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Depot Manager

Employer
The Felix Project
Location
London (East), London (Greater)
Salary
35,000
Closing date
24 Mar 2021

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

Job Details

Job Description

Job Title:              Depot Manager   

Reporting To:      Head of Depot Operations / Operations Director      


About The Felix Project

The Felix Project is London's leading food redistribution charity. We rescue surplus food from businesses, supermarkets, restaurants and farms. This food is nutritious, in-date, and safe – and includes a high proportion of fresh vegetables, fruit, meat and fish. If Felix did not rescue this food, it would be thrown away and wasted. Instead, we deliver it completely free of charge to local charities, schools, food banks, COVID food hubs and other organisations serving people in need. Our food is a vital lifeline for children and families, people on low incomes, people who have lost their jobs, the homeless, refugees, domestic abuse survivors, the elderly and keyworkers. Our vision is a London where no one goes hungry and good food is never wasted.

The Felix Project is a very ambitious and dynamic young charity. We haven’t stopped growing since we were founded in 2016 in memory of Felix Byam Shaw, by his father, entrepreneur Justin Byam Shaw. Right now, we are running a very high-profile media fundraising campaign with the Evening Standard and Independent, which is on track to raise 10 million pounds. We have had celebrity endorsement from the likes of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Jack Whitehall. This winter, we will partner with FareShare to run their London depot independently. By the end of 2020, we plan to have delivered enough food for 20 million meals. We have huge growth plans for the next 4 years – aiming to have capacity to deliver food for 100 million meals by 2024. This will be enough to almost eradicate hunger in London. 

Purpose of the Job

The Depot Manager position is a key role in the depot operations team.  The main requirement of the role is to lead the day-to-day operations of our new depot in East London. You will provide leadership for your team of staff and volunteers, and ensure the depot maintains our standard operating procedures particularly with respect to health & safety and food safety. You will be responsible for ensuring all depot operations team members and volunteers are inducted, trained and supervised to our agreed standards.  As this is a new depot you will be responsible to implementing all systems and procedures with the support of the project team.

Duties and Accountabilities

  • Leadership of the depot operation
  • Budget ownership for the operation
  • Regular reporting and measurement
  • Leadership, development and management of depot staff
  • Volunteer co-ordination, training and supervision
  • Resource planning and management
  • Delivery of all standard operating procedures
  • Developing and maintaining relationships with local charities and suppliers
  • Overseeing the depot operational data and ensuring that it is secure and accurate
  • Route planning
  • Actively carrying out food collections and deliveries with current suppliers and charities where needed
  • Stock management and warehousing
  • Management of the depot facilities and vans
  • Acting as a local ambassador for The Felix Project
  • Development and implementation of all local compliance policies (e.g. food handling, health and safety, volunteer policies etc)
  • Increasing impact and quality of the operation
  • Liaison with other Felix Project departments and project colaboration

Person Specification

You will be a knowledgeable warehouse manager with experience of maintaining operating standards and supervising teams of people. You have a passion to be in a charity that is expanding rapidly and thrive in a busy environment.  You will have a desire to help reduce food waste and/or fight food poverty.

Essential skills/knowledge relevant to this role 

  • Warehouse management experience in FMCG sector or similar at a senior level
  • Full UK Driving Licence (with no more than 6 points) held for at least 1 year – over 21 for insurance purposes
  • Successful track record in a leadership position in a warehouse environment
  • Excellent people management experience and success in driving performance and accountability
  • Proven track record in driving efficiency, improvement and/or supporting growth
  • Proven track record in improving and embedding processes and systems to optimise operational efficiency
  • Knowledge and experience of developing and implementing compliance policies within an operation (ideally food safety and health & safety)
  • Ability and willingness to work in a busy environment
  • Ability to work within a team of varied individuals with a positive attitude
  • Meticulous organisation skills and attention to detail
  • Good PC skills, particularly Microsoft Office
  • Excellent communication skills

Desirable skills/knowledge relevant to this role 

  • Committed to reducing food waste and fighting food poverty
  • Flexibility in terms of working hours
  • Forklift license

What you’ll get in return

You’ll be working in an upbeat, innovative charity with strong vision, ambition and a fantastic culture and leadership team.  This role is located at our new depot in Bow, East London but you may be asked to occasionally work in one of our other locations as part of your duties. The salary is £35,000 per annum, 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.

Contract Type:                        Fixed term, for the duration of 5 months

Hours:                                     37.5 hours per week, Shift basis – 5 days out of 6. Any 7.5h between 07:30 and19:00. Occasionally we will operate on Sundays.

Application procedure

Please send your CV with a covering letter demonstrating your suitability for the role to recruitment@thefelixproject.org with ‘Depot Manager’ in the subject.

Company

The Felix Project is London's biggest food redistribution charity and the largest end-to-end food redistribution charity in Europe.  

Our vision is a London where no one goes hungry and good food is never wasted. 

We rescue surplus food from businesses, supermarkets, restaurants and farms. This food is nutritious, in-date, and safe and includes a high proportion of fresh vegetables, fruit, meat and fish. If we did not rescue this food, it would be at risk of going to waste. Instead, we deliver it free of charge to London charities, schools, food banks, food hubs and other organisations serving people in need. Our food is a vital lifeline for children and families, people on low incomes, people who have lost their jobs, the homeless, refugees, domestic abuse survivors, the elderly and keyworkers.  

  We were founded in 2016 in memory of Felix Byam Shaw, by his father, entrepreneur Justin Byam Shaw.  

Company info
Location
Unit 6, Kendal Court
Kendal Avenue
London
Middlesex
W3 0RU
GB

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