Head of Supply Chain & Logistics - Nisa

Head of Supply Chain and Logistics - NISA
£90,000-£100,000 plus excellent benefits including private healthcare, company car or car allowance and 28 days holiday, Work Level 4
Scunthorpe with regular travel to Nisa depots across the UK
We’re now working in a hybrid way, with colleagues dividing their time between home/remote working and the office. You can find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy

We’re looking for a motivated head of supply chain and logistics to join Nisa. Since Nisa was acquired by Co-op in 2018, we’ve focused on combining the best of both businesses to offer something new to independent retailers and commercial wholesalers across the UK. More scale and better product ranges give Nisa partners a real competitive advantage.

In this role, we’ll look to you to make sure that we’re delivering the exceptional and dependable retail service that our customers expect. You’ll lead a multi-disciplinary team, managing Nisa’s independent supply chain and logistics network – a large scale operation that transports around 11000 deliveries to our retailers each week - whilst also working collaboratively with Co-op’s retail operations teams.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to use your expertise to shape Nisa’s logistics and supply chain operation, working with a wide range of colleagues and external partners to find the right solutions that’ll provide new value for Nisa’s customers and suppliers.

What you’ll do

• lead a team of 21 colleagues with 5 direct reports across Nisa’s logistics and supply chain teams, taking on all leadership responsibilities for these colleagues
• provide inspiring leadership to the logistics and supply chain team, including colleagues spread across multiple locations and those working remotely to bring the teams together
• provide strategic direction for Nisa’s logistics network ensuring it supports Nisa’s broader business objectives
• collaboratively work with Nisa’s logistics partners, DHL, to deliver business plans and create a culture of continuous improvement, making sure we’re meeting key targets in line with business plans
• responsible for profit and loss performance and the logistics network and maintain a balance between cost and service
• oversee compliance with all legal requirements to ensure Nisa’s logistics operation is safe for colleagues and customers
• build meaningful relationships with Nisa’s third-party supplier base as well as colleagues, both within Nisa and Co-op
• represent supply chain and logistics in Nisa, contributing to the business direction
• create collaborative supplier relationships to improve service levels and identify value opportunities

This role would suit people who have

• extensive experience in either supply chain or logistics, with a good working knowledge of both
• great relationship building skills, with experience of managing supplier relationships and large-scale contracts
• the ability to lead and inspire a diverse team of colleagues spread across multiple locations / working remotely
• a collaborative and service-focussed approach
• the ability to manage conflicting properties, and to effectively balance cost and service
• retail and wholesale experience would be an advantage in this role
• experience operating at all levels of an organisation including board level.

Why Co-op?

Here you’ll do work that matters. We’re a commercial organisation with a purpose beyond profit, you’ll have an opportunity to help us build a stronger Co-op and stronger communities. You’ll also get a package that includes:

• competitive salary
• private healthcare
• company car or car allowance
• coaching, training and support to help you develop
• pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• annual incentive scheme
• Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 in line with service)
• discounts on Co-op products and services

Building an inclusive work environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. We want to build inclusive work environments, where our colleagues have equal opportunities to reach their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities they serve.

If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.

Please be aware that we may close applications for this role early