Lyon Work & Rescue
Logistics Manager
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The Company
Lyon Equipment Limited is an employee-owned company with a long-standing heritage in the work at height and outdoor industries, located between the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales. Collectively we are mountain bikers, gravel riders, rock climbers, skiers, ultra-marathon runners, mountaineers, canoers, paddleboarders and outdoor enthusiasts. We are passionate about what we do and the planet we live on. We supply market‑leading products and expertise across the Cycle, Outdoor, and Work at Height industries. Lyon is also home to the Petzl UK Agency. Our company aim is to provide equipment and expertise to ‘venture further’ to end users and retailers alike.
In addition to distribution, we design and manufacture our own Lyon branded products and provide technical training for the work at height and rescue industries. Our products are often used in the following industries: offshore oil and gas, wind energy, railway infrastructure, film and television, adventure parks, rescue services and military.
We provide a friendly, contemporary and dynamic working environment and we strongly value a good work life balance.
The Role
Based at our head office in Tebay, you will manage our Logistics department to fulfil a huge variety of orders, from delivering boats to the North of Scotland, to carefully tracked lifesaving equipment into Europe. Your role will be to supervise and control the efficient and accurate flow of goods in and out of the warehouse, ensuring high standards of customer service, inventory control, and order fulfilment through the effective management of the warehouse team, systems and processes.
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This is a full-time position which equates to 37.5 hours a week.
Main Duties
- Management of our Logistics team, including the day-to-day allocation of tasks
- Organise carrier collections from the warehouse & staff to manage them.
- Liaise with carrier account managers to negotiate and maintain the best possible shipping rates while ensuring the highest levels of service and delivery performance.
- Accept & book in timed deliveries from suppliers.
- Ensure despatches are made by the most economical method and in the way required by the customer, delivering same-day despatch for orders received before 1pm.
- Optimise organisation & layout of warehouse, e.g. stock locations, workstations, packaging, including investigating and instigating improvements.
- Maintain and keep up to date all export documentation for audit purposes.
- Monitor and order packaging materials to ensure optimal levels at all times.
- Manage the delivery of rolling stock check, executed by the warehouse team.
- Ensure health and safety, and environmental procedures are maintained and understood through monitoring and training.
- Carry out and review risk assessments of warehouse operations.
- Ensure maintenance/service of machinery and equipment is up to date and fit for purpose.
- Ensure hazardous goods and materials are stored, handled, and managed in accordance with relevant legislation and company procedures.
- Collaborate as part of the management team to share ideas and improve business performance.
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Requirements
- Extensive experience in a logistics role
- Experience managing a team
- Comfortable using a range of software including Microsoft 365 packages
- Experience of using a customer relationship management (CRM) system
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Good written and verbal communication and stakeholder management skills
- Development or change management experience
- Organised and self-motivated
- Excellent interpersonal skills and confident communication with a range of people
- Hold a current full car driving licence (preferably clean) and a current passport
Benefits
- 30 days holiday entitlement per annum including public holidays with loyalty increments (up to 5 extra days holiday)
- 2pm finish every Friday
- Inclusion into our qualifying pension scheme
- Staff social fund
- Friday off the week of your birthday in addition to holiday entitlement
- Generous trade and staff discount
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Free parking onsite including electric charging facilities
- Opportunity to purchase up to one week’s additional annual leave
- Paid volunteering time out
- Company healthcare scheme including Digital Wellbeing platform, 24/7 employee assistance and counselling services including an Employee Assistance Programme
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