Depot Manager in London

As the Depot Manager, you will provide first-class leadership to deliver a high-tempo, resilient inventory capability across the entire Thames Water region. Drawing on your extensive experience in scheduling, transport, delivery operations, and warehouse stock control, you will ensure stock integrity, availability, and accuracy to fully support operational delivery. You will be accountable for ensuring operational teams receive the right fittings, equipment, and materials at the right time, enabling work to be completed safely, efficiently, and first time. This includes providing robust and reliable delivery commitments to the business by coordinating the timely supply of barriers and SLG ancillaries, aligned to work programmes, while also enabling effective plant deployment and asset recovery.

Responsibilities:

• Providing leadership and direction to the Inventory Operations teams and the Driving team.
• Ensuring that equipment and critical stores are receipted, delivered and collected on time, and that quality objectives and delivery deadlines are met.
• Providing real-time visibility of equipment and critical stores holdings through SAP accounting and active stocktaking.
• Being fully compliant with all transport legislation, including the Driver’s Regulations & Working Time Directive, in line with the O license legalisation and company procedures.
• Managing the budget and maintaining statistical and financial records across all workstreams.
• Resource and transport planning through task scheduling and delivery programme.
• Working with the Logistics Operating team in order to maintain the Out of Hours call rota to ensure that assets and inventory are available 24/7 – 365 days.
• Effectively manage the Performance Indicators against all workstreams from the site output, including driving times, stock integrity and Inventory Performance outputs.
• Ensuring Health & Safety requirements are met within the Company and legal frameworks.

Location: Crossness STW, Abbey Wood, London. 45 hours a week between the hours of 6am and 6pm, Monday to Friday.

Qualifications:

• Experience in logistics or management at another water utility or large company.
• Work collaboratively, being able to work closely across the business and with suppliers and 3rd parties.
• Excellent leadership qualities with outstanding managerial experience.
• Technically experienced with a good understanding of Inventory, Supply Chain and Scheduling processes.
• Be meticulous at documenting the finer details.
• Be process driven with the ability to write processes to deliver the service reliably.
• Competent with IT systems.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Benefits:

• Offering up to £50,000 per annum, depending on experience and skills.
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 days per year with length of service (plus bank holidays).
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution – Maximum of 12% – 2x employee contribution.
• Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
• Performance‑related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Wider benefits scheme including a benefits hub, which offers information to save money and support well-being.

Inclusive Workplace: We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else, just let us know, we’re here to help and support.