Assistant General Manager

Ready to take full ownership of a complex, multi‑temperature warehouse operation and drive performance at scale? Can you lead, inspire, and future‑proof teams while delivering safe, compliant, and cost‑effective logistics across freezer, chill, and ambient environments? Looking to build engaged teams that deliver results every day?

Here at GXO, we have a fantastic opportunity to recruit for an Assistant General Manager to join our team in Swindon, supporting our two sites for our customer, Iceland. Reporting into the General Manager and taking full responsibility for leading all aspects of the warehousing logistics, you will ensure safe, compliant and efficient operations while delivering outstanding service levels, fostering a high performance and engaged team culture.

This is a full time, permanent position, predominately working Monday to Friday, 08:00 till 16:00. However, due to the seniority of the role we do ask for some flexibility.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £80,000.00 per annum, a company car or car allowance of £505.00 per calendar month, a 10% performance related bonus and 25 days annual leave (plus 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:

• Daily oversight and direction of the 3 chambers of the warehouse logistics operation across both Swindon Iceland sites, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, company policies and food standards
• Manage team scheduling, resource allocation and workflow optimisation across multiple temperature-controlled environments
• Ensure rigorous adherence to food safety, hygiene and health & safety protocols unique required for temperature-controlled operations
• Support Site Planning & CI Manager with pipeline development

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Recognised industry certifications such as IOSH, HACCP, Six Sigma is advantageous but training will be given
• Analytical, data-driven approach to operational improvement and problem-solving
• Significant experience in multi-temperature logistics/warehousing within FMCG, retail or food distribution
• Strong knowledge of health & safety, food safety and regulatory requirements for cold chain operations

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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