Take the lead in overseeing end-to-end logistics operations for a thriving wine company. As Operations Manager, you'll manage warehouse and stock control functions, ensuring efficient receipt, storage, handling, and delivery of company products. You'll be responsible for fleet management, driver performance, and health & safety compliance while collaborating across departments to optimize logistics efficiency.
This role requires strong leadership skills, overseeing multi-drop transport operations and driving continuous improvements in service, compliance, and cost efficiency. If you're an experienced logistics professional with a strategic mindset and hands-on approach, we’d love to hear from you!
Employment Type: Full time
Location: London (Greater)
Key Purpose of the Role
* Responsible for the management, organisation, planning and co-ordination of all activities and resources necessary for the efficient receipt, storage, handling and delivery of Company product
Key Responsibilities
· Responsible for maintaining health & safety levels to legal standards, as a minimum, for the site and all Jascots logistics activities and personnel
· Report to line manager on spend-vs-budget for the logistics function
· Line manager for the Warehouse Manager
· Line manager for the Stock Control Manager
· Allocate drivers to correct routes to ensure legal compliance and maximum customer service levels
· Ensure pre-brief & de-briefings are undertaken at start of shift and end of shift for all drivers
· Manage driver performance to achieve 1st class standards of customer service
· Ensure all relevant information is recorded and reported for transport KPIs
· Liaise with other departments, on site and external, for planning and labour allocation
· Organise service and maintenance of vehicles in line with legal requirements
· Manage team hours in line with working time legislation
· Ensure transport documentation and records are managed in line with relevant legislation in preparation for transport audits
· Actively manage absence rates in collaboration with the HR department
· Undertake disciplinary investigations and resulting actions as appropriate, in collaboration with the HR department
· Chair daily and weekly team meetings to discuss performance, plans and targets for the site
· Responsible for day-to-day building compliance, maintenance incl. monthly fabrication checks and reporting of faults
· Responsible for service contracts and annual inspections i.e., pest control, maintaining fire equipment and routine compliance
· Plan, manage and track all onsite training activities
· Responsible for the environmental impact of the site incl. monitoring and recording energy use
· Manage all site training activity to ensure legal and H&S standards
Person Specification
· Previous experience of managing a transport multi drop function
· Previous experience of managing a warehouse and stock control
· Extensive people-management experience
· Experience of data-led decision making
· In depth geographical knowledge of London and surrounding areas
· Health & Safety management
· Computer literacy of industry standard software packages
We welcome applications from candidates who do not 100% meet the role requirements.
Company Benefits
25 days holiday + 1 day off for birthday + public holidays
Additional Company Pension Contributions
10% Annual Bonus
Private Health Cover
Employee Assistance Programme
Life Assurance – 4 x basic salary
Income Protection Insurance
Company Maternity Pay – 13 weeks at full pay
Paternity Pay – 2 weeks at full pay
· 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday between the hours of 7am and 6pm
· Onsite working only
· Managing six Multi-Drop Drivers, and direct management of Warehouse Manager who leads a team of three and Stock Control Manager
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