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Operations Manager

Employer
Cavendish Maine
Location
Manchester
Salary
£35,000 - £45,000
Closing date
14 Jul 2019

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time
Function
Supply Chain & Logistics

Job Details

About the Company:

A well-established premier independent UK supplier of wine and spirits specialising in providing a complete category solution.

Responsibilities :

My client requires an operational manager with excellent SAP Warehouse Management System knowledge and experience to join the team as they approach full implementation of SAP EWM.

The role will involve pre and post implementation support, guidance and management, and requires the leading of a small warehouse team to achieve 'go-live’ objectives. (The implementation of the Warehouse Management System (EWM) is part of a larger project where a full ERP implementation is set to go live).

The role is offered on a 6-9 month temporary contract with the view of being made permanent. Hours of work are 37.5 per week: Monday- Friday 08:30 - 16:45, but flexibility is required to fit the needs of the business and to accommodate multiple shift patterns.

  • Lead a small team of warehouse staff involved with the implementation of SAP EWM.
  • Review the progress so far and work closely with all teams to resolve any gaps.
  • Liaise with the appointed SAP delivery consultants particularly EWM consultant to achieve joint/overlapping objectives.
  • Be actively involved with UAT and ultimately the full implementation.
  • Liaise and connect with other departments where processes touch/overlap such as production, finance and supply chain, to ensure joint objectives are met.
  • Connect operational processes with SAP EWM processes to understand where operational changes may need to be made.

Key Skills/Experience Required:

  • You must have SAP & EWM Experience.
  • Effective communication.
  • IT systems knowledge.
  • People management skills.
  • Project management experience.
  • Ability to communicate at all levels.
  • Conversant with SAP and EWM.
  • Experience of Microsoft office - specifically Excel.
  • Ability to motivate and manage a team to achieve goals and objectives.
  • Experience of using SAP EWM or WM within a manufacturing business would be an advantage.
  • Ideally you will be an operational manager with a high level of experience working with SAP warehouse management systems in a warehousing environment. Ideally the successful candidate will have extensive knowledge of Extended Warehouse Management (EWM).

Salary/Benefits Information:

  • A salary of £35,000 - £45,000.
  • Annual bonus scheme - discretionary based on KPIs.
  • Health Shield - after 12 months service.
  • Health checks (diabetes/blood pressure, stop smoking advice etc.).
  • Occupational health advice.
  • Pension - company contribution in line with AE.
  • Death in service 3 x salary.
  • Generous holiday entitlement.
  • Bank holidays.
  • Company day holiday.
  • £25 contribution towards Christmas party.
  • Vouchers at Christmas.
  • Wine at Christmas.
  • Staff shop.
  • Car parking.
  • Training and development.

Contact:

Dan Wells

Job Reference:

DW/22000

Candidate care:

By responding to this advert you consent to Cavendish Maine processing the personal data included within this application.

If your application is successful we will contact you to discuss the opportunity in more detail, within 48 hours of receiving your application.

Should you not hear from us within 3 working days please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please be advised that if unsuccessful for this role we may keep your details in our hold file, during which time you may be contacted for other suitable vacancies. If you do not want us to do this please call us to advise.

In the meantime, we would like to thank you for your interest in Cavendish Maine.

Company

Established in 1991 Cavendish Maine is a specialist sales, marketing and management recruitment consultancy. Covering the whole of the UK, we work with suppliers of food and non-food products to retail, hospitality and leisure markets and our impressive client portfolio ranges from global brand leaders to fast growing private companies.

Our team is experienced, professional and knowledgeable and each consultant has a specific market focus. This means that we know our clients intimately and our candidates are well briefed and well prepared for all interviews. In addition we have one consultant who specialises in export and international roles and separate teams that bring the same recruitment processes to accountancy and financial services employers.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01275 813000
Location
Leigh Court Business Centre
Pill Road
Abbots Leigh
Bristol
BS8 3RA
GB

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