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Logistics Manager

Reading
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Reading Full-time Permanent

About Elis

About a career with Elis

Elis is an international leader in textile, hygiene and facility services, helping businesses across a wide range of industries to operate safely, sustainably and efficiently. With a presence in 29 countries and a team of around 52,000 people, we combine the scale and stability of an international organisation with the opportunity to build a rewarding and long-term career.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We believe in investing in our people, recognising their contribution and giving them the opportunity to develop, progress and build careers they can be proud of.

At Elis, you'll be part of a culture built on trust, respect and collaboration, where your ideas and contribution are valued. We want our people to have a voice, and our commitment to listening and acting on employee feedback was recognised when Elis UK won Best Employee Engagement Experience Initiative at the 2024 CIPD People Management Awards for our Employee Voice programme.

With opportunities across operations, engineering, logistics, sales and our head office support functions, there are many ways to develop your career with Elis.

The Opportunity

Operational

  • Ensure vehicle and driver compliance with O licence, site, EU and other legal requirements, monitoring, analysing the results and ensuring corrective action is implemented to continuously improve the working environment.
  • Ensure risk assessments are undertaken and implemented on customer premises for major changes/new business when required as advised by the relevant customer account team.
  • Investigate, analyse and implement corrective actions utilising current systems where appropriate (i.e. Telematics, Dynamics) to resolve all logistics problems eliminating inefficient supply and distribution routes, quality of service, customer losses and continuously improving working practices. (e.g. weight checking, mileage/km fuel consumption, accuracy and timeliness of deliveries to customers).

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Leadership

  • Planning, organising and coordinating resources to meet logistics requirements of the business, including temporary workers.
  • Lead, manage, control and development of personnel (including absence, disciplinary and grievance, Health and Safety Training, driver assessments) using SMART objectives during regular review and feedback meetings.

Finance

  • Develop, propose and agree functional budgets with General Manager, monitoring, managing and controlling all activities in accordance with the agreed functional budget, investigating and resolving any variances.
  • Ensure route optimisation savings are achieved and all routes are profitable.
  • Prepare commission calculations for the departments drivers and ensure the relevant systems are maintained with accurate information (e.g. TMS, Dynamics).

Customers

  • Develop and maintain good working relationships between the logistics, service and production departments to drive optimal customer service.
  • To ensure the drivers deliver the level of customer service that meets the agreed plans for optimal service levels.

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Continuous Improvement

  • To review all functional activities, develop, propose and, if agreed, implement improvements to ensure continuous improvement through increasing effectiveness, efficiency and added value.
  • Contribute to the reduction of impact to the environment e.g. optimal efficiency and economy on routes with targets per mile/km

What We're Looking For

  • Good written and verbal skills.
  • Ability to listen to and influence peer group and department team members to build and lead effective working teams.
  • Good attention to detail and the ability to analyse data and interpret the information effectively to continuously improve the department and/or team.
  • Ability to organise self and others to ensure tasks are carried out in a timely manner.
  • IT literate (Microsoft Office).
  • Experience of lean (Six Sigma) implementation in lean manufacturing systems.
  • Financial knowledge covering budget forecasting.
  • HGV 2 licence.
  • Experience of implementing continuous improvement programmes.
  • CPC holder.

What We Offer

  • 33 Days Holiday
  • Company Pension
  • On-site Parking
  • Private Medical
  • Life Assurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Competitive salary
  • Pension Scheme
  • Private Medical
  • Bonus
  • National Structure to facilitate ambition
  • Working within a great team

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Location

Reading, England, United Kingdom

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