General Manager

General Manager

Wakefield, West Yorkshire

£Competitive, Pension, Medical Cash Plan, Life Assurance, 22 Days’ Holiday (rising with service)

This is an amazing opportunity to help make a difference by making a positive impact in a ground-breaking business who truly put safety at the heart of everything we do.

As General Manager with Olleco you will lead the safe, compliant and efficient delivery of depot operations. You will be a Health & Safety champion responsible for reinforcing and improving the Health & Safety culture in your depot. You will bring your extensive experience in the waste industry to drive sales growth and efficiencies in your depot area. As a people manager you will develop your team, succession plan and increase employee engagement and retention.

• Operations/ Waste management experience
• Management CPC
• An IOSH Managing Safely certification, or willingness to complete as a matter of urgency
• Demonstrable experience of delivering results in a sales, customer service and multidrop logistics
• People management and a track record of improving the performance of others
• Proven experience managing multifunctional teams (serving the hospitality sector is highly advantageous)
• Excellent administrative skills, including Microsoft programs
• A real people person with a positive attitude and passion for improvement

• Monday to Friday working week
• We encourage continuous learning and career ambition - did you know almost 80% of our managers have been promoted internally?
• Family leave – enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Wellbeing support – free access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme – hire a bike and accessories, saving on tax and national insurance
• Colleague networks – a range of forums and schemes that support social events and the local community
• Coaching, training and support – if you have the right interpersonal skills we’ll help with the rest!

Olleco is on a mission to help protect the planet, working together with thousands of food service businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by hundreds and thousands of tonnes. We are now looking for a General Manager to join our team and help us to continue to do things the right way for customers, colleagues and the planet.

With over 1,000 colleagues in multiple sites nationwide delivering excellence performance, we supply premium cooking oils, and collect organic waste, which is then converted into bio-methane, electricity, heat and organic fertiliser. We offer the human touch with a local, community-based depots which seek to give back to those communities every chance we get.