Overview
We are looking for a Warehouse Logistics Manager to join the Frontier team, based at our Ingham site. You will be responsible for leading and managing day-to-day operations of the site; to ensure Health, Safety, Environment and QA standards are met in line with legal requirements, Company COPs, regulations, and site-specific plans.
The Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase 5 more days
- Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
- Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
- Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
- Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
- Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers
About You
- Excellent communications skills with the ability to build effective working relationships both internally and externally at all levels with key customers & local authorities
- Motivate and create a positive team environment while providing team with clear direction, while using delegation appropriately to ensure team development
- Ability to adapt quickly to accommodate changing business and customer needs, while providing a responsive customer focussed service
- Attention to detail providing high levels of accuracy
- Adapts quickly and successfully to accommodate changing business and customer needs, while providing a responsive customer focussed service to ensure delivery of SLAs and KPIs
- Experience of leading and managing teams
- Knowledge of BASIS is desirable but not essential
- Use of initiative to manage time and workload
- A flexible approach to working hours specifically in peak periods
- Proven experience of working in a fast-paced environment
Your Role Will Involve
As a Warehouse & Logistics Manager your role will involve:
- Delivering all company policies and procedures in relation to Health and Safety
- Running the store and site to BASIS and Frontier policies and procedures
- Leading with developing and delivering Risk assessments and Safe working procedures
- Leading with delivering company targets on annual Health and Safety audit
- Driving efficiencies and challenge the process to ensure that the site operates to best practice while maintain high levels of customer service
- Organising order collation picking, wrapping and loading of orders on to vehicles
- Using computer-based stock ordering system to ensure accurate stocks are kept at all times and remain compliant with BASIS limits
- Carrying out weekly and quarterly stock takes ensuring any discrepancies are investigated and resolved in an efficient manner.
- Developing, co-ordinating and delivering SLA in relation to Crop Protection deliveries
About Us
Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than £1.5 billion.
With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.
Award winning for our commitment to people, we have been recognised by Great Place to Work institute since 2012 and we are proud to be ranked by them in the top 30 UK best large places to work.
Our business approach is underpinned by our core values Integrity, Customer focus and Expertise or ICE. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.
We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.
