Unipart
Senior General Manager
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Senior General Manager
Oxford
£90,000 plus, and car/car allowance, 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme
About the Role
You will lead our new seven-year operation based at our Oxford plant, ensuring the successful delivery of logistics services. You will be the site lead, accountable for managing large-scale warehousing and physical logistics activities, including receiving, storing, inventory management, picking, sequencing, and delivery. You will ensure the successful delivery of contractual service levels and cost commitments while fostering a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.
As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:
- Lead compliance for Health, Safety, Environment, Sustainability, and Quality standards, acting as the site responsible person for all protocols.
- Define and deploy operational and commercial objectives that drive business plan growth and deliver on contract cost-down commitments.
- Monitor and maximise operational efficiency and profitability by managing cost levers, analysing data, and using Unipart Way tools.
- Effectively manage resources, including workforce planning, direct resourcing, agency provision, and talent development.
- Lead the customer engagement agenda to build robust relationships and facilitate long-term partnership growth.
- Foster the Unipart Way culture by sharing best practices, coaching colleagues, and driving innovation and digital agendas within the warehouse.
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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!
Essential
- Strong operational logistics background, leading at a senior level ideally within a manufacturing / automotive environment.
- Proven ability to successfully implement complex operational change projects in a rapidly changing environment.
- Able to develop productive relationships with customers and key stakeholders at a strategic level.
- Significant experience in managing P&L accounts, setting budgets etc in a closed book commercial agreement.
- Proven ability to work constructively with Trade Unions in a large direct headcount operation (+250 FTE)
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.
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