Warehouse Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

As the leading foodservice provider across the island of Ireland, Sysco's success is driven by a team of passionate and dedicated individuals who go above and beyond to deliver every day. We don't just deliver food and drink to our customers; we deliver new thinking, technology and talent to our industry. We deliver opportunities - to ourselves and to our colleagues ensuring that we can all thrive in work and beyond.

Key Accountabilities

• General management & overall leadership of a team of section managers, team leaders, & colleagues across all logistics activities in line with strategic KPIs.
• Overall responsibility to ensure Inbound, Outbound & Inventory Managers are utilising & developing robust teams to ensure consistent long-term growth is achieved.
• Constant monitoring & evaluation of available data to ensure optimal warehouse layout & stock integrity is being achieved.
• To identify opportunities & implement initiatives for continuous improvements in ways of working, quality, consistency, & effectiveness of process.
• Create an inclusive & collaborative culture where the role of each team member in the contribution to the organisational goals is understood

Requirements

• Willingness to examine & challenge the status quo & break down silos where necessary with fact-based arguments to ensure continuous improvement of his/her team & the wider Operations team.
• Confident & consistent communicator who has an ability to flex his/her style to ensure the message is understood regardless of the audience.
• Highly analytical & comfortable with technology such as using internal data reporting tools to drill down into the data to see what is going on.
• Extremely organised & comfortable operating in a highly dynamic & fast paced environment.
• The ability & confidence to interpret often ambiguous data in making timely decisions based on evaluation of the associated risks & subsequent impacts on all stakeholders.
• Ability to delegate in line with setting the expectation, assigning responsibility & ensuring responsibility is taken by your team.
• Is collaborative & yet confident to constructively challenge for the right result with an ability to influence peers & senior managers.

Core Competencies

• Understanding Your Customers - acts as a role model in personal approach to internal and external customer goals. Takes time to understand the underlying needs of the stakeholders beyond those initially expressed.
• Flexibility & Adaptability - Demonstrates understanding of how change impacts people. Anticipates resistance to change and works to support effective change initiatives.
• Building Effective Relationships - Is a role model for maintaining constructive and effective relationships with others across departments and other boundaries. Demonstrates effective communication techniques and skills and is seen as a team player.
• Communication & Listening - Exceptional communication skills - writes and speaks clearly in a variety of communication settlings and style. Successfully delivers messages to all levels of the business and stakeholders achieving the desired effect.

Sysco is an equal opportunity employer.