Basingstoke General Manager
Posted 7 days 4 hours ago by Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
Location: Basingstoke Depot, Basingstoke, RG21 6XW
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Logistics
Closing date: 26 February 2025
Requisition ID: 290366
You don't get from being a small shop in 1869 to one of the UK's most loved retailers without a passion for innovation and a relentless pursuit for better. Keeping our shelves full for our customers depends on us having a terrifically tight team, especially in our distribution centres.
About the role:
To lead a distribution centre and ensure that by working with all areas of the business, products are delivered to our customers in a safe and efficient manner, at the right time, in the right quantity and quality, and at the right cost. Along the way, you'll lead from the front - empowering and inspiring others to develop and progress - creating a talent pipeline across the site by ensuring colleagues are positively engaged. Managing third party suppliers and constantly seeking to identify opportunities to optimise operations, as well as creating a culture of striving for operational excellence and eagerly sharing best practices, are key aspects of this business-critical role.
About you:
Leading large teams with a customer-centric mindset is key, and if you have proven experience of the end-to-end process of warehouse and transport operations, that would be an advantage. You'll need the business acumen to look at situations/processes and see how they can be made simpler, great stakeholder management skills, and the ability to bring together different areas of a site to ensure our stores receive great service.
You'll also need to be an advocate for change who is able to think on their feet and make the right business decisions, plus a flair for building networks and using these to shape site strategy. As comfortable devising a plan to improve costs as you are managing third party contracts, you'll have a good understanding of Trade Union and Health & Safety/Environmental legislation too. If you have great coaching skills gained from working in a similarly fast-paced environment, we should definitely talk.
What's in it for you?
We truly value our colleagues and provide a great benefits package to show this:
- Colleague discount across our brands - Sainsbury's, Argos, and Habitat
- Health cover
- Bonus scheme - up to 65% of base salary
- Sainsbury's Share Purchase Plan (after 12 months of employment)
- Pension plan
- Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers, and more
Sainsbury's offers a genuine opportunity to progress. Indeed, you'll gain exposure to different parts of the business which will help widen your skillsets and move into other roles in the future. Everyone gets their own personal development plan too, plus there's a real commitment to wellbeing, D&I, values, and work-life balance.