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Depot Operations Manager - Edinburgh - Express Distribution

Macgregor Cavendish (UK) Ltd
Posted 21 hours ago, valid for 8 days
Location

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh EH105BP, Scotland

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Depot Operations Manager position is based in Edinburgh within the Express Distribution sector, offering a salary of up to 拢35K plus benefits.
  • The role involves managing the daily operations of a depot and leading a team of 20 staff to achieve cost, productivity, and quality targets.
  • Key responsibilities include ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, conducting staff appraisals, and managing depot cost analysis.
  • Candidates should possess strong people management skills and have a proven background in logistics with operational management experience.
  • A minimum of several years of relevant experience in a similar role is required, along with excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.

Depot Operations Manager - Edinburgh - Express Distribution Salary up to : 拢35K + Benefits

Hours of work 9.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday

Our client is a major player in the UK Distribution Market with a large number of branches across the UK.

They are looking for a Distribution Depot Operations Manager to join the team.

Role

'.Responsibility for actively managing the day-to-day running and operational procedures/performance of a depot managing a team of 20 Staff

路 Leading and motivating the team in the pursuit of demanding cost, productivity and quality targets.

路 Responsible for Compliance, Health and Safety and Depot Cost Analysis.

路 Staff appraisals and disciplinaries when necessary.

路 Ensuring we meet and exceed challenging network service levels will be a key requirement of this role.

路 Responsible for vehicles, fleet and drivers.

About You

Operating in an environment where working efficiently under pressure and at pace will be key to success, you should have strong people management experience, involving direct accountability and responsibility for motivating and leading a high performing team.

In addition, we'll also expect you to:

路 Be an experienced logistics professional with strong operational management experience.

路 Demonstrate outstanding communication skills both verbal and written

路 Have proven decision making and problem resolution skills

The ability to successfully implement change.

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