Who we are At Midsummer, we're passionate about reducing carbon emissions, and from humble beginnings we have grown to be one of the biggest players in the distribution of renewable energy products such as solar PV, battery storage, and heat pumps in the UK and Ireland. We stand out from the crowd thanks in part to our market-leading software for designing systems, but we also specialise in building great relationships with our trade customers to keep them coming back for our service and our well-chosen range of products. Our operations team is crucial in helping us to deliver excellent quality and service that our customers rely on, allowing us to lead the market as a renewables distributor. The role As operations manager you will lead a large team and will be responsible for operations being conducted safely, efficiently and productively. You will continue to build out our own in-house logistics fleet. You will help to identify and implement process improvements, as well as tracking and optimising departmental KPIs around quality, efficiency and safety. You will help the warehouse teams to foster a culture of safety and productivity. You will report to the Commercial Director and work closely with senior colleagues across our personnel, finance and purchasing departments. You're equally comfortable with the harder conversations — when performance or conduct falls short, you address it early, clearly and kindly, and you follow through. You are good with data and processes as well as people. You show initiative, coming up with fresh ideas and seeing them through to execution. You work collaboratively and respectfully with colleagues to move projects forward. You'd love to put your skills to work helping to accelerate the shift to clean energy. As our Operations Manager you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our day to day operations run smoothly and efficiently. We are open to the position being based either in our head office neighbouring Milton Country Park on the outskirts of Cambridge, or in the new offices we will shortly be opening in Garforth, to the east of Leeds. As you will be covering operational management at all three of our UK sites (and there could be more in future) there will be regular travel to oversee staff and operations at the sites at which you are not based. You will also be eligible for the company’s profit share scheme which rewards all employees when the company does well. You will get 25 days holiday every year (plus bank holidays) and you will be enrolled in the company pension scheme. All our employees also get a free bag of delicious, fresh, locally-grown organic veg every week. Please apply via the application form on the jobs page at the midsummer wholesale website.
