Job Description

Business Unit - Nestle Purina
Job Title Manufacturing Goods in and Dispatch Manager

Location - Sudbury Factory, Suffolk

Salary ranging from 55,000 to 60,000 plus a 17% car allowance and potential bonus + excellent benefits

This is a full-time permanent opportunity, but we are always open to discuss individual's flexible working needs so please speak to use during the recruitment process to understand what this could look like for you.

Position Summary

We have an exciting for a Logistics Manager to join our Purina team, in one Sudbury Factory in Suffolk. As part of the Factory senior leadership team this position is reporting to the Factory Manager. And you will be responsible for the provision of physical logistics activity, driving continuous improvement on safety, cost and performance with hands on management of the factory logistics team.

At Purina PetCare, we're passionately committed to helping pets enjoy happier, healthier and longer lives because we're pet owners too.

In our Sudbury factory the 200 strong workforce produce some of the UK's most popular brands including Go-Cat, Bakers, Purina ONE, BETA and Pro Plan providing consumers with a product to meet their every need. And this ancient, bustling market town in the heart of the Stour valley is surrounded by countryside of outstanding natural beauty making Sudbury an idea place for animal lovers. Plus, there's the added advantage of London being a 45 minute train ride away from nearby Colchester.

Manufacturing in Nestle is all about ensuring the consumer receives a perfect quality product, at the right time and place whilst driving losses from our business in order to maximise efficiency & productivity. This is particularly critical as we continue our journey towards being a LEAN Enterprise. This is the biggest change in the way we work that Nestle have ever seen. It's worldwide. It is exciting. You could play a key part in it.

A Day in the Life of a Logistics Manager...

As Logistics Manager you will be responsible for the end-to-end logistics and distribution of finished goods. Managing the day-to-day operations and distribution of our logistic partners and act as a point of escalation for any operational issues.

Further duties and responsibilities include:Set adequate target values for warehousing service and cost KPIs and keep continuously tracked KPIs close to the target values Ensure a structured continuous improvement approach based on the application of Tools and the implementation of Best Practices Implementing, monitoring and managing Safety, Health and Environment, Quality and CARE regulations and Best Practices Drive cost saving initiatives to improve performance and cost of the warehouse operation. Ensure the correct construction, control and management of the budget for warehousing (cost budget for warehousing and possible investment requirements) Support procurement to negotiate contracts as per Procure-to-Pay process and awareness of relationships with the service providers including conflict management. Influence Distribution Management, Production Planning and Customer Service in order to continuously improve service and cost Support and help the LEAN roll out, ensuring that a continuous improvement culture is developed and sustained Ensure compliance and manage audits within area to ensure meet audit requirements.

What Will Make You Successful?

To be successful in this role you will have relevant and successful operational experience in a leadership role at market/ business level in warehouse management. You will have an ability to use inspirational leadership to create a climate of trust & transparency in which people want to do their best.

Other key attributes will be:

Proven Tracked record in the management of projects such as warehouse design, distribution network redesign, High Performance Logistics and Customer Logistics Hands on People management experience to motivate, coach and coordinate a large shift to deliver results (headcount circa 12) Proven track record in manufacturing environment of goods in and despatch functions Desirable to have had worked on a leadership position in a LEAN organization, who has adapted LEAN concepts and tools as part of their way of working. Proven Track record of business planning, budget control, cost management Ability to work under pressure and maintain quality of work while meeting competing, inflexible and challenging deadlines

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you'd expect from a business the size of Nestle - in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

The closing date for this role is

21st July 2025

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don't delay in submitting your application.

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