Operations Director

Operations Director
Berkshire
£60,000 - £70,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus

Role Profile

Our client, who is a growing business with international presence, are looking to recruit an Operations Director to help centralise their logistics & supply chain operations both domestically and across new territories. You will report into the Managing Director, and be required to travel internationally as required by business needs - usually every 1-2 months.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall management and leadership to logistics team, ensuring clear objectives and targets are set
• Ensure best-in-class customer service in delivered at all times
• Implement, monitor and report to senior leadership team business KPI's and address any areas of underperformance
• Work cross-functionally with other areas of the business including finance, HR and legal to ensure alignment to business objectives
• Centralise logistics & supply chain function, allowing for replication across new territories
• Improve efficiency of end to end supply chain through cost reduction and increasing throughput
• Build and develop rewarding relationships with third parties and new partners, whilst ensuring consistency of service to customers

Key Skills & Experience

• Experience of managing international operations is essential
• Proven experience managing 3PL relationships and improve service levels
• Track-record of centralising and replicating blueprint of operations into new territories, ideally on international basis
• Strong change management, ideally with lean/ six sigma certifications
• Ability to demonstrate record of cost reduction and improving efficiency of supply chain operations
• Hands-on leader with ability to communicate at all levels and lead from the front

Remuneration

£60,000 - £70,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus

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