Delivery Operations Manager - Bestway Southampton

We now have a fantastic opportunity for a Delivery Operations Manager at our Southampton branch:

Talbot Road,
Off Stephenson Road,
Segensworth South,
Fareham,
PO15 5RY
Telephone: 01329 854200
Branch Information: https://www.bestwaywholesale.co.uk/depots/Batleys-Southampton

As our Delivery Operations Manager, you will manage and co-ordinate all delivery operations of the depot including stock management, replenishment, marshalling and loading, ensuring the on-going achievement of depot KPI’s, targets and objectives.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring that required activities and records related to the operation and maintenance of a fleet of vehicles are managed effectively
• Overseeing and maintaining our vehicle routing application (Paragon) for optimal results.
• Ensuring clear operational procedures exist and are followed
• Ensuring depot standards and quality metrics are met
• Organising and planning resources to ensure adequate cover against volume and demand.

In addition, you’ll provide an excellent customer, colleague and stakeholder experience, motivating and inspiring your team to achieve results whilst acting as a champion for our Company Values.

To be successful in this role, it’s essential that:

• You are highly organised, with exceptional planning skills
• You have the ability to effectively manage and prioritise tasks
• You use strategic problem solving skills to re-work situations when required to ensure minimum impact to the business or customer.
• You are commercially focused and committed to achieving targets and delivering outstanding customer service.
• You are a role model, and that your coaching and mentoring skills along with your inspiring and empowering leadership style motivate your team to exceed targets and achieve their full potential.

In addition to your basic pay, we offer 30 days annual leave (inclusive of bank Holidays), company pension, and free parking on site.

Further details:

• Job type: Full-time, permanent
• Salary: Highly competitive and dependent on experience
• Hours of work: 44 hours per week
• Shift: TBC

We’re passionate about meeting our customers’ needs and working as a team to grow our business. So if you’re looking for an opportunity to make an impact in an ambitious company that’s built its way up from humble beginnings, you could be the person we’re looking for.