<h3 class="theme-panel-header text-2xl pb-6 theme-vacancy-section-title">About the role</h3><p>We’re looking for a General Manager to join the team within our Corby Distribution Centre leading the Operations Managers to ensure efficient day to day management of the Distribution Centre, ensuring all the process and procedures are carried out in line with agreed budgetary and service goals.</p><p>Reporting to the Director of Logistics, the General Manager will be responsible for delivering key strategic initiatives and will be ultimately responsible for ensuring that the expectations of our customers, operational plans and health and safety requirements are delivered.</p><p>This is a great opportunity for a highly credible and experienced logistics leader to have a significant impact on the performance of Logistics and Supply Chain and contribute to the continued success and growth of Matalan.</p><ul><li>Take a strategic approach to the operation, continuously seek improved ways of working and actively encourage beneficial change</li><li>Drive and increase employee engagement and inclusive culture, working closely with the wider logistics team.</li><li>Working closely with all departments within the Logistics team to align with industry best practices and unified operational working</li><li>Drive performance through analysis of KPI’s to achieve all targets</li><li>Implement any new key business initiatives</li><li>Promote productivity, accuracy, throughput, stock turnaround and quality targets, ensuring that they are communicated, understood and achieved</li><li>Accurately plan and manage labour costs to agreed standards ensuring effectiveness and efficiency</li><li>Scrutinise and manage the operational budget to deliver financial targets and identify opportunities to deliver financial gains</li><li>Drive a service culture through coaching the team and sharing best practice</li><li>Oversee and challenge on shelf availability and picking accuracy in order to better service customers, both internal and external</li><li>Ensure that Managers are working within HR guidelines, ensuring all Companies HR procedures and standards are consistently and fairly applied</li><li>Lead monthly reviews with Operations Managers and Business Partners</li><li>Ensure the successful achievement of positive audit scores.&nbsp;</li><li>Think and plan in terms of months and years to ensure that the operation has appropriate plans in place to deal with peak periods</li><li>Manage Health and Safety, working proactively to ensure continuous improvement of all H&amp;S practices ensuring appropriate structure and governance is in place</li><li>Constantly drive continuous improvement in all warehouse operations</li></ul><div class="absolute bottom-2 right-2"><button onclick="scrollToTop()" class="theme-primary p-2 rounded-lg flex"><i translate="no" class="material-symbols-outlined"> arrow_upward </i></button></div>