MANAGER – ENGINEERING, SPARE PARTS, MRO, INDUSTRIAL LABOUR, PACKAGING - TEST

C£45-50000 + Car, Bonus & Benefits

Location: Bristol with national remit 

Our client is a global company with leading positions in many of its markets.  The company provides high quality products and services to customers in more than 50 countries around the world.   In the UK it now employs 50,000 employees worldwide.

In the UK it generates £multi million annual sales and has a supply network with over 400 operating locations.  Our client is a dynamic organisation focused on results. 

As a result of a European procurement transformation programme and restructure of the procurement function our client is seeking a degree educated, part/fully qualified CIPS Category Manager to take the lead with its Engineering Goods and Services category which includes Engineering MRO, low cost country sourced machined spare parts, packaging, IT, industrial labour including electrical and mechanical craft personnel, fabricators and welders.

As Sourcing and Procurement Category Manager you will develop and implement assigned sourcing and category strategies in the UK business unit and potentially some pan European business units.  Experience of Engineering, MRO, industrial labour categories and low-cost country sourcing of machined/engineered spare parts will be critical to success.  You will also be responsible for supplier performance, relationship and contract management.  Your focus will be to deliver the best available commercial option, from a quality, financial, sustainable and risk perspective.  Your key stakeholders will be engineering, manufacturing business units and pan European procurement at all levels.

The Role:

• Identify current and new vendors for given categories/ sourcing projects and monitor market trends.
• Closely collaborate with local and global procurement teams and all relevant internal European stakeholders in order to deliver the most suitable and sustainable product/ service in each requirement instance.
• Source given requirements in compliance with our client’s procurement methodology, prepare fully evaluated business cases for all negotiations, share and agree with the business and review with your line manager, the European Category Manager.
• Regular engagement with key engineering and operational stakeholders to ensure that procurement and operational strategies are aligned.
• Provide commercial support to internal engineering and operational stakeholders to ensure that the best commercial position is achieved within global and local procurement governance frameworks.
• Ensure operational engagement and early procurement involvement in the value chain ensuring compliance and adherence to commercial targets.
• Manage sustainable supply of engineering parts/MRO whilst minimising inventory and commercial risk. 
• Creatively explore different approaches in negotiation agreements to achieve greatest cost benefit for our client.
• Ensure as part of the sourcing strategy, that low cost alternative operations are presented and considered as part of the evaluation.
• Continuously evaluate, identify and present new tangible cost saving opportunities.
• Monitor economic and market trends in analyse, evaluate the impact of commodity prices and their effects over current and future sourcing strategies.
• Continuously seek the best options, challenging the status quo where needed/ applicable.
• Support the European Category Manager as and when needed with reporting data relevant to the European strategy decision making process.
• Deliver measurable improvements in terms of cost savings in line with agreed savings targets to improve business profitability. 
• Prepare and execute, in coordination with the Legal team, the legal documentation to support the negotiations.
• Monitor expiry dates of contracts to assure correct renewal or open new source process if needed.
• Responsible for the development, implementation and operation of vendor management strategy for all suppliers under management in your defined portfolio. 
• Responsible for the management of a high value supplier portfolio of goods and services, including supplier management, negotiations and contract compliance in line with corporate strategy.
• Management of SAP agreements and tools to ensure Operations can purchase the agreed Goods and Services.
• Monitor vendor performance, provide the team and stakeholders with the appropriate feedback to anticipate any risks, difficulties or opportunities.
• Attends relevant Operational meetings to ensure Procurement and Operations are aligned and Procurement maintains high services levels to Operations.

The Ideal Candidate:

