Logistics Team Manager - Nights

About the role

As a Logistics Team Manager based at our Isleport Distribution Centre in Highbridge, Somerset, you'll be responsible for leading and developing one of our Logistics Operational teams. Ensuring we are operating in the safest environment, you’ll engage, support and develop your team members to ensure our finished goods/raw materials are picked accurately, dispatched with maximum efficiency, and presented to the highest standard for our customers. As well as making sure things are running smoothly on a daily basis, you'll work together with your team and other functions to continually improve the quality, efficiency, distribution and labour costs.

Responsibilities

• Understanding and applying the highest Health & Safety standards within your area of responsibility and driving a safety-first culture within your team
• Engaging and developing the team through demonstrating our Values and being a role model
• Leading the team to ensure on time in full delivery of our products
• Developing the team to achieve all KPIs and targets including safety, quality, delivery, and cost
• Working collaboratively both across Supply Chain and with other functions to ensure that work plans are agreed, prioritised and delivered
• Confidently using technology such as Microsoft packages and use of hand-held devices and other relevant software systems to deliver your job role
• Delivering department and business communications and reporting to the highest standards with ability to analyse and interpret the detail of results within your team
• Leading continuous improvement activities providing measures of success through application of CI principles

Requirements

• Experience of leading a team

Skills

• Knowledge of Microsoft software
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills

Qualifications

• Experience in the dairy or FMCG business
• Knowledge and awareness of Health & Safety principles and application
• Passion for continual improvement

Benefits

• 22 days’ holiday, including 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 partners
• Annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
• Learning and development opportunities

Schedule

This is a 4 nights on 4 nights off role working 20:00 to 08:00.