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Kuehne+Nagel First Line Manager - Inventory in Donnington, United Kingdom
Join Our Team as an Inventory First Line Manager! We’re looking for a leader to enhance our team’s value and provide strong team management. If you’re passionate about driving success and championing operating standards, apply now!
Your Role
As Inventory Front Line Manager you will manage and monitor all aspects of the operation to ensure stock is available to fulfil requirements at all times. You will build strong relationships with the customer, offering excellent customer service within budgetary constraints and work with them to ensure efficient planning, reviewing and communication of operational requirements and changes, responding positively to customer requests at all times. You will be responsible for monitoring general business KPI’s, ensuring that they are met and improved upon through the effective management of the operation/ operational area of concern. Utilising your team management skills you will create and maintain an environment that encourages employee participation and effective team working and ensure employees are involved in the success of the operation through continual feedback and positive communication.
Your Responsibilities
Process adherence; review on a regular basis all WI and SOP’s to keep them up to date.
Working with the operation to achieve KPI and SOR targets and produce weekly reports to send out to the OLS Manager
Continually reviewing all aspects of the operation and driving improvements in methods, procedures and efficiency and root cause analysis on issues to prevent future errors.
Conducting Daily, Weekly and Monthly briefings with whole team, achieve individual and team productivity performance standards including accuracy and the development of your team including succession planning.
Promoting high standards of hygiene and housekeeping and ensuring compliance to all legislative Health & Safety requirements.
Promoting and ensuring a consistent, fair and thorough approach to the implementation of human resources policies and procedures.
Ensuring compliance of the operation to the Quality systems, industry standards and legal requirements.
Adhere to company standards as detailed in the Code of Conduct Policy and comply with all instructed Safe Working Practices including the reporting of all accidents and incidents within the workplace
Your Skills and Experiences
Logistics management experience in a large fast moving environment
Strong warehouse system experience
Leadership qualities including the ability to enthuse and motivate with the ability to influence, negotiate and deal with conflict successfully
Financial and strategic management experience and commercial awareness
Drive, determination and a track record in delivering continuous improvement
A strong knowledge of Health & Safety at work
Experience of working to agreed targets
Preferred experience (not essential) of JDA/ Red Prairie systems
Please be aware that by applying for this role, you are agreeing to participate in the employment screening process. This process will include criminal record checking and identity validation. This means that KN will ask successful applicants to provide certain information and documentation to enable these checks to be conducted.
Any appointment will then be strictly conditional upon, and subject to, the receipt of satisfactory results of these checks
Good Reasons to Join
If you would like to become a valued member of our team, we will make sure that you’re rewarded for your commitment and expertise. You can join the contributory Kuehne+Nagel pension plan and enjoy our Route 2 Rewards scheme which offers everything from discounts, benefit information, recognition and its own wellbeing centre. We care for our colleagues (and their immediate family) with our employee assistance programme providing access to 24/7 GP, legal and financial advice along with mental health counselling. All of this to help you live a happier and healthier life As proud holders of the Gold Covenant, we are a forces-friendly employer who recognise the skills, expertise and value service leavers bring to our organisation.
Kuehne + Nagel is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you require an accommodation for any part of the online application process due to a disability, please contact the Employee Services HR Help Desk at 1-800-267-1326 during the hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm EST; Monday through Friday or via e-mail at: HR.helpdesk@kuehne-nagel.com with the nature of your request. We will answer your inquiry within 24 hours.