Site Manager in Swindon

Working Hours: Full-Time, Monday to Friday (hours may vary in line with business needs)

Howard Tenens are currently recruiting for a Site Manager for our Swindon site.

You will be accountable for end-to-end site operations incorporating all warehousing and transportation functions from stock receipt to delivery, ensuring that all customer contractual obligations are met.

You will be responsible for leading the development of the site strategy including improvement of site operations and people management within agreed budget. Remit of responsibility includes (but is not limited to) facility, warehouse and transportation functions, quality, H&S, productivity and HR.

You will engage with and provide leadership and motivation to your team. You will be an ambassador for Howard Tenens desired cultural behaviours, which will in turn facilitate the achievement of KPI’s and ensure customer excellence.

You will identify and contribute to solutions to optimise and add value to new and existing customers’ business aiding both organic and inorganic growth.The Site Manager is also responsible for ensuring the site facilities comply with all Legislative, Company, and Customer requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities (not limited to):

• Overall supervision, coordination and full accountability for day-to-day operations for depot.
• Meets and exceeds depot operations financial objectives by forecasting requirements; analysing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Accomplishes depot operations human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations (Objectives & Behaviors / EDP’s); planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing remuneration actions; enforcing policies and procedures.
• Achieves operational objectives by contributing warehouse operations information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; continuous improvement and development/implementation of new business and cost saving activities.
• Develops depot operations systems by determining product handling, storage requirements and transport requirements; developing, implementing, enforcing, and evaluating policies and procedures; developing processes for receiving product, equipment utilisation, inventory management, dispatch and delivery.
• To be accountable, for ensuring relevant company and depot operating metrics are met in line with customer contractual obligations and business requirements.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years Senior Management experience
• International CPC preferred
• ‘O’ Licence holder experience preferred
• Capable of exampling direct leadership in topics that require negotiation and conclusion with either internal or external stakeholders.
• Experience of working in commercially driven environments.
• Experience of Managing People effectively.
• Strategic approach to planning and tactical execution
• PC Literacy - Advanced user of all Microsoft office applications
• H&S training and IOSH/NEBOSH certification
• Budgetary / Cost management experience
• Good working knowledge of current H&S and HR Legislation.
• Knowledge of relevant Transport Legislation.
• Track record of developing and successfully implementing large-scale projects; whether these beoperational, process or people based.

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