Platform Manager

☞ GEFCO

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: Sheerness South East

Category: High Technology Mechanical / Technical Electrical / Electronics IT - Software

Industry: Truck Transportation

Position: Mid-Senior level

Job type: Full-time

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Who we are

Are you looking to join an organization where you do meaningful work every day? As Platform Manager F/M you’ll be starting a rewarding career with GEFCO.

With operations in 47 countries, GEFCO Group is a global leader in industrial supply chain solutions and the European #1 in automotive logistics. We are proud of our 70+ years of heritage and the expertise of our 11,500 employees around the world.

Our corporate culture is based on building Infinite Proximity in our relationships with all our employees and partners. That takes talent. We recruit the best to help us rise to our customers’ most demanding supply chain challenges. And to keep driving our business forward, we are committed to helping our employees develop the skills they need to thrive.

Teamwork and shared values make us stronger. We are agile, caring, cooperative, trustworthy, and courageous. Together, we go further.

We are Partners, Unlimited.

We are looking for

A Platform Manager F/Mfor our FVL (Finished Vehicle Logistics) division based in Sheerness.

Mission and Brief of duties

The Platform Manager’s mission is to organise, coordinate and control all the support activities and ensure the proper maintenance of the facility by efficiently resourcing activity needs, to ensure optimisation in keeping with the Group Health and Safety rules and our & our Customer’s standard operating procedures

Responsibilities
  • Define and negotiate required budgets for the activity
  • Monitor the expenses and arbitrate if needed
  • Drive GMS throughout the site.
  • Responsible for effectively and efficiently managing daily operational planning of all activities and resource relating to the yard department and administration functions to ensure all dedicated deadlines are met by teams.
  • Manage the supplier link to the activity
  • To liaise with central functions in order to provide supporting and scheduled information.
  • Add all relevant site documents to eDoc, ensuring working instructions are kept up to date and in correct format.
  • Organize and monitor the corrective and preventative cleaning and maintenance of the workshop equipment and materials.
  • Ensure working instructions are kept up to date and in correct format.
  • Control and support for all key IT systems used on site, ensuring accurate data and robust cleansing
  • Manage the creation and provision of customer and operational reporting from the site
  • Follow the activities to validate the services in the IT system for invoicing
  • Provide report and follow across the site activities.
  • Liaise with relevant departments on all system failures and required improvements.
  • Manage all equipment files, ensure scheduled maintenance and compliance checks.
  • Support inductions for new suppliers.
  • Responsible for maintenance and safety of site and buildings, including housekeeping and foliage control.
  • Manage site waste streams maximising recycling and minimising the cost of landfill.
  • Investigate and implement energy reduction strategies, detailing cost benefit analysis to justify expenditure.
  • Ensure compliance with all legislation, safety instructions and safe systems of work.
  • Control local petty cash funds.
  • Seek new initiatives to ensure correct verification and invoicing within site disciplines.
  • Ad-hoc duties as and when required from time to time by your line manager.
Our successful candidate will ideally have the following skills
  • Experience in related field, including minimum of 4 years of supervisory experience
  • Experience in the development of operational budgets.
  • Experience in setting targets for performance improvements.
  • Knowledge in P&L
  • Project Management experience
  • Flexible with ability to thrive in a dynamic, evolving environment, and must be organized with excellent interpersonal skills, both oral and written.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with key stakeholders to influence cross-functional engagement
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Strong analytical skills within Excel (vlookups, pivot tables, etc.)
Useful Information

What will GEFCO offer you?

GEFCO UK has been recognized in the top 35 large companies to work for in the 2020 UK’s Best Workplaces™.

Alongside a competitive salary, you’ll get lots of other great benefits too:
  • Pension scheme
  • Bonus scheme
  • Bupa Health Care / Sports Club
  • Life Insurance
  • Eye Care
  • Free Onsite Parking
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Holiday Buying
  • Birthday day-off
  • Time off to move home
  • Employee Assistant Program
  • Long Service Awards
Access to GEFCO University
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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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