Warehouse Operations Manager | Full Time | £60,000 | South East Greater Manchester We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Warehouse Operations Manager to oversee daily operations within a 125,000 SqFt warehouse facility, optimising processes and leading teams towards key business goals. This role is central to improving efficiency, upholding quality standards, and creating a positive working environment. The Warehouse Operations Manager directs overall warehouse results, ensuring targets for customer experience, cost control, stock integrity, safety, and space utilisation are met. They bring together the many operational areas to keep activity aligned and predictable, anticipate issues early and ensure processes work as one cohesive system. Responsibilities: Lead daily warehouse operations to deliver strong performance through planning, control, and continuous improvement. Align operational areas into a joined-up, end-to-end operation, ensuring clear accountability, strong planning, and smooth execution. Embed effective planning routines, manage capacity, and escalate risks early. Develop high-performing leaders and future talent through coaching and clear expectations. Champion a proactive safety culture, ensuring compliance and safe working practices. Collaborate across the leadership community to align priorities and resource needs. Experience: Demonstrable experience running a high-volume, fast-moving warehouse operation. Track record of leading through managers and supervisors (not only frontline teams). Strong capability in operational planning, coordination and delivery. Evidence of driving ongoing productivity and efficiency gains. Strong command of warehouse health, safety, and compliance standards. Clear, confident communicator who can challenge and influence in a constructive way. Comfortable leading change and strengthening ways of working as the operation evolves. A recognised management qualification (or equivalent) is advantageous but not essential. Thrives in an environment where strategic thinking, leadership and operational expertise are valued; using strong management and innovative solutions to drive business success. If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for then please apply attaching your CV. Smartsearch take your privacy seriously and will only use your personal information to administer your application. To effectively process your application, we may share your details with the company for whom we are collecting job applications and Smartsearch or the company may contact you by email, telephone or SMS. A copy of our privacy policy will be emailed to you upon receipt of your application.