Warehouse Operations Manager

Full Job Description

Job Title: Warehouse Operations Manager

Location - Luton, LU3

Salary  – £35K p/a + MIP 10% of salary

Working Hours  – Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5pm

Contract - Permanent position.

Responsibilities:

• Manages all aspects of the location to include accurate on time order fulfilment and shipping, on time receiving, manage working capital (as it relates to Operations), inventory and quality management systems. 
• Managing a small warehouse team of 8 people
• Management responsibility of a location that could include multiple warehouse management systems and/or multifaceted customer value added services.
• Maintains a safe, secure and inclusive workplace.
• Manages, coaches, mentors, hires and trains employees.  This also includes performance management.
• Ensures compliance with policies, procedures, and audit standards (e.g. internal controls, ISO 9(Apply online only)).
• Manages expense-based profit and loss statement (P&L) to plan.
• Drives efficiencies within the facility using LEAN methodologies. 
• Maintains facility tour-ready standards.
• Ensures preventative maintenance of the facility and all equipment (e.g. material handling equipment, wire cutting machines, racking systems, warehouse infrastructure).
• Matches facility capacities to customer/sales professionals’ expectations.  Works with sales professionals and leadership to ensure alignment with market strategy and accurately set customer expectations.
• Works with other support departments such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Human Resources and Finance. 
• Actively engaged in developing annual budgets for the facility.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years’ operations experience, specifically in distribution centre facilities preferred
• Experience managing a group or team of individual contributors and/or indirectly supervises support staff
• Knowledge of Microsoft applications (e.g. Excel, Word, Teams, Power Point)
• Ability to effectively communicate in both group and individual settings
• Capable of handling multiple priorities with a high sense of urgency

• having forklift license and a managerial qualification, such as CMI leadership and Management, would be preferred.

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