General Manager

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Start up 1m sq ft. facility based in Coventry</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Opportunity to drive real change and transformation within a rapidly growing business.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">EA First have exclusively partnered with a Global 3PL provider in their search for a General Manager within their start up facility in Coventry. The business has experienced significant growth over the last few years and continue to attract blue-chip customers along the way.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Fantastic opportunity to join a business that is looking to embrace change and new technology as well as driving cultural transformation across the network.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Report to the Operations Director, you'll use your skills and experience as a General Manager to support the wider business to lead the operational team to ensure 'best in class' operational performance whilst supporting with the delivery of continuous improvement initiatives.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Lead a management team of 8 x direct reports across warehousing, inventory and H&S as well as an in-directs team of (Apply online only).</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Providing leadership, motivation and career development to the site management team, ensuring that they achieve excellence on a day-to-day basis.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Proactive in driving a continuous improvement culture; seeking out and driving improvement initiatives to ensure growth is managed successfully whilst maintaining challenging targets.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Developing productive and effective relationships with key customer stakeholders to ensure we are able to deliver the customer's growth and longer term plans.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Lead the CI & Site Transformation agenda ensuring the continuous improvement of all site operations.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Identify new opportunities to pursue within scope of existing site operations through process optimisation, layout redesigns and systems implementations</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Promote a culture of continuous improvement in order to improve both colleague and customer satisfaction</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">A Logistics Distribution and Supply Chain background.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">A minimum of 7+ years 3PL Contract Logistics experience at General Manager or Site Manager level.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Previous contract logistics experience within 3PL, Retail, Technology or e-Commerce is essential.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Experience on managing budgets up to £15m pa.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Experience of project managing and leading a start up operation would be a distinct advantage.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">You will be confident and able to build rapport, develop relationships with customers both internal and external.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">You will be able to recognise opportunities and synergies to enhance the relationship with the customer and be able to maintain and develop business growth opportunities.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">You must have the energy, determination and commitment to operate in an environment where regular customer contact and scrutiny is the norm and the highest level of customer service is non-negotiable.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Have managed in excess of 400+ employees indirectly.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">You should be able to demonstrate skills in the delivery of continuous improvement initiatives using lean processes.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">IOSH and NEBOSH qualifications.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Experience of Six Sigma / Prince2 methodologies would be advantageous.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Must be commutable to and from Coventry.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">£90,000 - £100,000</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Car or car allowance</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">15% Bonus</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Additional benefits</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">EA First Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency for this permanent vacancy</p>