• University Degree educated
• Part or Fully Qualified CIPS/European Procurement Diploma or willing to study.
• Experience of the following categories:  Engineering, MRO, Low Cost Country sourced machined/engineered parts, Industrial and Temporary Engineering labour including Mechanical, Electrical Craft personnel, Fabricators, Welders or similar, Packaging, IT.
• At least five years’ experience in a Buyer, Sourcing, Procurement or Category Management role within a multinational manufacturer within the FMCG, industrial, automotive, chemicals, construction materials or engineering sector.
• Experience of developing and deploying national category/procurement strategies cross functionally at regional and business unit level.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and persuasion skills familiar with operating within a UK and pan European matrix corporate structure.  Able to constructively challenge.  Diplomatic, professional, credible and mature approach. 
• An excellent negotiator, problem solver and collaborative team player. Commercial experience of advanced negotiations with senior stakeholders to deliver value objectives. 
• Strong track record of category/procurement efficiency improvement opportunities across processes, compliance, transactions, KPI’s.
• Commercially astute, with experience of assessing external supply markets and skilled in translating opportunities into long term strategies. 
• Ability to analyse and interpret data, with strong financial /commercial focus whilst maintaining the “big picture” view.
• Ability to lead, persuade and influence internal and external partners through a period of change, managing transformation tactically, operationally and strategically.
• Experience of SAP.  Intermediate to advanced Excel skills and strong capability in Powerpoint.
• Ambitious with potential and desire to progress further within the European procurement function.
• A second European language would be highly advantageous.

UK CATEGORY MANAGER – ENGINEERING, SPARE PARTS, MRO, INDUSTRIAL LABOUR, PACKAGING - TEST

C£45-50000 + Car, Bonus & Benefits

Location: Yorkshire with national remit 

Our client is a global company with leading positions in many of its markets.  The company provides high quality products and services to customers in more than 50 countries around the world.   In the UK it now employs 50,000 employees worldwide.

In the UK it generates £multi million annual sales and has a supply network with over 400 operating locations.  Our client is a dynamic organisation focused on results. 

As a result of a European procurement transformation programme and restructure of the procurement function our client is seeking a degree educated, part/fully qualified CIPS Category Manager to take the lead with its Engineering Goods and Services category which includes Engineering MRO, low cost country sourced machined spare parts, packaging, IT, industrial labour including electrical and mechanical craft personnel, fabricators and welders.

As Sourcing and Procurement Category Manager you will develop and implement assigned sourcing and category strategies in the UK business unit and potentially some pan European business units.  Experience of Engineering, MRO, industrial labour categories and low-cost country sourcing of machined/engineered spare parts will be critical to success.  You will also be responsible for supplier performance, relationship and contract management.  Your focus will be to deliver the best available commercial option, from a quality, financial, sustainable and risk perspective.  Your key stakeholders will be engineering, manufacturing business units and pan European procurement at all levels.

The Role:

• Identify current and new vendors for given categories/ sourcing projects and monitor market trends.
• Closely collaborate with local and global procurement teams and all relevant internal European stakeholders in order to deliver the most suitable and sustainable product/ service in each requirement instance.
• Source given requirements in compliance with our client’s procurement methodology, prepare fully evaluated business cases for all negotiations, share and agree with the business and review with your line manager, the European Category Manager.
• Regular engagement with key engineering and operational stakeholders to ensure that procurement and operational strategies are aligned.
• Provide commercial support to internal engineering and operational stakeholders to ensure that the best commercial position is achieved within global and local procurement governance frameworks.
• Ensure operational engagement and early procurement involvement in the value chain ensuring compliance and adherence to commercial targets.
• Manage sustainable supply of engineering parts/MRO whilst minimising inventory and commercial risk. 
• Creatively explore different approaches in negotiation agreements to achieve greatest cost benefit for our client.
• Ensure as part of the sourcing strategy, that low cost alternative operations are presented and considered as part of the evaluation.
• Continuously evaluate, identify and present new tangible cost saving opportunities.
• Monitor economic and market trends in analyse, evaluate the impact of commodity prices and their effects over current and future sourcing strategies.
• Continuously seek the best options, challenging the status quo where needed/ applicable.
• Support the European Category Manager as and when needed with reporting data relevant to the European strategy decision making process.
• Deliver measurable improvements in terms of cost savings in line with agreed savings targets to improve business profitability. 
• Prepare and execute, in coordination with the Legal team, the legal documentation to support the negotiations.
• Monitor expiry dates of contracts to assure correct renewal or open new source process if needed.
• Responsible for the development, implementation and operation of vendor management strategy for all suppliers under management in your defined portfolio. 
• Responsible for the management of a high value supplier portfolio of goods and services, including supplier management, negotiations and contract compliance in line with corporate strategy.
• Management of SAP agreements and tools to ensure Operations can purchase the agreed Goods and Services.
• Monitor vendor performance, provide the team and stakeholders with the appropriate feedback to anticipate any risks, difficulties or opportunities.
• Attends relevant Operational meetings to ensure Procurement and Operations are aligned and Procurement maintains high services levels to Operations.

