Job Title Change Manager Location Cumbernauld, G67 2XN GB (Main)
Job Description
Working in partnership with M&S, at Gist we deliver industry-leading logistics and supply chain transformation.
We value, celebrate, and believe in the power of individuality and strive to create a work environment where everyone can be themselves. We want you to join us, bring your authentic self to work and unlock your full potential.
Are you passionate about driving operational excellence and leading change in a fast-paced environment? We’re looking for a Change Manager / Continuous Improvement Manager with a strong background in FMCG, logistics, supply chain, or distribution to lead transformative initiatives across our warehouse operations.
What’s in it for you?
Gist is an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and evolving business built on our core values. Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for Gist just that little bit more special.
1. 20% M&S discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food
2. 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (rising with length of service)
3. Private Medical Healthcare
4. Discounted rates on healthcare cash plan
5. Attractive annual bonus scheme, based on M&S performance and personal objectives
6. Auto Enrolment Pension or competitive Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and life assurance (up to 4 times salary)
7. Amazing perks and discounts via our App to major restaurants and retailers
8. Access to a wide range of wellbeing support – including our Employee Assistance Programme
9. A first-class welcome with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development
10. Cycle to work scheme
Role details:
Salary: Up to £50,000 (DOE)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday
Location: Gist Limited, Lenziemill Road, Cumbernauld, G67 2XN
What you’ll do:
Health, Safety and Wellbeing:
11. Champion the safety agenda daily
12. Promote safe operating and warehouse standards
13. Conduct hazard walks and observations against standards
14. Maintaining a safe and friendly working environment for all employees, agency and subcontractors
People:
15. Ensuring effective communication throughout the management team and site colleagues
16. Engaging with key stakeholders on site, across the network and in the central teams
17. Leading improvement through regular, cross functional engagement sessions
18. Engaging with the workforce to generate and deliver improvement initiatives
Operational Excellence:
19. Collaborates with the wider warehouse function and engages with the Warehouse optimisation team to deliver compelling and business led change effectively
20. Drive continuous improvement processes
21. Identifies areas of improvement and engages the appropriate stakeholders to achieve measurable results
22. Planning and organising projects with people and safety at the heart of decision making
23. Ensuring work done, is as work imagined
24. Share best practice with other sites to improve overall business standard
25. Implement standardised processes
26. Drive the accuracy agenda through operational teams
Customer and Growth:
27. Responsible for operational processes. Maintain and improve methods & performance levels to maximise efficiency of operation in line with account KPI's
Environment:
28. Ensure all requirements relating to safety, health, environment and quality are being fully implemented in the warehouse or escalate
Who you are
29. Proven experience in the FMCG distribution or logistics sector, with a deep understanding of supply chain operations.
30. Project management qualifications (e.g. Prince2, PMP) and/or Lean Six Sigma certification.
31. A track record of leading change management and delivering measurable improvements through continuous improvement initiatives.
32. Strong analytical mindset with the ability to identify inefficiencies and implement sustainable solutions.
33. Experience in developing and embedding process improvement methodologies.
34. Excellent team leadership and project management skills, with the ability to inspire cross-functional teams.
35. A collaborative approach that encourages innovation and empowers employees to contribute ideas.
36. Previous experience working with Trade Unions is advantageous.
37. Flexibility to adapt in a dynamic, evolving environment.
Why Gist?
At Gist we are united by our core values; with safety and people at the heart of everything do, we are progressive, accountable, collaborative, and ethical.
Our objective is to establish a performance-focused environment that is fair and inclusive, where everyone can develop, and connect meaningfully to their manager, the Gist vision, and M&S. We are fiercely protective of everyone’s health, safety, and wellbeing, and align firmly to M&S’s sustainability commitments in Plan A.
Gist will play an integral part in the M&S journey as it pushes boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring era. As part of the M&S group, there’s never been a better time to be part of our team. Join us and make an immediate impact.
Gist aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers, and suppliers. If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment. If it’s meaningful to you, it’s important to us.
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Recruiter Kobayashi, Stephanie