Evri Group Recruitment Team
Depot General Manager
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Evri Group
Evri Group is the UK’s premier parcel delivery business, uniting four distinct brands—Evri, Evri Premium, a network of DHL, UK Mail and Irish e-commerce specialist Coll-8—to deliver more than 1 billion parcels and letters annually across the UK and to over 200 global destinations. With 12,000 colleagues, 30,000 couriers and drivers, 8,000 vehicles, and a nationwide network of hubs, depots and fulfilment centres, we combine over 50 years of expertise with the scale and flexibility to support everyone from casual senders to SMEs and major retailers. Driven by our friendly, ambitious and diverse people, we are passionate about delivering exceptional service and offer exciting opportunities across the Evri Group.
We’re Hiring: Depot General Manager | Sheffield
Location: Sheffield Depot
Salary: £53,000 – £58,000 + Benefits
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Reporting to: Area Manager
At Evri, our vision is to lead the way in creating responsible delivery experiences for everyone, everywhere.
We’re looking for an experienced and driven Depot General Manager to lead our Sheffield operation. This is a key leadership role with full accountability for depot performance, bringing together people, service, cost, safety and compliance to deliver a high-performing operation.
The role
As Depot General Manager, you’ll take ownership of the overall performance of the Sheffield Depot, providing clear leadership and direction to your management and operational teams.
You’ll be responsible for delivering against service and financial targets while creating an environment where colleagues are engaged, accountable and able to perform at their best.
Reporting to the Area Manager, you’ll use operational insight and performance data to identify opportunities, solve problems and drive continuous improvement across the depot.
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What you’ll be responsible for
- Leading the overall depot operation, providing direction and support to your management and operational teams.
- Delivering against service, quality, cost and productivity targets.
- Managing depot budgets and maintaining strong financial and operational control.
- Creating a high-performance culture focused on accountability, engagement and continuous improvement.
- Using management information and operational data to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
- Driving improvements across service, efficiency, productivity and cost.
- Ensuring compliance with all Health, Safety, Environment and Security requirements.
- Maintaining high operational standards and ensuring appropriate action is taken where performance falls below expectations.
- Working closely with key stakeholders across the wider business to deliver operational objectives.
- Managing priorities, projects and deliverables within a fast-paced environment.
- Ensuring the depot is effectively planned and resourced to meet changing operational requirements.
What we’re looking for
You’ll be an experienced operational leader who is comfortable taking full ownership of a busy operation and leading through others.
Ideally, you’ll bring:
- Strong leadership experience within a fast-paced operational environment.
- Experience leading and developing large operational teams through a management structure.
- Proven experience managing operational budgets, performance and targets.
- A strong understanding of service, cost, productivity and operational KPIs.
- The ability to use data and management information to drive decisions and performance improvements.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the confidence to make decisions in a pressurised environment.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- An understanding of transport regulations and operational compliance.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Experience within logistics, parcel, distribution, transport or a similarly fast-paced operation would be advantageous.
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Ready to lead?
If you’re an experienced operational leader who knows how to get the best from people, improve performance and take ownership of a complex operation, we’d love to hear from you.
Join the Evri team in Sheffield and play a key role in delivering a safe, efficient and high-performing operation for our customers and communities.
Apply today and make your next career move with Evri.
Everyone Belongs at Evri Group
We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and able to succeed. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, a Silver-accredited Inclusive Employer, and through our partnership with Scope, we're working to make our workplace and recruitment process more accessible for everyone.
We encourage candidates to request adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process and there are touchpoints through the application process to do so. Every application is reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team meaning that we don't use AI to screen candidates.
At Evri Group, we're building an environment where everyone can be themselves and thrive.
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