Peel Ports
Deputy Business Unit Manager
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Deputy Business Unit Manager
Are you an experienced operational leader looking for an opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-paced port environment? Are you passionate about driving safety, operational excellence, and team performance while delivering outstanding service to customers? We are seeking a Deputy Business Unit Manager to support the leadership and success of our operations, ensuring the safe, efficient, and commercially effective delivery of services across the business unit.
Your Role
As Deputy Business Unit Manager, you will support the delivery of operational, commercial, and financial performance across a multi-functional port operation. Working closely with the Business Unit Manager, you will drive a strong safety culture, lead and develop teams, improve operational efficiency, and ensure excellent customer service. You will play a key role in achieving business objectives through effective stakeholder management, performance monitoring, regulatory compliance, continuous improvement, and the delivery of revenue and profitability targets.
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What you'll bring
- Proven leadership and coaching experience
- Ability to motivate and develop high-performing teams
- Strong communicator and collaborative team player
- Experience in driving health, safety and environmental standards
- Experience in leading change initiatives and delivering operational and commercial objectives
- Experience working with Trade Unions (desirable)
- IOSH Managing Safely qualification (advantageous)
Who are we?
Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator. We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers. Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040. Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.
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What we can offer you
- Competitive salary
- Development opportunities to expand skills and experience
- Flexible benefits including:
- 27 Days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays)
- Up to 10% Matched Contribution Pension
- Peel Ports Flexible Benefits (salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, Critical Illness insurance, Gym Membership Scheme, Retail Vouchers, and more!)
- Commitment to learning and personal development – Last year we supported over 50,000 hours of training and personal development!
- Support for physical and mental health through our Employee Assistance Programme
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