The Ideal Candidate:

• University Degree educated
• Part or Fully Qualified CIPS/European Procurement Diploma or willing to study.
• Experience of the following categories:  Engineering, MRO, Low Cost Country sourced machined/engineered parts, Industrial and Temporary Engineering labour including Mechanical, Electrical Craft personnel, Fabricators, Welders or similar, Packaging, IT.
• At least five years’ experience in a Buyer, Sourcing, Procurement or Category Management role within a multinational manufacturer within the FMCG, industrial, automotive, chemicals, construction materials or engineering sector.
• Experience of developing and deploying national category/procurement strategies cross functionally at regional and business unit level.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and persuasion skills familiar with operating within a UK and pan European matrix corporate structure.  Able to constructively challenge.  Diplomatic, professional, credible and mature approach. 
• An excellent negotiator, problem solver and collaborative team player. Commercial experience of advanced negotiations with senior stakeholders to deliver value objectives. 
• Strong track record of category/procurement efficiency improvement opportunities across processes, compliance, transactions, KPI’s.
• Commercially astute, with experience of assessing external supply markets and skilled in translating opportunities into long term strategies. 
• Ability to analyse and interpret data, with strong financial /commercial focus whilst maintaining the “big picture” view.
• Ability to lead, persuade and influence internal and external partners through a period of change, managing transformation tactically, operationally and strategically.
• Experience of SAP.  Intermediate to advanced Excel skills and strong capability in Powerpoint.
• Ambitious with potential and desire to progress further within the European procurement function.
• A second European language would be highly advantageous.

KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER – RETAIL VERTICAL – INTERNATIONAL MULTI MODAL LOGISTICS

“Fantastic career development opportunity for degree educated high potential with a track record gained pan European retail logistics solutions design or supply chain development or business development or key account management”

Salary £50-60000 (Dependent Upon Experience) + Car, Bonus & Blue-Chip Benefits

Location: Northern Home Counties

Commutable from Hertfordshire, Essex, Greater London, East London, Central London, North London, West London, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Bedfordshire, Middlesex, Surrey
(locations for advertisement Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, High Wycombe, Potters Barr, Cheshunt, Hackney, Camden, Stratford, Chigwell, Greenwich, Bromley, Ealing, Wandsworth, Chiswick, Richmond, Maidenhead, Slough, Egham, Staines, Weybridge, Walton Thames)

Our long-established, US$ multibillion client designs and operates globally integrated supply chains combining origin and destination logistics solutions with transportation services across all modes and regions of the world.

Their brand is synonymous with service quality, reliability and operational excellence. They have a strong focus on delivering high-quality services across a number of verticals.  As a result of promotion, they are now seeking a Key Account Manager to join a well-established team supporting the international supply chain of one of the world’s most exciting and dynamic growth, multinational retail formats.  You will spend 2-3 days per week at the retail account head office in the Home Counties and 1-2 days working from home or our client’s head office in London.  Both locations are easily accessible by road or rail networks.

The Role:

• Manage our client’s global supply chain solution for a flagship key account customer.
• Drive business development to increase sales of our client’s sophisticated logistics and supply chain solutions and services delivered to its key account retail customer, improving profitability.
• Facilitate excellent performance across all multi modal logistics services delivered to the key account retail client.
• This will include achieving/exceeding customer’ expectations and driving process efficiencies in delivering relevant, effective service and solutions.
• Identify, develop and evaluate new business opportunities to expand the portfolio of core and value-added services offered to the Key Account. 
• Development and maintenance of a customer specific road map to support this aim.
• Drive and manage solution design and project development and implementation.
• Supporting the design of operations and systems solutions to meet the identified requirements of the Key Account Customer.  This will require working with internal teams e.g. Service Integrity, Operations and IT teams when designing and specifying the tailored customer solution. 
• Responsible for all rate and contract negotiations for the dedicated Key Account ensuring achievement of targets in terms of profitability, budget and growth of the nominated Key Account. 
• As part of the Retail Vertical team, the incumbent will extensively communicate with a wide variety of people, such as vendors, internal departments, client management and employees, at various levels of seniority.
• Continuously develop an excellent relationship with the Key Account Customer is a vital aspect to fulfil the above requirements. 

