Depot Manager

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About The Role

Do you thrive on making things happen today not tomorrow?

As a Depot Manager, you ll be the driving force behind our Luton Depot s success. Your mission is to deliver outstanding operational performance while empowering your team to make the right decisions even when they re not the easy ones.

You ll set the standard for excellence by ensuring compliance with operational policies, transport legislation, health and safety, and people management. Your leadership will create a productive, positive environment where your team can excel.

Working closely with our District and Depot Management teams, you ll play a key role in shaping a strong, sustainable future for our operations.

Salary: between GBP38,000.00 and GBP42,000.00 per annum Hours: Monday–Friday (37.5 hours per week) Job type: Full time / Permanent contract Location: Park Avenue Industrial Estate, Park Avenue, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 3BP Here's What You Can Expect To Be Doing

Leadership and Support:

Lead a motivated and engaged workforce, ensuring a positive working environment that drives success across all teams. Foster a fun and supportive culture, ensuring the wellbeing and development of all direct reports through coaching, support and encouragement. Manage self–employed drivers, addressing any challenges, managing expectations and working closely with your Driver Account Manager. Execute HR Procedures such as investigations, disciplinary meetings and performance management with fairness and consistency. Operational Excellence:

Monitor and manage depot performance against agreed Key Performance indicators to ensure continuous improvement. Manage the depot's budget, including cost management and ensuring cost–effective delivery. Ensure the depot remains fully compliant with transport legislation and operational requirements. Maintain high operational efficiency through effective people management, setting clear performance expectations and ensuring the smooth execution of daily tasks. Provide daily and weekly reports to the District Manager A Few Things About You

Excellent logistical knowledge including transport legislation CPC is desirable but not essential Understanding and ability to manage budgets effectively Understand all relevant Health and Safety legislation Ability to interpret and analyse data and produce management reports Be able to challenge the existing processes, identify inefficiencies, and implement changes to continuously improve service delivery Ensure your team consistently delivers a high level of service that meets customer expectations, ensuring long–term satisfaction and loyalty Be able to provide a fair and constant approach to people management Promote a culture where the team members are supported, motivated and operation at full potential AO is for everyone:

When it comes to appliances and electricals, we ve got the lot. Washing machines? Yep. TVs? Check. Laptops? Absolutely. Everything except doorbells (just kidding, we ve got those too).

We re known for helping our customers brilliantly – and it s no different for AOers. We care about more than what s on your CV, because together we can do extraordinary things.

Our Benefits

33 days holiday (Including Bank Holidays) At least 5% contribution pension scheme Healthcare Cashback Scheme Exclusive Staff Discount Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Packages Expression of wish service Make a difference days (x2 fully paid charity days a year) Share–save Scheme To see all our benefits and perks, visit our AO Benefits page.

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