A Place Where People Matter – Growing our People to Grow Our Business
We’re thrilled that you are exploring career opportunities where you can continue to make a positive difference every day to keep our communities healthy, fed, clean and safe.
Role Purpose
Company Vision: “To redefine distribution and be the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the planet.”
Company Mission: “Streamline. Innovate. Grow. To achieve this, we must streamline our processes and practices, innovate and develop solutions and strategies that allow us to sustainably grow”
To deliver the safe, efficient, and effective management of various operational tasks in a chemical production and warehouse environment, maintaining compliance to the relevant standards, to ensure alignment on working toward shared company goals, ensuring a safe working environment, controlling costs, and delivering outstanding service to our customers. To effectively communicate on all department related matters to all people and ensure the effective training and coaching of the team.
Responsibilities
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EHSQ:
- To drive continued improvement regarding behaviours on site, specifically around FLT driving and management of drivers
- Management of site personnel ensuring that they adhere to site safety rules and that regular checks/audits are taking place.
- Through leadership and active involvement ensure compliance to: - Statutory requirements, Quality procedures, Responsible care, Insurance requirements, and Company policy statements including employment and disciplinary procedures.
- Cooperate on all matters concerned with H&S, training, legislation, and the environment.
- To ensure good housekeeping practices are observed and site standards are maintained including security.
- To have involvement and responsibility with safety related activities (Emergency Response) at site and ensure competence in managing site maintenance activities with the defined company Permit to Work system.
- To report and investigate accidents, incidents and near misses and escalate to the relevant staff.
- To manage and reduce risk using the various tools available e.g., Risk Assessments, Safety Critical Task Analysis, and drive related actions.
Cost Management:
- Ensuring effective cost management in all controllable areas, including overtime and agency spend
- Reducing and managing waste efficiently.
- To assist with the PI counting functions ensuring stock accuracy through effective RF system and SAP usage.
- To manage the return of site empties liaising with transport and central planning and network sites to ensure we return them cost effectively.
- Adding value to the business through continuous improvement, recommending ways in which the site can improve profitability and operating effectiveness.
Service Excellence:
- To ensure the Operations team picks, loads and dispatch all outbound traffic to the correct selling standards and timescale.
- To safely operate the warehouse activities supporting the other operational teams and ensuring customer satisfaction.
- Report on any errors in customer special instructions and liaise with sales to ensure that warehouse information is up to date and correct.
- Use and knowledge of SAP with the requirement to complete various job specific processes.
- To investigate stock shortages as necessary
- Driving good stock management practices and high standards of work.
People:
- Provide direction, focus and leadership to the team, through effective management and controlling department activity.
- To recruit and ensure that new personnel receive appropriate induction training.
- To regularly, review staff performance against agreed objectives providing training and coaching where required.
- Involvement with any personnel concerns such as Disciplinary & Grievance.
- Competency development of self and team members.
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Success Measures
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- Fully meet the annual personal goals set and agreed:
- Savings against the site Annual Operation Plan.
- Improved safety management and safety foundations robustly delivered at site.
- Deliver the continuous improvement program at site.
- Site utilisation in relation to business growth.
- Personal development goal to be defined with line manager.
- Competency development and maintenance of self and team members.
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- Operations Manager
- Warehouse
- Administration
- Production
- Laboratory
- Transport
- SCPs
- HR
- EHSQ
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Serious about safety
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We remain vigilant and proactive to prevent safety hazards, and we will always place safety before profit.
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We do what we say
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We make commitments we can keep, trusting others to do the same, and holding ourselves accountable while being bold, direct, and transparent.
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Where people matter
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We care about others and their contributions, and we will ensure diversity and inclusion. We will do this while growing ourselves to grow our business.
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Valuable to others
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We will demonstrate this value by solving problems with our customers and suppliers, and by improving the communities where we live and work.
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Together we win
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We will play to win and get results while working to common goals and using common processes to improve continuously.
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Univar Solutions is a leading, global distributor of chemicals and ingredients essential to the safety, health, and wellbeing of our daily lives - from life-saving medicines and vitamins to hand sanitizers and industrial materials used for cleaning, construction, and more. Our global team of more than 10,000 employees support our vision to redefine distribution and be the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the planet!
We offer a Total Rewards package that includes market aligned pay and incentives as well as a diverse benefits offering to support our employees’ physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
Univar Solutions supports sustainable solutions for the world around us so that we can do our part to help keep our communities healthy, fed, clean, and safe!
We are committed to a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion. Together, we are building a culture that acknowledges and respects the unique experiences, perspectives, and expertise of every employee. Through our dedicated Employee Resource Networks, we provide the development and growth opportunities to empower us to redefine our industry while making a difference in our communities.
Univar Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classification
