Vacancies

Depot Manager

Main Responsibility

• Manage day to day running of the warehouse and a team of operatives and drivers.
• Ensure strict GDP principles are adhered to and monitor compliance to standard operating procedures.
• Provide effective leadership and motivation through regular team briefings.
• Monitor and manage budgets, lead and support in continuous improvement.
• Ensure customer service is maintained to achieve highest customer satisfaction.
• Ensure that overheads are managed within the budgetary limits.
• Effectively implement all inventory management procedures related to Inbound and Outbound processes in line with company guidelines.
• Ensure that site picking accuracy levels are of highest standards within the KPI.
• Ensure products are transported correctly as per labelled storage conditions.
• Ensuring training and competency assessment of a nominated deputy person.
• Develop the people within the department, ensuring a robust succession plan for the department with a highly engaged team.
• Use plan vs actual data, statistics and reports to support stakeholder engagement and challenging areas of risk with a holistic view of the operation.
• Lead on Design, embedding and review planning processes and procedures to identify areas of improvement.
• Lead on delivering strategic change through the team and through to the plan provide effective solutions for proactive scenarios.

Key knowledge and skills required for the role:

• Proven work experience of managing a warehouse or distribution centre including dealing with a level of product complexity.
• Experience of working within a robust HSE compliant environment.
• Experience of managing team.
• Ability to drive change in a positive way.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills coupled with an ability to prioritise work
• Strong communications skills, both written and oral with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Organised, structured thinker with strong focus on process and procedures
• Team player, service orientated, supportive and innovative.
• Proven ability to implement process improvement initiative
• Ability to work in a busy, demanding environment, whilst adhering to stringent deadlines
• Good problem-solving skills

The Ideal Candidate

Well are proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we'll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a part time position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you.

Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive it may not be possible for us to provide an outcome to all applicants. If you are not contacted within 28 days of your submission unfortunately you will have been unsuccessful.

Package Description

• Competitive salaries
• Excellent training & development opportunities
• Paid Holidays
• Workplace pension scheme
• Staff Discount
• Travel Loans and more…..

About the Company

For over 70 years, we’ve been looking after the health and wellbeing of communities across the UK. Well Pharmacy (part of Bestway Healthcare) is the second largest pharmacy chain in the UK with c.760 pharmacies and a team of around 7,000 colleagues based across our Community Pharmacies, Online Pharmacy, Healthcare Services Centre, Community Drivers, Bestway Medhub & Wardles team and our Support Centre team.

Our mission is to be here for the wellbeing of our patients and customers, to provide the best community pharmacy experience in the UK for everyone, for our patients, our customers, our people, and our NHS.

The pharmacy of the future will look very different from the one we know today. It will play a huge role in transforming primary healthcare and we will play a central role in bringing it to life.

We will use our clinical expertise and technological ambition to take advantage of the potential this future has to offer us. Making medicines, advice, services and care available in the places and spaces that people need and want it most.

We want to be a great business. To be recognised as delivering a community pharmacy experience that is the best there is. To do this we want our teams to feel proud about the positive impact they make, feel valued as part of a close-knit and expert community, and feel confident in their role in a business that is stable, innovative, and caring.

‘Together we make a difference’