Senior Delivery Station Manager

Ref: 638249

Sevenoaks, Kent

£100,000

• Permanent
• Last-Mile Logistics Leadership
• Operational Turnaround
• Large-Scale Site Management

About the candidate

A senior operations and logistics leader based in Sevenoaks, Kent, with six years’ experience in a global e-commerce and last-mile logistics environment. They have progressed quickly from shift leadership into senior delivery station management, leading one of Europe’s largest and most complex delivery operations with accountability for safety, quality, people and cost performance.

They are particularly strong in high-pressure, high-volume environments where operational standards, capacity and people performance need to improve quickly. Their background includes major site turnarounds, automation and facility upgrade projects, peak planning, workforce retention and leading large teams through change.

What makes them great?

• Delivers measurable improvement: Took one underperforming site from below 450th globally to 48th worldwide and UK top 10, with six consecutive quarters of league table improvement.
• Commercially sharp: Has led operations representing around £750m in annual shipment revenue and delivered around £250k in yearly management salary savings through shift model redesign.
• Builds strong teams: Developed succession plans that enabled five internal promotions and created sustainable leadership cover across a high-pressure logistics environment.

Areas of expertise

• Large-scale logistics leadership: Experienced in running complex, high-throughput delivery operations with 750+ employees, 35+ managers and significant commercial accountability.
• Operational turnaround and change: Strong track record of improving underperforming sites, rebuilding leadership teams and embedding better performance routines.
• Capacity, automation and facilities projects: Has led major site upgrades, including automation recovery, yard retrofit work and large-scale mezzanine expansion projects.