Warehouse & Despatch Manager required to join a manufacturing company in South London /Croydon. Permanent, site based, role paying circa £45-£55k with benefits

The Warehouse Manager joins a growing manufacturing organisation and is responsible for the management of Warehousing, Despatch, Delivery, Stock and Inventory.

Ultimately you will lead the Warehouse and team to greater levels of efficiency and effectiveness. Responsible for ensuring the maximisation of warehouse space and stock turns across raw materials and finished goods you will meet or exceed despatch targets leading to higher levels of customer satisfaction.

This represents an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and career minded individual Warehouse professional who has worked within manufacturing to join a successful and growing company that offers long term career prospects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the Warehouse and staff across, despatch, pick and pack etc
• Ensure ERP ( Microsoft AX ) stock data is accurate and up to date
• Minimise damage and lost stock in storage and in transit
• Management of the Fork Lift Trucks and Warehouse assets, including maintenance and inspection
• Cost control of the warehouse budget
• Site lead for all H&S
• Ensure all picking, packing and order fulfilment satisfies customer orders
• Leadership of all weekly, monthly, annual etc stock takes for company budgets and forecasts
• Collaborate with production, logistics, manufacturing to minimise issues with pallets, labelling, stock locations etc
• Minimise waste
• Proactively issues with Supply Chain, Customer Services and commercial colleagues

Who we are looking for:

• Suitable applicants will possess strong Warehouse experience gained within a high volume manufacturers
• You will have managed Despatch and Warehousing to UK, European and global locations
• Experience of managing despatch via Containers and Vehicles
• Demonstrable history of leading teams of staff to higher levels of success
• Excellent understanding of H&S legislation and the ability to constantly improve site safety
• Ideally educated to degree level
• Existing usage of Microsoft AX is advantageous
• Industry specific qualifications such as CILT / MILT / APICs is beneficial
• Able to work onsite full time
• Applicants must be based in the UK and eligible to work and remain on a permanent basis

What is on offer?

Salary in the region of £45k to £55K, Bonus, Life Insurance, Pension.

A Manufacturing Director is sought for a technology manufacturing company located in West Suffolk. Salary up to £100K with benefits including car allowance, pension, bonus + more

The Director of Manufacturing oversees multiple global plants, which manufacture technically advanced products. Accountability for ensuring that health, safety, environmental, customer, quality, cost, and delivery requirements are met, you will also develop continuous improvement and technically advanced manufacturing principles

Ultimately you will maximise manufacturing output, increase company profitability and help to lead and develop the teams during a period of significant sales growth and business expansion

What you’ll be doing?

• Responsible for leading group manufacturing you will ensure a high focus on Health, Safety and Wellness  by promoting a culture of safety first.
• Ensure that all products are manufactured in a cost effective, quality, profitable and timely manner, in alignment with specifications and quality requirements.
• Manage Production and Manufacturing departments, ensuring production output is consistently delivered.
• Ensure environmental considerations, improvements and targets are at the heart of manufacturing operations. Lead and contribute to the ESG strategy and initiatives.
• Implementation of new and advanced technology.
• Responsible for the manufacturing budget, annual forecast, and CAPEX proposals.
• Supervise CAPEX purchases, plant maintenance and facilities.
• Ensure a continuous improvement culture, develop, and train Lean methodologies
• Through personal example promote Codes of Conduct, ensure the team follows the Code and manage non-compliance.
• Communicate and maintain good relationships with Unions

Whom we are looking for:

• Successful applicants will have a proven record of accomplishment ideally with a blend of high-value, low-volume, and low value high volume, manual and automated global manufacturing operation.
• Extensive multiple site manufacturing plant management success utilising Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen and CI methodologies
• Excellent leadership and people management skills, able to define long-term strategic goals
• Commercial and Financial acumen, proficiency in managing budgets, forecasting and metrics
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems experience
• Willing to travel overseas once per quarter.
• Knowledge of IOSH/NEBOSH, ISO standards
• Spanish language is a plus.
• Management of an ESG manufacturing strategy is beneficial
• Already based in the UK, eligible to remain on an indefinite basis and are willing to work onsite full time

A Head of Engineering is sought for a technology manufacturing company.A hybrid role, site located in West Suffolk / Bury St Edmunds offering a competitive salary with benefits including car allowance, pension, bonus + more

The Head of Engineering Leads the NPD (new product development) strategy by working closely with Customers to understand their needs so they can be engineered into automated and manual product ranges. By collaborating with Product Managers, you will ensure that the company's and customers’ objectives are aligned with, and built into the technology strategy

You will lead the Robotics, mechatronic and software engineering teams, develop their capability to meet key deliverables, and act as a change agent for innovation to bring the team on the customer journey.

An expert in Robotics products engineering you will drive the long-term automated manufacturing solutions that increase sales and market share.

