As General Manager, you will lead the strategic development, success, and growth of your site, balancing operational excellence and customer focus, with effective commercial decision-making
Key Responsibilities of the General Manager:
* Build a strategic plan for the year ahead, moving away from day to day by supporting the site leadership teams to achieve their objectives
* Use data to identify trends and actions to sustain, develop or improve the unit/site performance
* Leverage technology, systems, and people to drive improvements
* Responsibility for managing and exceeding site financial and operational targets
* Understand the detail and the various levers under operational influence and how they impact targets
* Support and develop senior-level client relationships where needed
* Involvement in the sales process to grow the business
* Be a confident and passionate advocate of our business
* Ensure we operate a ‘safety first’ mentality in our approach
* Manage operational teams ensuring they achieve their objectives through support, development, and feedback
* Lead on promoting the values and act as a leadership role model
* Lead the site Colleague Voice Forums and other Site communication and engagement activity to drive engagement, performance and continuous improvement
* Continually challenge and the site structure, to ensure it is fit for purpose, with correct mgt. ratios deployed, and with accountabilities and targets in place
* Create and manage development plans to ensure we retain and grow talent within the business
Required Skillset:
* Understands and can demonstrate the role of technology in operational efficiency. A high level of technical proficiency
* People and team focussed
* Experience of delivering productivity gain
* Develops others through coaching interventions
* Excellent analytical, organisational, and planning skills
* Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
* Significant logistics and warehouse experience is critical
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing 3pl business located in their Germany Site. To be considered for this opportunity, apply below or for more information contact Tim Burrows on 07377694325 or email tim.burrows@irlamassociates.co.uk