Next Plc
Delivery Manager - Bicester (N119873)
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Shift Details
- Hours: 26.5 hours per week
- Days:
- Mon 08:00 - 16:00
- Wed 08:00 - 16:00
- Thu 11:30 - 19:30
- Sat 14:00 - 18:00
Delivery Manager
To succeed as a Delivery Manager, you’ll coach and inspire a team to deliver outstanding stock processing and stockroom organisation while meeting challenging targets. It’s fast-paced, rewarding, and our commitment to your development starts right from day one. Flexible working is possible for eligible roles.
About the Role
You’ll lead your team to:
- Maintain a commercial, operationally efficient, safe environment where performance targets are delivered every day.
- Take a hands-on leadership approach, working alongside your team, supporting store sales floors, and collaborating with store managers.
- Foster a supportive team culture, creating an atmosphere where everyone thrives with the right motivation and encouragement.
- Continuously improve stockroom processes, resolve issues, and drive exceptional standards in stock management.
- Prioritise ensuring beautifully presented stock is always available promptly for customers.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a team to uphold exceptional stock standards and meet operational targets.
- Engage hands-on with daily activities, including warehouse operations and stockroom excellence.
- Inspire and motivate your team to deliver at their best, fostering a collaborative and uplifting work environment.
- Identify opportunities to improve workflows, troubleshoot problems, and maintain high stockroom efficiency.
- Ensure product availability as swiftly as possible to meet next-day delivery deadlines.
About You
For this role, we’re looking for someone like you, who shares our passion for our customers, people, and products.
✅ You’re driven, energetic, and inspire positivity, helping build strong teamwork and a constructive culture. ✅ You perform best in fast-paced, competitive environments, easily adapting to new challenges and guiding your team to align with new goals. ✅ An excellent communicator and leader who maintains calm under pressure, fostering trust and approachability. ✅ Can confidently solve problems, challenge poorly performing processes, and offer innovative solutions to push the business forward. ✅ Comfortable addressing workplace issues and resolving conflicts effectively. ✅ Highly organised with strong multi-tasking abilities, adept at setting priorities.
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We highly value experience with productivity targets but recognise this may not required for candidates with relevant leadership experience.
What to Expect from Next
Discover the benefits of working at a company as exciting as Next:
🔹 Formation-style rewards for outstanding performance and high results. 🔹 15% off your first 9 purchases across NEXT, Made, Lipsy, Gap, and Victoria’s Secret! (later POC discounts also apply via Discount Den online platform*). 🔹 Extra savings on partner brands and branded beauty products. 🔹 Sharesave Scheme – financial growth opportunity for eligible colleagues. 🔹 Staff wardrobe allowance – 60% discount on your necessary workwear help to cover up to £1,000 worth of clothing (requires 6+ weeks’ service). 🔹 Early access to sales for loyal colleagues. 🔹 Exclusive offers from our 3,500+ retail partners via our digital benefits platform. 🔹 Staff shop discounts across Next stores. 🔹 Clinical memberships to Next’s competitively priced GP/HV services, with access to digital therapy. 🔹 Life assurance, financial wellbeing tools, and an opportunity to register for a discounted healthcare plan cover for you and your family. 🔹 Apprenticeships (restricted to certain roles excluding part-time positions). 🔹 Instant saver discounts across online and in-store purchases, plus next-day free collection from assigned stores. 🔹 Support network formats (anonymous whistleblowing, Wellhub, Network groups). 🔹 Wellhub subsidised gym partnerships and flexible health/wellness plans.
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Workplace Support
We are fully committed to supporting every candidate in our application process. Should an individual require guidance for disabilities, long-term chronic conditions, or personal adjustments throughout their application, Next Careers are ready to provide assistance.
📧 Contact us at careers@next.co.uk using the subject header: Workplace Adjustments. 📞 Alternatively, call +44 116 479 2223 (lines open Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-4:45pm, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 9am-4pm).
Application Process & Eligibility
- Apply by clicking “Submit” above.
- Initial assessment for skills and experience will be performed. Matching candidates receive further interviews, followed by an engaging store visit.
- Note: Past unsuccessful applications within the last six months can result in disqualification.
Disclaimer: We are a FTSE-100 retailer employing 44,000 team members across the UK, with a presence in more than 450 stores and serving over 80 worldwide countries. (Next is the market leader in kidswear and the UK’s #2 fashion retailer.)
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Eligible not sponsored Target visa sponsorship for eligible core UK retail roles. We will not support Skilled Worker visas for this line. We urge candidates to consider independent UK sister firms and available work rights comfortably.
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