Warehouse Operations Manager – Newcastle West

at  Sysco Ireland

Warehouse Manager - Newcastle West
Being a part of Ireland’s largest foodservice provider means joining a team that is passionate about the world of food and dedicated to the growth and support of the industry. Here at Sysco, our wide, national network aims to serve thousands of cafes, restaurants and bars throughout the country that make up our customers.
Though we have always been a local organisation, being a part of Sysco means we retain an international focus that offers our employees the opportunities to learn, develop and pursue the career they have always wanted.
As part of our recipe for growth and opening of our Newcastle West Warehouse facility, we are looking for a Warehouse Manager to join our team. This role will be responsible for a team of circa one hundred colleagues across the warehouse management, inbound and outbound teams and play a key part in the overall growth of the organisation along with helping to maintain our core ethos here are Sysco - keeping the customer at the heart of everything we do.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

General management & overall leadership of a team of section managers, team leaders, & colleagues across all logistics activities in line with strategic KPIs.
Overall responsibility to ensure Inbound, Outbound & Inventory Managers are utilising & developing robust teams to ensure consistent long-term growth is achieved.
Constant monitoring & evaluation of available data to ensure optimal warehouse layout & stock integrity is being achieved.
To identify opportunities & implement initiatives for continuous improvements in ways of working, quality, consistency, & effectiveness of process.
Create an inclusive & collaborative culture where the role of each team member in the contribution to the organisational goals is understood.

REQUIREMENTS:

Willingness to examine & challenge the status quo & break down silos where necessary with fact-based arguments to ensure continuous improvement of his/her team & the wider Operations team.
Confident & consistent communicator who has an ability to flex his/her style to ensure the message is understood regardless of the audience.
Highly analytical & comfortable with technology such as using internal data reporting tools to drill down into the data to see what is going on.
Extremely organised & comfortable operating in a highly dynamic & fast paced environment.
The ability & confidence to interpret often ambiguous data in making timely decisions based on evaluation of the associated risks & subsequent impacts on all stakeholders.
Ability to delegate in line with setting the expectation, assigning responsibility & ensuring responsibility is taken by your team.
Is collaborative & yet confident to constructively challenge for the right result with an ability to influence peers & senior managers.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Understanding Your Customers - acts as a role model in personal approach to internal and external customer goals. Takes time to understand the underlying needs of the stakeholders beyond those initially expressed.
Flexibility & Adaptability - Demonstrates understanding of how change impacts people. Anticipates resistance to change and works to support effective change initiatives.
Building Effective Relationships - Is a role model for maintaining constructive and effective relationships with others across departments and other boundaries. Demonstrates effective communication techniques and skills and is seen as a team player.
Communication & Listening - Exceptional communication skills - writes and speaks clearly in a variety of communication settlings and style.
Successfully delivers messages to all levels of the business and stakeholders achieving the desired effect.
The duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description are neither definitive nor restrictive and may change in detail from time-to-time to meet the changing needs of the business.

Please refer the Job description for details