Warehouse Manager

Overview

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.

We are currently looking for an experienced Warehouse Manager to join our Lenziemill, Cumbernauld site. We're seeking a dynamic and experienced leader from the FMCG sector to help drive our transformation programme. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to grow their career while playing a key role in shaping the future of our operations.

Salary and Benefits

Salary: circa £65,000 per annum (DOE)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Working pattern: Monday to Friday

Location: Gist Limited, Lenziemill, Cumbernauld, G67 2XN

• 20% M&S discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (rising with length of service)
• Discounted rates on healthcare cash plan
• Atractive 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

What you'll do

• Maintaining a continued focus around safety, ensuring the safety of our people and colleagues is your first priority
• Creating a stable and high performing team within the warehouse function
• Succession and development of Warehouse Operations Managers, Shift Managers, Apprentices and Operatives, ensuring a healthy internal pipeline within our organisation
• Building and owning the warehouse business plan
• Driving best in class performance, continuous improvement and efficiency within the warehouse function through your people
• Delivering bottom up ownership of risk management and compliance
• Delivering exemplary service to our customers with sustainable year on year improvement
• Identifying, securing and executing growth opportunities with our customer
• Effectively motivate, manage and inspire your Operations Managers to develop and grow the skills of their teams, to perform at the highest possible standard
• Effectively manage the levels of manpower and other resources required to meet the customers SLA's
• Standing-in for the General Manager during periods of absence - acting up as a manager to your peers and their teams and fulfilling the GM's duties in full
• Proposing innovative ideas and suggestions for improvement - encouraging and listening to the suggestions and opinions of those around you to enhance the service we provide to our customers
• Ensuring all requirements relating to safety, health, environment and quality are being fully implemented - promote our Involve culture to enable your teams, and the wider teams to lead the way in solving these issues and ensuring a 100% safe environment at all times
• Ensuring compliance with all Hygiene and Safety statutory requirements

Who you are

• Proven leadership experience in FMCG, with a passion for team development and operational excellence
• A versatile, forward-thinking manager who motivates and adapts to change
• Strong grasp of performance metrics and reporting
• Skilled in identifying risks and implementing effective solutions
• Confident working with systems and leveraging them for efficiency
• Excellent relationship-building skills, including experience navigating trade union matters

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.

Equal Opportunities

Gist aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers, and suppliers. If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment. If it's meaningful to you, it's important to us.

Our Internal Recruitment Team fulfil all vacancies on a direct basis. Unsolicited contact by unapproved agencies (sharing speculative CVs) will not be accepted and introductory fees will not apply.