General Manager

Ref: 124603

Warwickshire, UK

£90,000

• Permanent
• Foodservice Distribution Leadership
• Multi-Site Operations
• Transport And Warehouse Optimisation

About the candidate

A commercially focused senior operations leader with over 20 years’ experience across foodservice distribution, retail logistics and 3PL environments. They bring strong General Manager and Operations Director experience, with responsibility for large multi-temperature warehouse and transport operations across regional and national networks.

They have managed sizeable teams, large mixed fleets, full P&L accountability and high-turnover depot environments, while consistently improving service, compliance, cost control and team performance. They are available for a permanent move with a 6-month notice period.

What makes them great?

• Delivered major stock reduction: Reduced weekly stock holding from around £8m to £6m, supporting cash flow with an approximate £2m reduction.
• Improved labour and route efficiency: Reduced agency driver usage from 62% to 12% through training and onboarding, while cutting around 12,000 delivery kilometres per week through rerouting.
• Led large-scale operations: Managed sites with up to around £170m turnover, 350 team members, 120 vehicles and £10m stock holding, with full ownership of service, cost, safety and compliance.

Areas of expertise

• Warehouse and transport leadership: Experienced in running complex, high-volume, multi-temperature operations across warehousing, transport and customer delivery.
• P&L and commercial control: Strong background managing depot performance, sales and profit targets, operational budgets and key commercial KPIs.
• Compliance and continuous improvement: Skilled in O Licence compliance, BRC audits, food safety, health and safety, routing, telematics and operational efficiency programmes.