Senior Operations Manager - Automotive Logistics - 12 month Fixed Term Contract
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £68,250 plus car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, bonus, family healthcare, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | Appleby Magna, DE12 8AA |
| Company: | Unipart Group |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 1266 |
Summary
Role overview
Senior Operations Manager – Automotive Logistics
12 month Fixed Term Contract
DE12 – Appleby Magna
£68,250 plus car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, bonus, family healthcare, life assurance, employee assistance programme,
wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the Role
Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have an important part to play in automotive
success that spans nearly 50 years. Unipart Logistics (UL) has secured a contract to run the new, custom-built Jaguar Land Rover
Global Parts Logistics Centre at Appleby Magna in Leicestershire. The operation will be housed at Jaguar Land Rover’s new Mercia
campus, one of the largest UK warehouse developments for a single customer. With a multimillion-pound major facility investment
program already underway, we would like you to join us and be part of the largest automotive logistics project in the UK.
As a Senior Operations Manager you will ensure that operational performance meets business targets and clients’ expectations in
all respects and that a robust plan is in place to deliver improvement based on the principals of the Unipart Way. You will
become and ambassador and champion for the Unipart Way and an authority in the underlying philosophy, principals, and processes.
As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:
* Ensure that operational performance meets business targets and clients’ expectations in all respects and that a robust plan is
in place to drive operational improvements and cost down initiatives based on the principals of the Unipart Way
* Focus on Operational Processes, Procedures, and Project Delivery
* Be accountable for setting operational objectives in accordance with business plans and targets
* Ensure operational improvement plans are in place focused on the principals of the Unipart Way
* Be responsible for compliance with health and safety regulations and environmental and quality standards
* Be responsible for the care and security of products across the warehouse. Monitoring and Measuring
* Have overall accountability for operational performance to Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators
* Monitor performance through operational reviews and audits
* Have overall accountability for compliance with legal and ethical people management practice
* Be responsible for resource management and ensuring that resource skills and levels are consistent with medium and long term
business plans
* Ensure effective two way communication processes with teams and managers
* Respond to escalations and deal with them effectively
* Ultimately be responsible for employee relations success
About You
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this
role!
* Worked in automotive logistics or FMCG environments
* Self-motivated individual with an analytical mind and an eye for detail
* Strong planning, organisational and time management skills
* Good written and verbal communication skills
* Customer focused
* Strong problem solving skills, with a continuous improvement mind-set
* Strong administrative and IT skills
* Experience of managing busy/complex operational teams
* Strong team management skills
* Track record of leading and delivering quality through process adherence
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of
opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the
grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or
civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected
characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment
which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of
yourself and do your best work every day.
Senior Operations Manager – Automotive Logistics
12 month Fixed Term Contract
DE12 – Appleby Magna
£68,250 plus car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, bonus, family healthcare, life assurance, employee assistance programme,
wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the Role
Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have an important part to play in automotive
success that spans nearly 50 years. Unipart Logistics (UL) has secured a contract to run the new, custom-built Jaguar Land Rover
Global Parts Logistics Centre at Appleby Magna in Leicestershire. The operation will be housed at Jaguar Land Rover’s new Mercia
campus, one of the largest UK warehouse developments for a single customer. With a multimillion-pound major facility investment
program already underway, we would like you to join us and be part of the largest automotive logistics project in the UK.
As a Senior Operations Manager you will ensure that operational performance meets business targets and clients’ expectations in
all respects and that a robust plan is in place to deliver improvement based on the principals of the Unipart Way. You will
become and ambassador and champion for the Unipart Way and an authority in the underlying philosophy, principals, and processes.
As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:
* Ensure that operational performance meets business targets and clients’ expectations in all respects and that a robust plan is
in place to drive operational improvements and cost down initiatives based on the principals of the Unipart Way
* Focus on Operational Processes, Procedures, and Project Delivery
* Be accountable for setting operational objectives in accordance with business plans and targets
* Ensure operational improvement plans are in place focused on the principals of the Unipart Way
* Be responsible for compliance with health and safety regulations and environmental and quality standards
* Be responsible for the care and security of products across the warehouse. Monitoring and Measuring
* Have overall accountability for operational performance to Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators
* Monitor performance through operational reviews and audits
* Have overall accountability for compliance with legal and ethical people management practice
* Be responsible for resource management and ensuring that resource skills and levels are consistent with medium and long term
business plans
* Ensure effective two way communication processes with teams and managers
* Respond to escalations and deal with them effectively
* Ultimately be responsible for employee relations success
About You
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this
role!
* Worked in automotive logistics or FMCG environments
* Self-motivated individual with an analytical mind and an eye for detail
* Strong planning, organisational and time management skills
* Good written and verbal communication skills
* Customer focused
* Strong problem solving skills, with a continuous improvement mind-set
* Strong administrative and IT skills
* Experience of managing busy/complex operational teams
* Strong team management skills
* Track record of leading and delivering quality through process adherence
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of
opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the
grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or
civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected
characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment
which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of
yourself and do your best work every day.