UK and International Freight Manager

UK and International Freight Manager

Location: Appleby Magna (DE12 8BA)
Contract: Full time, permanent
Salary: £47,250, plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme

About the Job

Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special.  You’ll have an important part to play in automotive success that spans nearly 50 years.   Unipart Logistics (UL) has secured a contract to run the new, custom-built Jaguar Land Rover Global Parts Logistics Centre at Appleby Magna in Leicestershire.  The operation is housed at Jaguar Land Rover’s new Mercia Park campus, one of the largest UK warehouse developments for a single customer. We would like you to join us now!

Here at Unipart we don’t just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way.  It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.

As a UK and International Freight Manager you will manage a team who co-ordinate and control the UK, inbound and outbound supply of Aftermarket Parts globally from suppliers and to specific markets across all transport modes.  You will achieve this through executing the processes and procedures required in an accurate and timely manner to minimise any delay to the customer.

As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:

• Lead a team of first line managers to ensure they are effective leaders
• Ensure Health & Safety standards are achieved and maintained throughout your team
• Recruit exceptional people into the business and develop colleagues through the use of succession planning
• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, service providers, the customer and colleagues across all levels
• Maintain all aspects of stock integrity and ensure ownership of activities and resolutions
• Ensure quality requirements are met, identifying and supporting any performance improvement opportunities
• Manage and plan for operational requirements against forecast and demand

About You

We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!

• Competent and confident in dealing with multiple stakeholders across a range of levels
• Customer service driven
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Good understanding of transport and/or distribution
• Experience of disciplinary and grievance procedures
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast paced, ever changing environment
• Proven leadership skills
• Experience of working within a busy environment in the logistics and supply chain industry
• Proven problem solving skills and evidence of continuous improvement
• Understanding of environmental regulations would be advantageous

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies.  We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales.  As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.

You may have experience in the following: Freight Manager, Logistics Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Transport Manager, Distribution Manager, Global Freight Coordinator, International Shipping Manager, UK Logistics Specialist, Operations Manager, Freight Operations Supervisor, Logistics and Distribution Manager, Transport and Freight Planner, International Logistics Lead, Export and Import Manager, Warehouse and Logistics Manager, etc

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