General Manager - North London
The rewards
- A competitive salary in the range of £85,000 - £95,000 per year
- Additional benefits including a car allowance, bonus, private health insurance and pension scheme
- 25 days holiday, with the option to purchase more
- A supportive company culture that values innovation and collaboration
The role of General Manager:
- Overseeing an operation c250+ heads, including warehouse, transport and H&S functional leads
- Leading and motivating the team to meet company objectives and KPIs
- Managing the budget and allocating resources effectively
- Developing and implementing strategic plans to improve efficiency and productivity
- Ensuring compliance with industry regulations and company policies
- Collaborating with other department leaders to achieve company goals
- Handling customer queries in order to maintain high customer satisfaction
- Identifying and implementing continuous improvement initiatives
- Operational decision making through to professional development and succession planning
- Supplying and servicing the customer network across London
- Contributing to and executing against the overall strategy, while managing your individual site operational plans, budgets and performance targets
The ideal General Manager:
- Will live within a commuting distance of North London
- Proven experience in a site leadership role within a fast-paced warehouse and transport operation
- A demonstrable track record in building, developing and engaging high performing teams
- Strong leadership and team management skills, with staff engagement at the core
- Commercially astute (including budget management experience) and highly experienced at successfully implementing change
- Customer focused in your approach
- Confident and consistent communicator with an ability to flex styles to ensure the message is understood regardless of the audience
- An insightful, data-savvy problem solver who has a continuous improvement focus
- The ability and confidence to interpret often ambiguous data in making timely decisions based on evaluation of the associated risks & subsequent impacts on all stakeholders
This is a unique opportunity for a high performing General Manager to join a leading logistics provider and oversee one of their key operations.
Based at the operation in North London, you will report in to the Regional Director.
