Allocation and Logistics Manager

Job Title:

Allocations and Logistics Manager

Reporting to:

Senior Allocations and Logistics Manager

Location:

Hybrid working - London or Sheffield(depending on your location)

Hours/Days per week:35 hours, Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm

Requirements:
Felix can only employ applicants who currently have the right to work in the UK. As part of our safer recruitment policy, we do ask questions regarding unspent criminal records

We are Felix

We bring people together to rescue, repurpose, and share surplus food that would otherwise go to waste, turning an environmental problem into a social opportunity. Together with 16 other independent charities, 18,000 volunteers, and thousands of partners, we are the UK’s food rescue network, supporting 1.5 million people across the country. We are about fuller plates, fuller communities, and fuller lives.

This important role is pivotal to ensuring that Felix accepts and distributes all offers surplus food to support our Regional Centres across the UK. This role is essential in helping our Regional Centres support the charities and communities they serve, whilst also ensuring that Felix provides a fast, professional and reliable service to food industry partners.

You will manage the team responsible for managing the supply of food, liaising with the food industry and the Felix Network. You will also work with our Network team and Food Commercial Managers to maximise the volumes of food we redistribute.

Working alongside the Transport and Logistics Manager, you will manage the logistics and ensure efficient allocation of food and cost-effective distribution to the Felix Regional Centres. You will work to identify and develop new and innovative approaches to our systems and processes to support the ambitious volume growth plans we have for the Felix's Network.

Your knowledge of the food supply chain and your passion and leadership will make a significant contribution to the increased social and environmental value Felix and its partners provide.

• Lead the Supply Chain and Logistics team, managing, motivating and coaching individuals as required
• Ensure that resource is planned adequately to meet work flow requirements including through periods of holiday and sickness
• Contribute to the strategic development and performance of the wider Food, Operations and Network Team

• Be responsible for the food offers programme through the management of the Supply Chain and Logistics team who are responsible for organising the processing and allocation of food offers and associated logistics on a daily basis
• Monitor food offer acceptance and response rate, work with Network Development Team and Commercial Managers to identify ways to maximise the uptake of food.
• Ensure feedback from Regional Centres is captured to aid this
• Capture data related to our food offers programme including requests, rejections, responsiveness to food offers and waste
• Monitor distribution of food across the Network and review against agreed Network and Regional Centre plans as far as is practically and economically possible and in line with overall food growth
• Oversee customer service to the food industry, ensuring we are welcoming, prompting and efficient.

• Work with the Senior Supply Chain and Logistics Manager and Transport and Logistics Manager to develop our relationships with the haulage sector
• Develop financially sustainable relationships with transport companies that can support through lower cost transport, storage, or food industry engagement

• Work to develop innovative, easier and improved processes for the Supply Chain and Logistics team, Network, logistics partners and food industry

Your normal duties and responsibilities will be…