Distribution Manager - 6408

Job Title: Distribution Manager

Salary: £28,800 – £37,425

Location: DC10, Whittlesford, UK

Contract: Permanent, Full Time – 35 hours per week

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

We have exciting opportunity to join Group Print and Operations as a Distribution Manager, where you\’ll be part of a dynamic team ensuring our examination material reaches our learners all over the world.

About The Role
Have you ever thought about what happens once an exam paper is created and finalised? You might be surprised at how complex it is. At Group Print and Operations, each year we securely print over half a billion A4 sides of question papers. With our partners, we safely deliver them to millions of learns, in thousands of schools, spread over 170 different countries. Find out more about our distribution centres and what we do by watching our short video here.

As a Distribution Manager, your key responsibilities will be:

• Lead and Inspire: Manage and motivate teams in a Warehouse and Distribution environment.
• Plan and Schedule: Oversee scheduling and planning to ensure smooth operations.
• Collaborate and Communicate: Build and maintain strong relationships with Product Groups, providing expert operational advice.
• Risk Management: Develop and implement effective compliance policies and procedures.
• Document Management: Maintain departmental documents and procedures with precision.
• Health and Safety: Uphold a strong understanding of health, safety, and wellbeing.

About You
You will be flexible and passionate about the role we play, going above and beyond to get it right for learners, dedicated to upholding standards and open to views of our customers, partners and colleagues.

You will be confident with the ability to motivate and lead a team efficiently, along with being an energetic and enthusiastic team player who is able to effectively communicate to all members of staff as well as visitors.

You will have excellent time management skills with the ability to work under pressure, as well as good computer, numeracy, and literacy skills.

We have committed ourselves to a culture of continuous improvement and actively encourage new ideas and suggestions. We value what you can do, so we will recognise your contributions and often implement your ideas.

You will have an understanding of Health, Safety and Wellbeing and be able to strictly follow our procedures.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards And Benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• Group personal pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Green travel schemes
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being
12th October 2025
and interviews are scheduled to take place at DC10 in Whittlesford week commencing 20th Ocotber 2025

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You\’ll belong to a collaborative team that\’s exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it\’s safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.