The Ideal Candidate:

• The ideal candidate will be university degree educated, (a Master’s degree would be advantageous) and will possess a demonstrable track record of success and knowledge of solutions design, supply chain and logistics development, business development or key account management within the retail vertical.  
• This experience may have been gained within a 3PL, or an international freight forwarder/multi modal operator or within a major international or European retailer specialising in fast moving apparel, homewares or grocery.  
• Expertise will include a strong overall understanding of the retail supply chain from order management, vendor management, consolidation, global air, sea and land freight management, multi modal transportation, international hub management, deconsolidation, regional and destination distribution centres, store order fulfilment, distribution management.  
• In addition, value added services ranging from retail point of sale (POS) to customised packaging, delivery optimisation and returns management.
• Fluent in English.  A second European or International Language would be highly advantageous.
• A solutions-based approach to key account development, stakeholder engagement combined with excellent and highly developed communication and presentation skills.
• Highly numerate, analytical and commercially aware with the capability to deal with complexity.
• Capability to be both reactive and proactive within an extremely fast paced, high growth international retail environment.
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

In return our client offers excellent career development within a global multinational environment and excellent blue-chip salary and benefits package.
 

Distribution Centre General Manager (DC Development & Optimisation) 

“3PL Food Retail Logistics DC.  A fantastic opportunity for a high potential graduate with excellent UK food retail DC operations management expertise to lead DC development and optimisation.”

£Competitive + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits

Actual Job Location: Thailand    

Our client is one of the world’s most successful third party logistics service providers with an impressive portfolio of blue chip multinational accounts across a range of industry sectors.  
This role is a high profile one, taking the lead in the further development and optimisation of a DC for one of Thailand’s high end grocery retailers.  As an experienced Distribution Centre Operations/General Manager, working closely with the client, you will project lead the further development and optimisation of a large scale retail DC handling both food and non-food.  You will focus on implementation and performance enhancement and the day to day running of the DC a General Manager.  You will be responsible for strategic growth, development and performance covering both warehousing and transport logistics operations for this contract and operation.   You will also further develop your excellent blue chip key account management and client relationship skills.

To succeed in this role, you will be university degree educated, and will perhaps have benefitted from an in-depth management development programme either with a large 3PL or a food/grocery retailer.  This will have encompassed a series of operational leadership roles covering both warehousing and transport (including acquisition of a CPC) interspersed with project work culminating in your current or most recent operational role, running a large scale multi temperature FMCG retail NDC or RDC employing 200-300 + staff as a DC GM.   

Your 3PL experience will have included extensive contract account management and client stakeholder engagement.  Either in house or within a 3PL you will have built upon your project management and continuous improvement skills to reduce costs and increase efficiencies. You may already have been involved in new site openings, through to large scale physical and systems redesigns.  This will all have been achieved whilst ensuring that operations remain fully functional delivering high levels of accuracy and on time delivery within a retail DC. 

You will be strategic and commercially minded, with some experience of shaping strategic plans and implementing cost saving initiatives in complex, large retail FMCG operations. You will be experienced in coaching and leading teams through numerous periods of change producing high performing teams. You will therefore be extremely keen and ready to build on this in your next role as you take on a senior leadership role at Director level in a developing international market.  

The ideal applicant will be university degree educated perhaps in logistics or business. You will be a high energy, resilient person, with a warm personality and a real passion for developing people and driving a logistics business to succeed.  Your talent and development reviews to date will already have earmarked you as high potential.    

From an operational perspective you must be adept at running a retail warehousing pick pack and despatch operation as well as a multi drop primary and secondary transport function.  In terms of budgetary responsibility my client’s business is big -  in the range of £60 million plus revenue so your financial management and planning skills will be excellent. Your attention to detail, self-control and drive will be of the highest levels.  You will be comfortable persuading, influencing and presenting at both shop floor and director level internally and externally to the client.   

Previous experience of working abroad or extended periods of travel to the Far East or other developing markets will be highly advantageous, although not a prerequisite, however you will need to be able to quickly adapt to a different cultural style and your personal people management and leadership approach will be one that respects loyalty and engenders trust whilst remaining highly results driven and focused on success.