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Distribution Centre Manager, South West London
Location: South West London, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Views:
4
Posted:
04.06.2025
Expiry Date:
19.07.2025
Job Description:
On Site (5 days a week)
Location: St Edmunds DC, Fortress Way, Suffolk Park, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7FQ
As a Distribution Centre Manager, you'll be responsible for the overall management, performance, and safety of the depot. This includes overseeing daily operations, managing teams, ensuring customer satisfaction, meeting KPIs, and maintaining compliance with company policies and regulations. You will drive continuous improvement initiatives and optimize processes to achieve operational excellence.
Join us at Greene King, the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and be the pride of great British hospitality. With a rich 220-year brewing and pub history, our 39,000-strong team are the guardians of a wholly British pub experience.
Your role as Distribution Centre Manager:
* Responsible for adopting a cultural transformation towards operational excellence using continuous improvement and lean methodologies, focusing on eliminating loss while ensuring safety, service, cost efficiency, and environmental standards.
* Implement change to foster a distribution culture emphasizing safety and continuous improvement at all operational levels.
* Ensure targets for on-time and in-full deliveries are exceeded.
* Lead efforts to improve employee engagement across the site.
* Manage the site P&L and budget, fully mitigating risks and capitalizing on opportunities.
* Collaborate with stakeholders to maintain confidence and connectivity in service provision.
* Ensure statutory compliance and governance, including maintaining O licence standards.
What you'll bring:
* Experience in operational excellence and lean methodologies.
* Project management skills.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Significant management experience within logistics, supply chain, or operations.
* Proven leadership in managing, motivating, and developing diverse teams with a results and engagement focus.
* Solid understanding of budgeting, financial management, and cost control.
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