National Operations Manager

Description:

Following years of accelerated growth Culina Group is now a £2.2billion+ turnover business, employing over 22,000 staff, with a fleet of more than 5,000 vehicles. Culina Group operates from over 100+ depots across the UK and Ireland, serving more than 1,000 clients over its framework of chilled, ambient, contract packaging solutions and fresh and baked goods.

Company Overview

Stobart (Part of the Culina Group) is a leading ambient transport and logistics business, providing services to many of the UK’s best known brands across core consumer and retail sectors.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

Job Description

We are currently seeking a National Operations Manager to join our Operations team at our Felixstowe site.

As National Operations Manager you will oversee, manage and monitor the daily activities of the team across the South & North Depots to ensure they run consistently, smoothly and efficiently

This is a full time, permanent position working Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm offering a competitive salary and the opportunity to work with a market leader.

Job responsibilities of National Operations Manager include:

* Oversee, manage, and monitor the daily activities of the traffic teams across all Ports sites.

* Make decisions in the best interests of the Company and for Clients and where these decisions cannot be made, escalate the issue immediately to the Managing Director.

* Establishing a culture of continuous business improvement

* Delegate effectively by understanding and tapping into the strengths of the team members.

* Work closely with all departments within the Sector to explore ways to increase productivity and efficiency.

* Constantly drive and promote a positive working culture that encourages high morale and top performance across all Ports Depots

* Overseeing the collation of daily, weekly, and monthly reporting, planning and targets.

* Identifying and addressing problems and opportunities for the Company.

* Develop, train, and support your team to ensure they meet the high standard expected.

* Keep up to date with all relevant legislation and ensure that regulations, Company policies and procedures are always followed by you and your team eg. WTD, SSW’s, HR

* Ensure the team are aware of their responsibilities in relation to Health and Safety legislation, GDPR, other relevant policies.

* Organise relevant training for the development of your team members, and yourself.

* Continuously promote the Sector values and mission for the department.

Qualifications

To apply for the role of National Operations Manager you will possess the following skills, experiences and qualifications:

* Future planning, number monitoring, work trend monitoring for all operations.

* Ensure the planning is as tight as possible without compromising service levels.

* Monitoring and Managing Drivers wages, night’s outs, excess hours.

* Ensuring the team are inputting the correct work is in the screens.

* Reviewing truck earnings, understanding the correct work to go on the Own Vehicles, and the costs associated.

* Monitor a.m. and p.m. work to ensure a good balance.

* Close interaction with the Commercial Director to discuss work volumes and KPI's.

* Relationships to be built with the dock relevant to your area.

Additional Information

As part of our drive to make Stobart’s a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement of 25 days + 8 bank holidays

Private Medical Cover – This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa

Car Allowance

Pension scheme – we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirements so we offer a great contribution

Life Assurance - x 2 your annual salary

Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year

Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses

Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.

Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!

If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam