Permanent
Warehouse General Manager
Leeds

Posted Yesterday
Role: Warehouse General Manager
Salary: -55,000 - -60,000 (circa. -85,000 OTE)
Location: Leeds
Key Responsibilities
- Operational Leadership: Provide strategic leadership and direction for all operational activities, including warehousing, distribution, strategy, continuous improvement and projects.
- Team Management: Lead and develop a high-performing, collective site operational team (up to 75+ employees) through managerial & operational leads as direct reports.
- Client Relationships: Build and maintain an already impressive, strong customer relationship base, ensuring ongoing satisfaction.
- Commercial Responsibility & Budget Management: Develop and manage the operational site budget, ensuring financial objectives are achieved while maintaining service & quality.
- Performance Metrics: Continue to evolve the organisational approach to KPI''s, whilst ensuring existing and new site standardisation.
- Process Optimisation: Continuously evaluate and improve operational processes to enhance efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
- Innovation: Support the business appetite to drive innovation, along with the adoption of new technologies to improve operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.
- Supplier Relationships: Manage UK commercial relationships with customers, suppliers and third-party service providers to ensure timely and cost-effective services.
The Candidate
The successful candidate for the Warehouse General Manager role will have the following skills & experiences:
- A Logistics Distribution and Supply Chain Background (Ideally at a Head of Operations / Warehouse General Manager level) - Essential.
- 5+ Years proven Operations / Site / General Management leadership experience across Warehouse operations - Essential.
- Previous budgetary responsibility across medium sized DC operations in excess of +-15m - Essential.
- A sector background within; FMCG, Food, Retail, E-Commerce - Advantageous but not essential.
- Strong leadership and team management skills, with a track record of developing high-performing teams - Essential.
- Prior commercial knowledge of the UK logistics and warehousing market - Essential.
- An individual truly excited by large scale growth challenges - Essential.
- Commutable to the Leeds area - Essential.