General Manager - Corby DC

We are looking for a General Manager to join the team within our Corby Distribution Centre leading the Operations Managers to ensure efficient day to day management of the Distribution Centre, ensuring all the process and procedures are carried out in line with agreed budgetary and service goals. Reporting to the Director of Logistics, the General Manager will be responsible for delivering key strategic initiatives and will be ultimately responsible for ensuring that the expectations of our customers, operational plans and health and safety requirements are delivered.

This is a great opportunity for a highly credible and experienced logistics leader to have a significant impact on the performance of Logistics and Supply Chain and contribute to the continued success and growth of Matalan.

• Take a strategic approach to the operation, continuously seek improved ways of working and actively encourage beneficial change.
• Drive and increase employee engagement and inclusive culture, working closely with the wider logistics team.
• Work closely with all departments within the Logistics team to align with industry best practices and unified operational working.
• Drive performance through analysis of KPI's to achieve all targets.
• Implement any new key business initiatives.
• Promote productivity, accuracy, throughput, stock turnaround and quality targets, ensuring that they are communicated, understood and achieved.
• Accurately plan and manage labour costs to agreed standards ensuring effectiveness and efficiency.
• Scrutinise and manage the operational budget to deliver financial targets and identify opportunities to deliver financial gains.
• Drive a service culture through coaching the team and sharing best practice.
• Oversee and challenge on shelf availability and picking accuracy in order to better service customers, both internal and external.
• Ensure that Managers are working within HR guidelines, ensuring all Companies HR procedures and standards are consistently and fairly applied.
• Lead monthly reviews with Operations Managers and Business Partners.
• Ensure the successful achievement of positive audit scores.
• Think and plan in terms of months and years to ensure that the operation has appropriate plans in place to deal with peak periods.
• Manage Health and Safety, working proactively to ensure continuous improvement of all H&S practices ensuring appropriate structure and governance is in place.
• Constantly drive continuous improvement in all warehouse operations.

We are looking for someone who can drive change and continuous improvement through their engagement of the team and an ability to influence and build successful working relationships across the business. You will need to demonstrate your credibility as a leader alongside proven experience operating and delivering successfully in a similar medium to large-scale warehousing role within a fashion and/or homeware retailer.

• Commercial awareness with well-developed budgetary management abilities.
• People engagement skills with a proven record in colleague inclusivity.
• Proven track record of delivering projects.
• Strong leadership and organisational skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills.
• Driven and self-motivated.

From humble beginnings to disruptive innovations in the retail industry, find out about how Matalan is ever-evolving here. We know as a team, we are stronger together - we champion equality for all and make lasting connections that go beyond work. We thrive off our inclusive culture, encouraging our colleagues to bring their true selves to work and contributing to collective creativity, open-mindedness and growth.

We want to give every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the application and interview process and then ultimately in their role. If you require any adjustments during our recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know. In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.

In addition to competitive salaries, we also offer the below core benefits:

• 20% staff discount, which increases with length of service.
• Thrive Recognition Scheme.
• Wellbeing support provided by the Retail Trust.
• Life Assurance.
• Retail Rewards platform offering discounts for other retailers.
• Pension Scheme.
• Access to a wide range of career development.
• Additional benefits may apply depending on your role and area of the business.