Depot Operations Manager

Job description

Why join us.

This won’t be your first venture into logistics. Instead, you’ll know it like the back of your hand, including operating in a unionised environment. You’re a go-getter who believes in visible leadership — rolling up your sleeves to get the job done yourself, if that is what it takes. You want to make big decisions and tough calls, and benefit from the high profile that brings. Most of all, you are actively seeking a leadership challenge that will stand you in good stead for larger roles linked to your career aspirations.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll work alongside the General Manager, Transport Compliance Lead and Planning Manager as part of the site leadership team. You’ll enhance the way people and teams work together with clear lines of accountability and implement an action-oriented and continuous improvement way of working. We want to instil a culture that will make our site a place where colleagues are proud to work at and feel that they can make a difference.  

You will be responsible for providing inspiring leadership to your team and managing high performance. Throughout, you’ll bring your leadership methodology and vision, clarity, ability to delegate, and develop your team so that everyone’s operating to their potential.

Who you are

Your logistics background will have given you exposure to a unionised environment as you will be required to work collaboratively to implement change. Your hands-on style will be about empowerment, not micro-management, and you’ll be aware that a role like this focuses on people and treating them inclusively so that they can enjoy what they do. You’ll also have substantial first-hand warehouse and transport knowledge. 

What you could do in future

Sainsbury’s offer a genuine opportunity to progress. Indeed, you’ll gain exposure to different parts of the business which will help widen your skillsets and move into other roles in the future. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right individual that will see a clear succession plan to potentially progress to a General Manager role or regional role. 

In return

You’ll enjoy all this and more:

• Colleague discount across our brands – Sainsbury’s, Argos and Habitat 
• Company car allowance
• Health cover
• Holiday allowance 
• Bonus scheme – up to 65% of base salary
• ShareSave scheme
• Sainsbury’s Share Purchase Plan (after 12 months of employment)
• Pension plan 
• Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more 
• Flexible working