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ROLE: Logistics Manager
HOURS: 37.5 hours per week, Monday–Friday, 08:00–16:30
LOCATION: MoD Lyneham
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Logistics Manager who will lead a Logistics Area Service Stream, managing a team of skilled Stores Supervisors, Administrators, and Operatives to deliver customer‑focused Military Personnel Stores Services.
Role Responsibilities
1. Act as the lead Subject Matter Expert for all Logistics Stores services, promoting best practice and delivering the contracted requirement to the required quality standard and agreed service levels, including internal checks, controls, and compliance auditing.
2. Promote the development and optimum performance of the delivery team, taking appropriate and timely action to mitigate risk and prevent service failure across all service areas.
3. Identify and implement innovative solutions to meet emerging demands within contractual boundaries.
4. Identify and recruit essential staff into an established, dynamic, and specialised team when required.
5. Ensure all activities comply fully with Health and Safety Regulations and the General Data Protection Regulations.
6. Undertake additional tasks as directed by the Line Manager, including leading change initiatives and supporting authorised public events.
Required Qualifications
Applicants must meet the below requirements:
7. Management experience with strong organisational and motivational skills and a high degree of integrity.
8. Proven track record in delivering quality administration and customer‑facing services.
9. Credible verbal and written communication skills with the ability to form strong working relationships.
10. IT‑literate with good working knowledge of MS Office applications.
11. Knowledge of MoD Management of the Joint Deployed Inventory (MJDI) stores accounting application (desirable).
12. Proactive approach with the ability to lead and embrace change.
13. Ability to manage short‑notice changes and deadlines.
14. Management‑level knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and practice (IOSH Managing Safely desirable).
15. Good standard of education, preferably NVQ Level 5 or equivalent.
Additional Information
16. MOD Security Clearance and DBS Standard are required.
17. To meet national security vetting requirements, candidates must normally have been resident in the UK for: 3 years for Counter Terrorist Check 5 years for Security Clearance 10 years for Developed Vetting
18. Developed Vetting roles require UK Nationals.
19. Proof of right to work in the UK is essential.
20. Required to wear approved company workwear.
About the Company
Mitie is the UK's leading facilities management company with 77, colleagues. Our vision is to work together to deliver the exceptional, every day. We are built on integrity and trust, always going the extra mile. We champion diversity and inclusion with six employee networks supporting veterans, parents and carers, LGBTQ+, women, disabled colleagues, and colleagues of all races and ethnicities.
Mitie is committed to achieving net zero carbon and offers a wide range of colleague benefits including additional leave purchase, Give as You Earn, Salary Finance, Share Incentive Plans, Cycle to Work, private medical cover purchases, life cover, childcare vouchers, and more. Career pathways, apprenticeships, leadership programmes, and paid community volunteering opportunities are also available. Please enquire about these benefits during the interview.
Additional Information for Internal Applicants
Please ensure you discuss your application with your current line manager before applying. Internal moves are subject to the standard terms for the role being advertised; enhanced terms cannot be honoured.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Jessica Mercel at .