What you’ll be doing:

• Management of multi-disciplined Engineering teams, including performance management, career development, and resource planning.
• Global new process technology development and implementation for manufacturing sites
• Identify automated technical product improvements
• Partner with manufacturing sites and third-party suppliers to manage new technical developments
• Identify and resolve technical engineering problems that arise in manufacturing facilities
• Manage Software Test as a function, ensuring high quality for all New Products
• Management of the NPI programme in line with cost and quality targets
• Define the annual Engineering budget, manage expenditure
• Motivate technical teams to engage with customers and develop key client relationships
• Assure that all safety, regulatory and ESG measures are met
• Attend trade fairs, supplier meetings, conferences and exhibitions
• Encourage awareness and active participation in ESG and wellness initiatives.

Whom we are looking for:

• Successful applicants will have a proven record of accomplishment within a similarly high-value, low-volume complex engineering and manufacturing operation.
• Experience in leading multidisciplinary Engineering teams with the proven ability to manage complex, multidisciplinary engineering projects
• Up to date with engineering innovations including Robotics, Automation, Software, AI etc.
• A hands-on leader  able to successfully develop and motivate employees
• Extensive NPD and NPI management, able to develop relationships with customers and suppliers
• A solid commitment to supporting ESG, specifically the environment, promoting diversity and operating ethically
• Relevant engineering degree
• You will already be based in the UK, are eligible to remain on an indefinite basis and be willing to work onsite 3 days’ per week

What’s on offer?

Competitive Salary, + car allowance, Bonus, Medical Insurance, Pension etc

Langley is exclusively retained to manage this process on behalf of our client, full disclosure of salary and package will be provided to those applicants who are verbally contacted during shortlisting.  

This FTSE 100 is currently going through an incredibly exciting transformative period. The business is looking for a Procurement Specialist to join its Commercial team on a permanent basis. They operate a hybrid working model which is flexible and tailored to individual’s needs. 

The business is currently in a very sharp period of growth, and this is a critical position within the team with full responsibility for the procurement strategy, activity, and delivery across the Hard Facilities Management category. This will include Capital Expenditure as well as certain areas of Construction such as painting and refurbishment, plumbing, heating, general building works and materials, fire, access systems, statutory compliance, energy & environment initiatives.

The role: 

• Sourcing, selecting, and negotiating industry leading supply solutions that deliver real value to the business, and its suppliers, customers, and shareholders
• Leading and managing sourcing processes (including tenders, RFQs, vendor presentations, negotiations)
• Managing risk and sustainable procurement in the supply chain
• Formulating category strategy and plans in conjunction with stakeholders
• Conducting opportunity analysis to identify where and how benefit could best be delivered
• Drafting supply contracts and negotiating terms that maximise value and limit risk
• Forming recommendations to contract that demonstrate robust procurement practices through the unlocking of value and mitigation of risk, and presenting these to internal customers at all levels in the business as required
• Acting as a change agent - positively challenging the status quo where it leads to value
• Maintaining contractual agreements and updating contracts databases
• Providing expert contractual and commercial advice to stakeholders across the business
• Demonstrating best practice supplier relationship management across accountable categories, acting as the escalation point for supplier performance management
• Demonstrating influence and commercial acumen, being an active contributor to the success of the team

You will have relevant expertise as a Procurement Category Manager, Sourcing Manager, Purchasing Manager, Procurement Specialist or Senior Buyer across categories such as Hard FM, Construction, Capex etc.  You will also have substantial strategic procurement experience within fast-paced environments coupled with a can-do approach to work.

Applicants from all background will be considered so long as the above criteria is met. 

Please apply now for more details. 

Role:                Director of Operations

Location:         UK (Preference would be South East)

Salary:             £120-150K BASE plus Exec Package

About Our Client

My client who are a leading Logistics/Shipping business and they are currently looking to attract the very best Director of Operations for this newly created role, which is due to continued expansion and recent acquisitions.

Job Description

You will have responsibility for all the operational processes across all the transport modes and contract logistics. You will be looking to increase both productivity and efficiencies across the operation whilst also looking to increase service quality.  
You will have responsibility for a large team therefore your leadership and communication skills need to come to the fore.

• Overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of an operations team of around 120 employees.
• Responsible for the up-skilling of the current team through an active attitude towards coaching, mentoring and development.
• Develop and grow relationships with 3rd party suppliers (air, road and sea) in order to secure the most cost effective rates for our business..
• Offer strategic business direction through the collection and analysis of business statistics.
• Ensure that a quality service is provided to our customers in line with our SLA's.
• Generate new business relationships through active promotion of our brand.
• Direct responsibility for six Senior Managers on a daily basis.
• The role can essentially be based anywhere in the UK, there is a preference for a South East base. The role does potentially have some European travel involved.

The Successful Applicant

My client is actively looking to engage a dynamic leader, mentor and coach who can impart their passion and knowledge onto the wider business. Either currently working as a Operations Director or an established Senior Manager with strong leadership and mentoring skills would be perfect for this position.

