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Work Area Manager - Late Shift
| Posting date: | 13 August 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £34602-34602 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 August 2024 |
| Location: | MANCHESTER, M4 5AA |
| Company: | Royal Mail |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 315747-42752509 |
Summary
Royal Mail is something special, a well–loved brand people can rightly be proud of. We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don’t, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. Our people are at the heart of our business and are integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations.
Salary starting £34,602 per annum, £455 per month pro rata late shift allowance, 10% bonus potential, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, defined contribution pension scheme
Full time, 41 hours per week, Permanent
Manchester Mail Centre. 77 Oldham Road, Manchester, M4 5AA
Job reference number 315747
As a Work Area Manager, you will work in a busy mail centre and be responsible for managing operations in a variety of manual and automated areas within the plant.
The role
Leading a dedicated team of up to 30 + full and part time employees, plus agency staff, you will hold regular one to one and team meetings and review the area’s performance and plans on a daily basis. You will have line management responsibility for your team’s sick absence, attendance, training all whilst engaging with the team to drive performance.
Health and safety initiatives, increasing efficiency, and identifying areas of improvements will be essential to your role. Supporting the Shift Manager, you will provide a high quality of service to our customers and ensure all operational targets are met.
Skills and experience
As this is an extremely interesting and varied role, we are looking for candidates who are flexible, can work under pressure and possess excellent leadership and communication skills. As part of the management team within the business, you must demonstrate evidence on your CV of the following:
- Managing and supporting a large team to maximise performance (essential_
- People skills, good communication skills, able to engage and motivate team members to work to high standards.
- Target focused with a track record of improving performance and achieving KPIs.
- Experience of introducing change/improvements and successfully leading people through change.
- Data analysis and problem solving – ability to use data to identify trends in performance and then develop solutions/make improvements.
- Relationships, able to build effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders to achieve business benefits.
- Experience from a logistics/parcel distribution background would be beneficial.
Attendance patternMonday to Friday 14:00
- 22:12. A degree of flexibility is required to meet operational requirements
Closing Date: Monday 26th August. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.Assessments: We plan to hold the assessments on the 5th and 6th September.
Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required
Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place.
We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.
#LI-POST #LIMRT
Salary starting £34,602 per annum, £455 per month pro rata late shift allowance, 10% bonus potential, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, defined contribution pension scheme
Full time, 41 hours per week, Permanent
Manchester Mail Centre. 77 Oldham Road, Manchester, M4 5AA
Job reference number 315747
As a Work Area Manager, you will work in a busy mail centre and be responsible for managing operations in a variety of manual and automated areas within the plant.
The role
Leading a dedicated team of up to 30 + full and part time employees, plus agency staff, you will hold regular one to one and team meetings and review the area’s performance and plans on a daily basis. You will have line management responsibility for your team’s sick absence, attendance, training all whilst engaging with the team to drive performance.
Health and safety initiatives, increasing efficiency, and identifying areas of improvements will be essential to your role. Supporting the Shift Manager, you will provide a high quality of service to our customers and ensure all operational targets are met.
Skills and experience
As this is an extremely interesting and varied role, we are looking for candidates who are flexible, can work under pressure and possess excellent leadership and communication skills. As part of the management team within the business, you must demonstrate evidence on your CV of the following:
- Managing and supporting a large team to maximise performance (essential_
- People skills, good communication skills, able to engage and motivate team members to work to high standards.
- Target focused with a track record of improving performance and achieving KPIs.
- Experience of introducing change/improvements and successfully leading people through change.
- Data analysis and problem solving – ability to use data to identify trends in performance and then develop solutions/make improvements.
- Relationships, able to build effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders to achieve business benefits.
- Experience from a logistics/parcel distribution background would be beneficial.
Attendance patternMonday to Friday 14:00
- 22:12. A degree of flexibility is required to meet operational requirements
Closing Date: Monday 26th August. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.Assessments: We plan to hold the assessments on the 5th and 6th September.
Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required
Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place.
We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.
#LI-POST #LIMRT
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