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Job Title: Change Manager
Location: Enfield, EN3 7QP 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.
As a Change Manager, you will be responsible for the successful coordination and delivery of change and key business priorities across the Enfield site from central & depot-led initiatives.
As an analytical and proactive individual, you'll possess a strong drive to implement better, more efficient processes, lead and support project delivery, and drive the accuracy agenda. You’ll be a highly organized individual who can communicate across all levels of the business to ensure business-critical messages are delivered accurately.
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:
* 20% M&S discount on most things from furniture, fashion, and food
* 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (rising with length of service)
* Private Medical Healthcare
* Discounted rates on healthcare cash plan
* Attractive annual bonus scheme, based on M&S performance and personal objectives
* Auto Enrolment Pension or competitive Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and life assurance (up to 4 times salary)
* Amazing perks and discounts via our App to major restaurants and retailers
* Access to a wide range of wellbeing support – including our Employee Assistance Programme
* A first-class welcome with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development
* Cycle to work scheme
Role details:
Salary: Up to £51,000 + £2,000 London Weighting Allowance per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday | 0800 to 1600
Location: Gist Limited, Enfield, EN3 7QP
What you’ll do:
Health, Safety and Wellbeing:
* Champion the safety agenda daily
* Promote safe operating and warehouse standards
* Conduct hazard walks and observations against standards
* Maintain a safe and friendly working environment for all employees, agency, and subcontractors
People:
* Ensure effective communication throughout the management team and site colleagues
* Engage with key stakeholders on site, across the network, and in the central teams
* Lead improvement through regular, cross-functional engagement sessions
* Engage with the workforce to generate and deliver improvement initiatives
Operational Excellence:
* Collaborate with the wider warehouse function and engage with the Warehouse optimisation team to deliver compelling and business-led change effectively
* Drive continuous improvement processes
* Identify areas of improvement and engage the appropriate stakeholders to achieve measurable results
* Plan and organize projects with people and safety at the heart of decision-making
* Ensure work done matches the work imagined
* Share best practices with other sites to improve overall business standards
* Implement standardised processes
* Drive the accuracy agenda through operational teams
Customer and Growth:
* Responsible for operational processes. Maintain and improve methods & performance levels to maximise efficiency of operation in line with account KPI's
Environment:
* Ensure all requirements relating to safety, health, environment, and quality are being fully implemented in the warehouse or escalate
Who you are
* Continuous improvement experience (lean / six-sigma) and project management qualifications
* Thorough knowledge and hands-on experience of a warehouse function within the FMCG Distribution Industry
* An ability to drive a program of continuous improvement
* A background operating at a management level is a must
* A passion for encouraging teamwork, focusing on creating an innovative culture where all employees can voice their suggestions and ideas
* Excellent team project management skills
* An analytical mindset
* Experience in creating process improvement methods
* Previous experience working with Trade Unions (beneficial)
* Some flexibility
Why Gist?
At Gist, we are united by our core values; with safety and people at the heart of everything we 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 organization, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers, and suppliers. If you require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, please share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to meet your needs and ensure a fair and transparent assessment process. If it’s meaningful to you, it’s important to us.
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