Supply Chain Operations Manager

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Job Title: Supply Chain Operations Manager - Dual Site

Reports to: Regional Manager

Business Area: Supply Chain

Salary: up to 48000 DOE annual company performance related bonus up to 20% 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays employer pension contribution up to 10% private medical cover

Location: Rochester and Romford Mini Distribution Centre (MDC)

Job Summary

Working as part of the Supply Chain leadership team across two of our Mini Distribution Centres (MDCs) youll lead a team to deliver and maintain excellent customer service. Living our values you will create a climate where people feel valued safe and supported and are passionate about solving customers problems with real care.

This role is critical to the ongoing success of our Supply Chain and youll play a key part in enabling Team Members to realise their full potential and performance leading and overseeing the day to day activities to ensure products are available at all times to enable us to serve customers. You will also lead First Line Managers who will have responsibility for some team members.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities

Your key accountabilities and responsibilities will be to:

• Inspire and engage acting as a role model for your direct team and MDC team in terms of standards behaviours and performance whilst motivating and managing all employees fairly and consistently to maintain and improve employee engagement
• Coach and develop your team and encourage and foster a high performance culture
• Supporting day-to-day operations and activities to ensure the effective and efficient completion of work.
• Taking a hands-on approach and actively participating in operational tasks when required to meet business and customer needs.
• Partner closely with the Autoglass Operations Managers for your area building an effective relationship through collaboration and sharing best practice
• Manage the relationship with Wholesale customers providing excellent service and using influencing and negotiation skills to maximise sales and opportunities
• Build relationships with the wider Supply Chain Leadership team to share best practice and foster an environment of collaboration and teamwork
• Ensure deliveries are on time and efficient through logistic planning and route optimisation
• Ensure your team are fully aware and trained in the required processes
• Manage your budgeted headcount and take ownership and manage your recruitment needs and ensure successful on-boarding
• Create and maintain an environment that puts health wellbeing and safety at the forefront leading and challenging in Health & Safety practice ensuring the highest standards and awareness at all times and creating a culture of zero harm
• Cascade key Company messages to your team on a regular basis
• Embrace and be open to change through continuous improvements building a high level of commitment in colleagues to achieve year on year improvements in all key areas
• Ensure standard operating procedures records are up to date
• Manage and maintain Site Fleet SHE and MHE within your span of control ensuring regular checks are carried out for optimum performance and safety
• Manage your teams data on Workday HRIS carry out data audits and encourage self-audits to ensure accuracy
• Recognise and celebrate success within your teams informally and by using internal recognition systems
• Carry out effective and engaging checkpoint conversations covering wellbeing current performance future expectations goals and objectives and career conversations
• Carry out all performance related activities for your team
• Embed corporate social responsibility (CSR) into yours and your teams ways of working
• Support all opportunities to increase sales and develop the…