Unipart
General Manager - Automotive Logistics
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Location: West Midlands
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Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: £80,000 to £95,000 dependent upon experience, plus car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, bonus, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme
About The Role
As General Manager you will be fully accountable for the performance and management of warehouse operations. This role offers the opportunity to define, plan, manage and sustain organisation and operational change and transformation projects that will truly make a difference.
A full ‘360’ role, you will manage all aspects of the Distribution Centre covering inbound and outbound processing, warehouse management, distribution management, internal quality control, returns processing and stock integrity, safety, budget, Unipart Way, and compliance.
Managing and delivering objectives through effective process management and leadership of your team, you will ensure that all customer SLA and KPIs are met and that a continuous improvement programme is rigorously managed through driving a culture of continuous improvement.
As Part Of Your Key Responsibilities You’ll
- Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and environmental and quality standards
- Ensure ‘The Unipart Way’ is implemented and embedded across the site and use the principles to ensure operational excellence
- Embed a culture of employee engagement across the site; where the site is considered to be exemplary
- Overall accountability for compliance with legal and ethical people management practice
- Be accountable for setting operational objectives in accordance with business plan and targets
- Have overall accountability for operational performance to Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators and monitor performance through operational reviews and audits
- Ensure that the operating budget is set and managed within targets
- Be responsible for effective two-way communication processes with team, customer, and suppliers
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About You
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!
- Experience operating at a senior level in a logistics / warehouse environment - preferably automotive
- Proven ability to manage large teams (100+) to deliver the required standards and performance
- Solid experience in defining, planning, managing and sustaining both organisation and operational change and transformation projects
- Ability to work under pressure in a challenging and constantly changing environment, evidenced by previous experience in a fast changing, volume driven working and customer environment
- Commercial acumen to understand, challenge, and manage financial decision making
- Clear leadership skills, to inspire with energy and passion within and across Senior Leaders and their teams
- Proven effective relationships with client / customer at a senior level
About Unipart
We are a supply chain performance improvement partner. We Design, Make, Move, and Improve components in our customers’ supply chains, keeping their operations and assets moving and working better, for longer. Through our commitment to continuously driving operational efficiencies, we improve performance - saving time, cost, and carbon. Our ambition is to be the driving force behind efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply chains.
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Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We believe that a great workplace is one where you can bring your whole self to work. Our recruitment process is designed to be accessible, inclusive, and based entirely on merit. We define merit through a combination of technical skills and the core behaviours that help our people thrive at Unipart. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of background or circumstances. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity that exceeds our statutory obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and subsequent legislation. Whether it’s your age, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, family status, or any other characteristic that makes you ‘you’ - it is your talent and potential that we value most. Adjustments for you: We want you to perform at your best. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know. We are here to support you.
You may have experience in the following: General Manager, GM, Warehouse Manager, Distribution Centre Manager, DC Manager, Logistics Manager, Operations Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Automotive Logistics, 3PL, Third Party Logistics, Warehouse Operations, Distribution Management, Inbound Logistics, Outbound Logistics, Returns Processing, Stock Management, Inventory Control etc
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