Role: Operations Manager
Location: SL3

Salary £40,000 – open for discussion

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Benefits/ package

Full time & permanent

Monday to Friday

Exciting opportunity for an Operational Manager for industry-leading transport and warehousing solutions delivered nationwide at Colnbrook Manchester, and Birmingham. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of our company, ensuring that we deliver high-quality services to our customers and maintain a competitive edge in the market.

Key responsibilities:

• A ‘can-do’ attitude and a willingness to take on significant challenges.
• Manage the day-to-day operations.
• Act as a key operations leaderDevelop and implement plans that will lead to improvement in company profit.
• Build relationships with Clients through constant contact and advocacy by offering advice, solutions, and proactive issue management.
• Manage staff, including hiring, training, coaching, and performance management.
• Conduct necessary investigation(s) to determine the cause of problems like accidents (if any arise) and to set up safety measures to avoid the recurrence of such issues.
• Lead and develop the operation team. Support and encourage the team to manage their own learning. Creating and developing a team working environment.
• Maintain an open dialogue with other units’ managers so as to organize activities that will enhance the company’s general performance.
• Ensure that all staff under their supervision behave in accordance with the company’s handbook, procedures, and values and that performance issues are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Oversee the order process to maintain standard KPIs.
• Responsible for all aspects of the centres daily running, including overall responsibility for H&S.
• Organise meetings to share strategy and provide product / organizational updates and branch performance.
• Providing customer information in addition to other tasks in the field associated with routine operations.
• Data analysis and Oversight schedule and operations.
• Cross-functional work within the other departments and customers.
• Ensure maximum productivity and route management systems and establish productivity goals where needed.
• Ensuring continuous review and improvements of operational processes to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Developing personnel to ensure appropriate backup/successors in all key positions.
• Deliver upon contract service level agreements, expectations, and value proposition.
• Monitor, improve and report upon key performance indicators including the financial performance of accounts and team productivity.
• Develop a best-in-class team and workplace culture and effectively manage performance and talent development.
• Respond to more complex inquiries and complaints about transit and operational issues.
• Reviewing and updating policies and procedures to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Ensuring that all vehicles are in good working order and properly maintained.
• Scheduling staff to ensure that vehicles are staffed according to established requirements.
• Any other task suggested by the management.

What are we looking for from you to join us as an Operations Manager:

• Previous experience in managing operations would be handy.
• Excellent commercial awareness and business acumen.
• Experience conducting reviews and people management.
• Experience customer-facing skills and telephone manners.
• Great communication skills both written and verbal.
• Self-motivated and ability to motivate others.
• Adaptable with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Good leadership skills and team worker.
• Excellent analytical skills
• Good time management abilities
• Good negotiation skills and excellent decision-making ability
• Good customer service skills so as to be able to maintain/retain existing customers.

Sound like the role for you? Then we would love to hear from you!

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Consultant: Lisa

Job Number: 931058 / INDCOM

Job Role: Operations Manager

Location: SL3

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