The successful Operations Director will have many of the following attributes:

• Strong airfreight forwarding experience is essential for this role.
• Previous experience of remotely managing numerous teams.
• Commercially minded, with a desire to drive profitability whilst still providing outstanding customer service.
• Experience developing and lead teams through periods of change.
• Ideally educated to degree level (BSc, BA, or BEng) although not a prerequisite.
• Previous experience at a similar level within other Blue Chip or SME Logistics businesses.

For further information please email christian.smith@langleysearch.com or call +44 (0) 333 366 0839 quoting CS//7783.

Langley Search & Interim is a specialist search firm and interim provider of Procurement and end-to-end Supply Chain roles across the UK, Europe and Internationally. We place senior level interim and permanent positions from global multinationals to SMEs, across Consumer, Industrial, Public Sector and Technology & Professional Services.

Take a look at our website at www.langleysearch.com, join our LinkedIn community at http://bit.ly/1MzkDeV and follow us on Twitter @LangleySearch for the latest industry insight, news and more exciting opportunities. As the leading niche recruiter of Procurement and end-to-end Supply Chain jobs we also provide valued career advice and support services for candidates.

Unfortunately due to the high levels of response we receive, we are often unable to personally respond to every application. If you are suitable for the role for which you have applied or another role, we will contact you within 3 working days.

My Client, a leading Consulting firm is currently recruiting a Sustainable Procurement Manager.  The role can be based in either Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle or Manchester. The role reports to the Head of Procurement. The Sustainable Procurement Manager will support the firm in its aim for carbon reduction.

You will collaborate with the Procurement team. The main focus will be on embedding a sustainable, social value and ethical process and supply chain across all categories of spend.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about sustainable sourcing and wants to build a sustainable programme from scratch.

Key responsibilities

• Support procurement managers in their projects and engagements to ensure sustainability opportunities are identified and optimised in our procurements, agreed objectives continued and reported on
• Maintaining an up to date knowledge of best in class sustainable procurement criteria across all key categories
• Working alongside category procurement, sustainability and EDI specialists to establish existing baselines and opportunities for improvement projects.
• Liaising with suppliers and functional owners as required to ensure we have meaningful and productive relationships with our key suppliers’ CSR teams.
• Identifying risk factors, such as Modern Slavery in our supply chain, and raising accordingly with colleagues

Experience required

• Knowledge of the corporate procurement processes and how to reflect sustainable objectives in contracts.
• An understanding of carbon footprint reporting and how supply chains impact on an organisation’s performance
• Passionate about organisational sustainability and corporate responsibility
• Strong hands-on experience in implementing sustainable procurement initiatives and impacting positively on the performance of supply chains

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info@langleysearch .com quoting MB/7726.

Langley Search & Interim (langleysearch . com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs

My Client a Private Equity owned energy platform business, are currently looking for a Head of Supplier & Account Manager The Head of Supplier & Account Manager will report to the CFO and be accountable for maintaining and improving the existing Supplier relationships. This includes ensuring on-time delivery across the supply base ensuring prices remain competitive and coverage is extensive across the UK.

This is a great opportunity for someone wanting to work with a leading organisation that they can really have a hand on shaping and developing.  The role will be based remotely, with travel to suppliers.

In this role, you will…

• Be a member of the management team, leading the Supply team and shaping the Supply strategy. 
• Build strong working relationships with both suppliers across the UK and colleagues across the business; understand their priorities and help them understand yours. 
• Build, lead, manage and mentor a Supply team encompassing Account Management, Supply Operations and Resolutions (dealing with Supply issues impartially and resolving them to the satisfaction of both client and the supplier).
• Refine & improve the clients offering to customers & contractual relationships with suppliers.
• Ensure the right supply KPIs are in place and are managed effectively. 
• Work with the Operations Team to make sure that the clients get the right balance between supply and Operations, and processes are clear between both departments.
• Ensure that the Supply roadmap is well communicated and understood across the wider team.  Improve the level of Supply and process understanding across the business.

Experience Required:

• Great commercial ability, communication, and relationship management. Comfortable working and negotiating with people from national businesses down to sole suppliers
• Curiosity and a love of process and optimisation. You can always see a better way to do things and get excited about the opportunity to create new processes and experiment with existing ones.
• Passion for leading teams and at least 5 years experience in a Supply Chain role, ideally in a business that uses technology and data. You know that delivering high-quality service depends on having a great team in place and skilful leadership and management of them.
• A data-driven and analytical mindset. You know how to ask the right questions to get to actionable outcomes, how to design processes and use KPIs to measure their effectiveness.
• Good judgement and the ability to stay calm under pressure. You have superb organizational skills, integrity, and great follow-through on tasks.

For more information about this exciting role and if you meet the criteria, please submit your details without delay to info @langleysearch .com quoting MB/7724.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch . com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field.  We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients, from large global multinationals to SMEs