Are you ready to manage the team and lead from the front

Your Role

Following an internal promotion, our operational site based in Bicester is looking to expand the team. We are seeking a dedicated Manager for our specialist Loan Pools service area. This key and exciting role involves ensuring the operational management of the team is fully delivered.

Your responsibilities will include managing day-to-day operations, ensuring compliance with Health & Safety policies, maintaining audit trails for all workshop departments, and overseeing the timely provision and completion of all technical training.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a mutually supportive team, within and across BusinessStream/Functional boundaries, capable of delivering with emphasis onimprovement, communication, collaboration, co-operation and recognition.

• Deliver the Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) as applicable to the keyprocesses whilst optimising available resources in the Workshop team andimproving the effectiveness and efficiency.

• Develop a Health and Safety culture within the team, ensuring the higheststandards of Health and Safety are maintained in the work area.

• Developand sustain agile/flexible team working in recognising and rewarding positive behaviourand the contribution of the team.

• Conduct daily Team briefs with all staff and weekly Team Briefs with TeamLeaders based on the K&N Defence model

• Monitor and ensure all training, especially mandated training requirements forthe BS is achieved in line with K&N

• Responsiblefor promoting a quality culture within the business.

• Manage Customer relationships at a Senior level.

• Identifymilestones and indicators to be used to measure and track the operationalperformance in order to measure the strategic value it creates.

Your Skills and Experiences

• Previousoperational management experience within a complex business which will involvechange projects including concurrent projects.

• Provenexperience in managing large teams of up to 50

• Excellentcommunication and presentation skills, both written and verbal; ability toclearly communicate complex messages to a variety of audiences including seniormanagement

• Confidence and gravitas to influence andchallenge at executive level.

• BudgetManagement

• Warehouse management systems would be advantageous

Please be aware that by applying for this role, you are agreeing to participate in the employment screening process. This process will include criminal record checking and identity validation. This means that KN will ask successful applicants to provide certain information and documentation to enable these checks to be conducted.

Any appointment will then be strictly conditional upon, and subject to, the receipt of satisfactory results of these checks

Good Reasons to Join

If you would like to become a valued member of our team, we will make sure that you’re rewarded for your commitment and expertise. You can join the contributory Kuehne+Nagel pension plan and enjoy our Route 2 Rewards scheme which offers everything from discounts, benefit information, recognition and its own wellbeing centre. We care for our colleagues (and their immediate family) with our employee assistance programme providing access to 24/7 GP, legal and financial advice along with mental health counselling. All of this to help you live a happier and healthier life As proud holders of the Gold Covenant, we are a forces-friendly employer who recognise the skills, expertise and value service leavers bring to our organisation.

Kuehne + Nagel is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you require an accommodation for any part of the online application process due to a disability, please contact the Employee Services HR Help Desk at 1-800-267-1326 during the hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm EST; Monday through Friday or via e-mail at: HR.helpdesk@kuehne-nagel.com with the nature of your request. We will answer your inquiry within 24 hours.