Warehouse Manager

• Contract Type: Permanent / 40 hours per week
• Salary: £69,645.51, Plus Car, Bonus and Private Medical Insurance
• Days of Work: Monday to Friday
• Hours of Work: 12:00 - 20:30

Join us on our journey as we aim to be the UK's most sustainable delivery company, whilst ensuring our customers continue to receive a world class service. You will be in a busy and fast paced business, with a turnover of nearly £2 billion, that can offer you great benefits and plenty of opportunities to progress your career.

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer.

Purpose of Position

As a warehouse manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day site management of the DPD Logistics operation.

• Achieving Logistics department objectives in terms of productivity, Health & Safety and Quality
• Deliver outstanding service to our customers with a team driven to be the best they can be
• Provide the safest and healthiest environment in which your teams work
• Encourage a competitive environment with clearly set productivity and service level targets for your teams
• Manage the department through effective planning, reporting and cost controlFocus on customer needs and satisfaction
• Sets high standards for quality and quantity
• Monitors and maintains quality and productivity
• Establishes good relationships with external suppliers, customers and staff
• Builds wide and effective networks of contacts inside and outside the organisation
• Relates well to people at all levels
• Makes a strong personal impression on others
• Gains clear agreement and commitment from others by persuading, convincing and negotiating
• Takes responsibility for actions, projects and people
• Takes initiative, acts with confidence and works under his own direction
• Motivates and empowers others
• Provides staff with development opportunities and coaching
• Delegates work appropriately and fairly
• Monitors performance against deadlines and milestones

What we're looking for

Experience in the logistics or distribution industry and proven ability in running large, fast paced, 24/7 operations with responsibility for a significant number of staff.

You will be a confident communicator/presenter with the skills to lead and manage teams as well as influence strategy and liaise with our Senior Leaders.

A person capable of decisive and effective decision-making in a time pressured environment.

A passion for building and motivating high-performing teams.

Someone that really enjoys resolving problems and demonstrates high levels of resilience, self motivation and flexibility.

Demonstrate the core values of DPD DNA - Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Caring and Accountability.

We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn't be able to deliver our award winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It's important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few

• Holiday trading
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Free life assurance of 4 salary on joining the pension scheme
• Health Kiosks visiting every location
• Vitality at Work
• Free On Site Parking
• Discounted shopping from 100's of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
• Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
• For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.