Depot Operations Supervisor (WFF)

at  apetito

Overview:

The Depot Operations Supervisor reports to the Retail Sales & Operations Manager (RSOM) who has overall responsibility for the depot and service across:

• Customer Service
• Delivery fleet
• Cold store Warehouse

This role is 40 hours per week, working any 5 of 6 days (closed Sundays.)
We offer a competitive hourly rate of £13.73 per hour from 1st January 2025 (£14.00 per hour from 1st May 2025) + bonus + company benefits.
Who we are:
Wiltshire Farm Foods, part of the apetito group, is the UK’s largest ready-meal supplier, cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK primarily to the elderly, their family members and healthcare professionals.
We’re dedicated to making a real difference to our customers’ lives, by bringing sunshine to their doors through our commitment to provide good old-fashioned service.
Our intense pride drives us to continuously innovate and improve, ensuring our products and service exceed our customers’ needs.
This is all whilst being an ethical and sustainable organisation that believes in doing the right thing.

Responsibilities:

• An integral member of the leadership team, you’ll model the passion and commitment to deliver outstanding service to our customers.
• You will help to drive the consistent delivery of established processes and operational standards.
• You’ll track the team’s performance against achieving daily, weekly and monthly targets.
• Developing both the operational performance of the depot and the skills of your team will be a key aspect of the role.
• The Depot Operations Supervisor has responsibility for areas such as health & safety, stock management, local delivery fleet management and facilities maintenance.
• You’ll be ready and willing to get involved in the day-to-day tasks if needed, including deliveries (so a full UK driving licence is essential.)

About you:
This is a great opportunity for someone to grow their management skills and gain experience in different aspects of business delivery.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in a supervisory role- leading and motivating a team to achieve shared objectives
• Strong communication skills
• Customer service ethos
• Confident using IT systems
• Strong influencing skills
• Able to understand and influence KPIs
• Problem solving skills
• Full UK driving license

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Previous experience of leading a team within a retail, wholesale, customer service or operational/logistics environment
• Some knowledge of commercial / P&L / budget management
• Health & safety training
• Food safety training
• Coaching skills
• Experience of developing a team
• Experience of implementing operational policies and processes

• An integral member of the leadership team, you’ll model the passion and commitment to deliver outstanding service to our customers.
• You will help to drive the consistent delivery of established processes and operational standards.
• You’ll track the team’s performance against achieving daily, weekly and monthly targets.
• Developing both the operational performance of the depot and the skills of your team will be a key aspect of the role.
• The Depot Operations Supervisor has responsibility for areas such as health & safety, stock management, local delivery fleet management and facilities maintenance.
• You’ll be ready and willing to get involved in the day-to-day tasks if needed, including deliveries (so a full UK driving licence is essential.