Warehouse Manager

We are looking for an experience WAREHOUSE Manager who will basedin a Rugby. The warehouse itself is operated by a third-party logistics company, and your job is to make sure they'redelivering what the automotive client you represent, needs.

You'll monitor their performance, investigate problems, chase urgent parts, check stock accuracy, challenge missed SLAs andwork with the wider business to improve the operation TITLE :
Automotive Parts Specialist - Logistics Salary : circa £40,000 p/a + 15% bonus (additional £6,000). Salary may be negotiable

Location:

Rugby

The role:

This is an OEM-side warehouse/3PL operations role withreal ownership, rather than a conventional warehouse job. The position is based at a UK warehouse in Rugby, and you will effectively be the company's representative on site, acting asthe main interface between the business and its third-party logistics provider. You will oversee and challenge the 3PLprovider: monitoring receiving, put-away, storage, picking,packing, dispatch and returns and making sure the logistics partner is performing against its contract and SLAs.Duties

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There is genuine operational problem-solving role and alarge part of the job is dealing with things that have gone wrong- urgent orders, backorders, incorrect shipments, shortages,damage and stock discrepancies. The job specifically works across

Supply Chain, Aftersales, Finance, IT and the 3PL operation. Theywould also look for ways of making the operation faster, more accurate or less expensive Look at the previous week's warehouse performance:
We reorders dispatched on time? How accurate was picking? Were partsput away quickly enough? Are there backorders or urgent dealer orders outstanding? Are there any stock discrepancies? The role specifically tracks put-away lead time, on-time dispatch, picking accuracy and inventory accuracy. They'd then speak with the 3PLteam about problems and agree what needs attention that week. Walk the warehouse checking inbound parts, storage,picking, packing and dispatch processes.

A dealer may have received the wrong component, a shipment may be short or damaged,or the system may show stock that can't actually be found. The Parts Specialist investigates what happened and coordinates the solution. Stock & Inventory reviewing inventory accuracy, cycle counts and discrepancies with the 3PL The role supports bothcycle counts and the annual stocktake Improvements. Talk to Aftersales about an urgent dealer requirement, Supply Chain about incoming stock, Finance about adiscrepancy, or IT because something isn't flowing correctly through the system.

Performance review review the week's KPIs with the 3PLsuggest improvements REQUIREMENTS.
1. Genuine warehouse/logistics experience
2. Accessible to Rugby
3. Inventory and stock-control experience
4. Experience dealing with a 3PL