DHL Supply Chain
First Line Manager

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Grade: RCS N
Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time)
Shift patterns: Monday to Friday, Rotating Weekly, 0830-1630 & 1100-1900
Location: Coalville, LE67 1UA
Are you an experienced operational leader who can drive performance and continuous improvement? Do you enjoy leading teams, managing KPIs and delivering results in a fast-paced logistics environment?
This role is responsible for taking full operational leadership of a safe and efficient operation, ensuring the achievement of customer, financial and people objectives while embedding OMS standards and a culture of continuous improvement.
What You'll Do
- Lead a safe, efficient and compliant operation, ensuring operational performance meets agreed customer and business objectives
- Manage and review operational KPIs, resource planning, productivity, attendance, quality, service and cost performance, driving corrective actions where required
- Ensure operational standards, work instructions and performance management routines are embedded and consistently followed across the site
- Develop leadership capability through coaching, performance reviews, training compliance and engagement with Excellence School initiatives
- Drive continuous improvement activities, implement operational best practice and support site-wide initiatives that improve performance, service and financial results
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- An experienced logistics, warehousing or supply chain leader with responsibility for operational performance and team management
- Someone who enjoys analysing KPIs, identifying improvement opportunities and leading action plans to deliver measurable results
- A confident people manager who can coach leaders, drive accountability and create a high-performance culture
- An individual who is comfortable working with customers, budgets, resource planning and operational governance processes
- Essential: Previous operational leadership experience within a fast-paced logistics, warehousing, manufacturing or distribution environment, with responsibility for performance, people and continuous improvement
Why Join Us?
- Free parking and on-site canteen
- 33 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days
- Discretionary bonus based on performance
- We're happy to talk about flexible working – just ask about alternative patterns at interview
- Join our generous pension scheme and benefit from an 8% employer contribution, alongside a 4% employee contribution
- Free confidential 24/7 GP consultations
- Hundreds of retail and lifestyle discounts
- Affordable loans, savings schemes and free mortgage advice
- Visit https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/working-at-dhl-supply-chain to learn more


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