Operations Manager

As the Operations Manager , you will be a member of the Senior Management Team and involved in the running of KOKI Group UK Ltd , the UK distributor of Metabo and HiKOKI power tools. You are individually responsible for the warehouse and service departments and will have a real opportunity to be involved with key decisions that will drive the organisations towards their growth targets.

Main duties:

• Responsible for the effective, efficient, safe and clean operation (input, storage and output) of the warehouse and service departments for both the Metabo and HiKoki brands, and therefore having a major influence on achieving monthly sales targets.
• Managing the warehouse team (five team members) and service team (three team members), including monitoring their performance and supporting with their development.
• To be the Health & Safety Officer for both companies, ensuring health and safety is at its highest possible level.
• Responsibility for the main contracts affecting the warehouse operation including logistics (i.e. carriage in and out), waste management and recycling.
• Managing the relationship with our third-party inventory storage provider.
• Ensuring the accuracy of the inventory records and the periodic activity requirements of the finance IT system

Essential requirements:

• Previous experience of at least three years experience in a similar role.
• IT literate. Proficient use of WMS, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.
• Strong people manager.
• Excellent communication skills with a professional manner and the ability to build and maintain strong, working relationships with a variety of colleagues, key stakeholders and outsourced resources.
• Strong commercial and business awareness.
• Self-motivated, with ability to make decisions, prioritise and multi task.
• Adaptable, with the ability to take the initiative.
• Tenacious, flexible, and a team player.
• Robust problem-solving skills.

Desirable but not essential:

• Previous use of Microsoft Navision

Benefits (on successful completion of probation):

• Company pension scheme
• Annual KPI bonus scheme (up to GBP8,000)
• Life insurance (4 x salary)
• Healthcare