Area Manager

Are you someone who enjoys variety and thrives off a role where no 2 days are the same? Are you confident with communicating with a range of stakeholders, and always providing a high level of service? We are on the lookout for an Area Manager to cover the South and South West regions of the UK (central south Brighton, Portsmouth Southampton, Crawley, Guildford, Poole, Plymouth, Swindon & Reading). We know you hear this all the time, but this really is a unique opportunity to join us on a key contract – for our well-established customer, Virgin Media O2. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis. The working hours are Monday to Friday, 07:00-16:00, with some flexibility required. You will be covering several stores around the South of the country, ensuring that the operation of the field stores is running smoothly, and the workforce are engaged, motivated and on track to deliver the results for our customer. Pay, benefits and more: We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £39,243.37.00 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a car allowance up to the value of £425 pcm, a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!  What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Plan and allocate resource for daily store activities updating SMART system to reflect shifts and activity
• Determine over/under capacity of work areas and allocate/escalate accordingly on a daily/weekly basis
• Complete site inspections and audits (QSHE/5S/Operational/Stock) to schedule ensuring corrective actions are carried out
• Liaise and develop relationships with internal and external customers to better understand requirements and improve ways of working
• Manage and motivate the team of Team Leaders & Operatives, providing support, advice, coaching and training as required

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous experience in a managerial role, managing a team and working to agreed targets
• The ability to lead, motivate and inspire your team with a real drive for optimisation and continuous improvement
• Strong customer service ethos, including key stakeholder management, communication, and interpersonal skills
• PC literate (strong Microsoft skills), WMS experience desirable

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.