Overview

Position Title: Warehouse Operations

Company: Wickes

Location: Thornhill, United Kingdom

Job Description:

An opportunity has arisen to join the Operations team in a challenging role to manage our stock and quality control team, as well overseeing the Continuous Improvement team. You will work with the existing Operations Managers closely, reporting directly into the AGM.

Responsibilities: 

  • Execute inventory reconciliations strategies to optimise inventory health.
  • Establish and maintain working relationships with the suppliers based on business strategy, cost efficiency and continuous improvement principles to ensure an optimised product cycle through the network.
  • Identify and seek out opportunities to improve supplier conformance to minimise risk of H&S, shrinkage losses in the network or upstream for both existing and potential suppliers.
  • Ensuring all metrics and KPI’s are achieved consistently.
  • To ensure compliance to procedures in all areas of responsibility.
  • To provide leadership, coaching and direction to colleagues.
  • To ensure that sales and profit targets are achieved together with the effective maintenance of operational standards in accordance with Company policies & procedures.
  • To act as a catalyst in identifying opportunities to improve business performance through active reviews of current process and procedure.
  • Monitor, analyse and own key performance indicators such as stock accuracy, stock shrinkage, orders accuracy.
  • Drive change within the operation, to further improve profitability and performance and stock efficiency of the site.

Reqirements:

  • Ability to influence and work with the senior management team to inspire an already thriving team.
  • Enthusiastic approach to work, “can do attitude!”.
  • Someone with the ability to manage multiple teams and tasks, competing priorities simultaneously.
  • Extreme attention to detail and willingness to roll up your sleeves.
  • Ability to thrive in a high energy environment where tactical and strategic activities are expected to be driven in parallel.
  • Someone who can recognise and promote Equal Opportunities & the organisations Diversity & Inclusivity strategy.
  • Adaptable, Organised, time critical decision maker, strong forward planning skills.
  • Someone who can motivate a diverse team and drive engagement.
  • Focus on continuous improvement in various areas of the work environment.
  • Active listener who is able to adjust their communication style to their audience to get buy-in from their stakeholders.
  • Superior analytical skills, with demonstrated ability to dive in and quickly understand root cause and identify scalable solutions.

About Wickes

We've been supplying DIY products to the UK’s home improvement market since 1972 and since then we've gone from strength to strength. With thousands of products available both online and in our stores, no Wickes project is too big or too small.