Assistant Despatch Manager

Job description

  Location
Preston, Lancashire
·  Category
Industrial & Manufacturing and Production - Industrial & Manufacturing
·  Job type
Permanent
·  Industry
Industrial and Manufacturing
·  External Reference
ADM/CD

My client is looking for an assistant manager to be involved in the day to day activities within the Despatch department. Responsible for ensuring the workload is completed to the correct standard and within timescales. Hands on approach but with the ability to identify opportunities to improve ways of working and efficiencies within the department. Provide flexibility to the despatch department to absorb and provide solutions to growing challenges from internal and external influences.

General Duties:
*Involved in uk and export despatch responsibilities.
*Booking of transport via external third party service providers.
*Focus mainly on the export duties but involvement with the UK remit as and when required
*Perpetual inventory stock control process management/control
*HR involvement - investigation/disciplinary meetings reference absence, timekeeping, accidents and conduct etc
*Working with the team to manage/control servicing and repairs to company vehicles.
*Regular interaction with internal customers - Customer Services, Production, Quality, Human Resources, Purchasing etc
*Deputise for the Despatch Manager when out of the business
Other duties as and when required by the business.
QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
International CPC Holder or willing to attain this (essential)
GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths (essential)
Multi-lingual - French speaker (desirable)

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Supervisory experience (essential)
Warehouse/logistics experience (essential)
Export customs procedures (essential)
Automated warehouse and logistics processes and systems (desirable)

Adecco is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.