General Manager

Following years of accelerated growth Culina Group is now a £2.2billion+ turnover business, employing over 22,000 staff, with a fleet of more than 5,000 vehicles. Culina Group operates from over 100+ depots across the UK and Ireland, serving more than 1,000 clients over its framework of chilled, ambient, contract packaging solutions and fresh and baked goods.

Company Overview

Stobart (Part of the Culina Group) is a leading ambient transport and logistics business, providing services to many of the UK’s best known brands across core consumer and retail sectors.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

Due to continued growth, we are now seeking a General Manager to join our Transport and Operations team at our Rugby site. 

As General Manager you will report into the Operations Director, you will be expected to lead and engage your people to deliver optimum business performance whilst creating and implementing operational plans to meet current and future business strategy across the wider network. With profitability at the core of everything we do, you will hold full accountability for the entire contract across multiple sites.

This is a full time, permanent position Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5/5.30pm (depending on lunch taken), offering a competitive salary and package with the opportunity to work for a forward thinking market leader.

Job responsibilities of General Manager include:

• Working with the Operations Director in the formulation of the Retail strategy; specifically for the sites within this contract
• Delivering and executing  the strategy across the retail sector
• Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and opportunities to add value
• Establishing and maintaining effective relations with the customer to ensure their expectations are met
• Managing the sector’s performance in order to maximise revenue, control costs and drive profits
• Working with the Operations Managers in order to identify and drive efficiencies, ensuring achievement of agreed KPI’s, including minimising empty legs and maximising revenue per mile and Customer Performance
• Utilising compliance and maintenance information in the instigation of actions to minimise risk to the business, control costs and drive profitability
• Identifying trends and developing solutions in the following areas: -
  • Driver compliance
  • Accidents and Incidents and  Risk Assessments
  • Fleet defects , Site Maintenance and Repair
  • Fuel consumptions
• Line Management responsibility for the Operations Managers
• Ensuring processes are in place to manage the flow of communication across the sector in a clear, timely and consistent fashion
• Working with the Retail HR Business Partner to devise and maintain succession plans for the sector
• Overseeing all aspects of staff and driver training including performance management

To apply for the role of General Manager, you will possess the following skills, experiences and qualifications:

• As our ideal candidate you will have proven experience within a similar role and be able to demonstrate your strong leadership and people management skills.
• Your strategic experience and confidence in your own ability to lead the creation and delivery of strategy to the overall business vision will be supported by your high commercial acumen and excellent customer relationship management
• Your experience of different industry sectors across 3PL, Transport and Warehousing will help you demonstrate resilience and class yourself as a self-starter with continual focus on operational, customer, financial issues
• Management CPC holder
• Be able to utilise management information suite to ensure proactive management of O license obligations.
• Strong communication skills and relationship building skills.

As part of our drive to make Stobart’s a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave - 25 days + bank holidays 
• Private Medical Cover– This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa
• Car Allowance
• Pension scheme – we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirements so we offer agreat contribution
• Life Assurance -  x 2 your annual salary
• Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programmewe offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year
• Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses
• Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.

If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!