Senior Operations Manager

Are you a Senior Operations Manager looking to use your warehouse management experience and take the next step in your career? Do you like the idea of working for the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider? Are you flexible to work shifts and keen to make your mark?

We’re looking for a Senior Operations Manager to join us at our ASOS site in Barnsley working Tuesday – Saturday hours 13:30 – 22:00. You’ll lead the Operations team to deliver a first-class customer service.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary up to £54,000 per annum. In addition, we offer 264 hours annual leave (including bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more! 

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Management and coaching of your direct reports and an indirect team of up to 700 staff in peak

• Be responsible for ensuring team exceed KPIs and performance set by the customer, as well as driving improvement plans for further growth and capability

• Drive health and safety and a continuous improvement culture throughout the site and ensure that your team is working in a compliant and safe manner

• Ensure that through the effective control of resources all operational deadlines and standards within area of responsibility are met

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• A proven track record of managing a large team in a fast-paced warehouse environment, ideally within eCommerce with automation experience

• The ability to coach, lead and develop a large, diverse team through a professional manner with a can-do attitude

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively build relationships with stakeholders at all levels

• General confidence in the use of IT/Microsoft Office and WMS systems

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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