Head of Logistics, Isleport in Highbridge

Nurture & Nourish People & Planet by making great food, the right way, forever. The Head of Logistics is at the forefront of our strategy to deliver great food that nurtures and nourishes both people and planet. We are the UK’s largest independent dairy producing over one billion servings of food a year. The Head of Logistics will lead both the Isleport Logistics Campus and manage 3PL contracts; the role has a broad span of responsibility, including responsibility for facilities management of our Acorn House office.

As our business continues to grow there will be a need to identify both capital and low/no cost improvements to increase capacity and efficiencies of the logistics operation. You will be responsible for leading the site team in the delivery of the local vision “Nourishing the Nation”, accountable for developing and executing the logistics strategy within a rolling 18-month horizon. You will champion and develop a co-ownership culture, building an environment where all co-owners can thrive, confident in their future and working at a site where they feel they belong and have meaningful influence.

As part of the Manufacturing and Logistics leadership team, you will also be responsible for enhancing and optimising our operational performance, sharing best practice and in doing so fulfilling our Supply strategy to provide the best product, service and cost proposition in our categories realising our ambition to be the best-in-class supplier. Your first challenge will be the successful roll out of a new WMS ensuring we have a system fit for the future.

Key responsibilities aligned to our Long-Term Strategic Aims:

• Passionate People: Building on the strengths of the family feel and culture at the Isleport Logistics Campus. Providing inspirational leadership, creating a culture and environment where the site comes together as one team of co-owners who are driven by a common purpose. Enabling co-owners to develop and grow as experts who are empowered to take ownership, influential to create change, engaged & motivated to drive initiatives and supported to fulfil career aspirations.
• Good Food for All: Developing and maintaining a positive, exciting, ambitious long-term view for the site by creating an environment where the site team are adaptable to and resilient through the emotions associated with innovation and always demonstrating a readiness for change.
• Most Sustainable Food: Enabling the business to amplify our impacts through the growth of the brand in new product areas and categories. Sponsoring activities and projects which enhance our operations in the recognition that we cannot solve the climate crisis, or grow our business, without operating a logistics system in a sustainable way.
• Proudly Independent: Providing pace-setting leadership for the site; encouraging boldness and ambition in our actions to achieve our ambitious goals. Maintaining the brilliant fundamental basics of Health & Safety, Food Safety in all that we do.

Key accountabilities:

• Passionate People: Health & Safety of employees and visitors to the site, Employee engagement, Labour productivity.
• Good Food for All: Equipment OEE, Variable Cost per Case, Compliance to plan, Customer service, 3PL Performance.
• Most Sustainable Food: Finished Goods Waste, Carbon Intensity, Right first-time.
• Proudly Independent: Consumer complaint ratio, CPMU, OTIF, Cost to Serve.

Essential:

• Proven experience of successful leadership within large complex FMCG operations.
• Proven experience as a successful cultural change agent.
• Short shelf life / high care / dairy category experience preferred.
• Experience of WMS/systems implementation preferred.

Qualifications:

• Degree qualified in relevant discipline preferred.
• Post graduate management qualification preferred.
• Recognised leadership qualification in Health & Safety preferred.

Why should I join the family?

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest organic foods under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. We are a purposeful business, driven to make positive impacts on the world as we seek to Nurture and Nourish People and Planet. We have now moved into a new era as a business, expanding beyond dairy. We are committed to making great food, the right way forever.

We offer a whole host of benefits including: 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays, non-contributory pension scheme, life cover, healthcare cash back plan, cycle to work scheme, subsidised Yeo Valley products and services, preferential rates with our partners, annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year), learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow.

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time. Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.