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Head of Operations

Cheshire West and Chester Permanent £60,000 - £65,000 per year View Job Description
As a Head Of Operations you will oversee inhouse warehouse activity for a recognised brand, as well as ensure European fulfilment is managed through a 3PL partnership
  • Join a stable, international brand
  • Autonomy over inhouse and 3PL manageed operations

About Our Client

The organisation is a global brand with retail, wholesale and D2C customer groups. The UK operation ( West Cheshire ) directly serves the UK market, and manages European fulfilment. They have a positive, supportive culture with further growth ambitions.

Job Description

As Head of Operations, you will,

  • Oversee day-to-day logistics operations to ensure health and safety, cost, and service metrics are maintained
  • Set operational priorities and coordinate activity across the logistics function
  • Monitor performance across in-house and 3PL operations, highlighting opportunity for efficiencies (addition of automation / lean processes etc)
  • Plan workloads and resources to support consistent operational output across BAU and peak periods
  • Work with relevant colleagues to align logistics activity with wider business plans
  • Maintain clear operational reporting to support informed decisions

The Successful Applicant

A successful 'Head Of Operations' should have:

  • Experience overseeing inhouse and 3PL warehouse operations and coordinating daily activity
  • Ability to plan workloads, set priorities and manage competing operational demands
  • Experience monitoring operational performance and resolving delivery issues.
  • Strong commercial acumen to negotiate rates with 3PLs, carriers, freight forwarders
  • Knowledge of process improvement (CI) within logistics operations.
  • Ability to use operational information to guide clear decisions.
  • Experience working across teams as a member of an SLT to deliver agreed operational plans.

What's on Offer

  • Salary of circa £60,000 , dependent on the level of experience



Contact
Jonathan Weller
Quote job ref
JN-112026-7143344
Phone number
+44 161 829 0388

Job summary

Job function
Logistics
Subsector
Warehousing Management
Sector
FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
Where
Cheshire West and Chester
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Jonathan Weller
Consultant phone
+44 161 829 0388
Job reference
JN-112026-7143344