Strategy Manager - Warehousing, Fulfilment & Stores

Position: Strategy Manager - Warehousing, Fulfilment & Stores
Strategy Manager - Warehousing, Fulfilment & Stores
Strategy Manager - Warehousing, Fulfilment & Stores

The location of the role is Birmingham.
The duration of the contract is 3-6 months.
The pay rate on offer is £400 - £500 per day (via Umbrella agency).

Role Summary

Sits within the new Business Supply Chain function and leads the Future Stores & Fulfilment Operating Model review. The role defines the operating model our Business needs before long-term estate, partner or technology decisions are made, bringing together warehousing, fulfilment, staging and configuration, returns, customer, security, estate and Unity dependencies.

Key accountabilities of the role

Lead the Future Stores & Fulfilment Operating Model review and define requirements, principles, options and recommendations.
Baseline warehousing, fulfilment, staging, configuration, returns and refurbishment activity, including volumes, cost, service and risk.
Identify customer, programme, security and resilience requirements.
Assess internal, partner and hybrid options using operational, financial, customer, risk and implementation criteria.
Translate the preferred model into clear Unity and technology requirements.
Develop the decision, procurement, mobilisation, transition and implementation roadmap.
Coordinate Property, Digital, Security, Procurement, Finance, Operations, Group and partner input.
Identify near-term improvements that can proceed without limiting future options.

Key decisions you will own

Define the evidence and criteria required for the operating model decision.
Recommend the preferred Stores & Fulfilment option through governance.
Set future requirements for warehousing, fulfilment, staging, configuration, returns and refurbishment.
Decide which near-term improvements can proceed without constraining future options.

Key skills and experience

Essential

Significant warehousing, fulfilment, logistics strategy or operating model experience.
Strong current-state assessment, option design and business case capability.
Understanding of warehouse operations, staging, returns and partner models.
Ability to turn complex operational, estate and technology requirements into decisions and a roadmap.
Commercial, financial, programme and risk management skills.

Desirable

Experience of warehouse systems or major technology dependencies.
Experience evaluating outsourced or hybrid models and multi-site transitions.

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