Role Description

We are looking to recruit a Container Depot Manager for our brand new Container Depot in London Gateway. The successful candidate will support the formation of this new venture in collaboration with the established wider project team. Once operations have begun, the Container Depot Manager will have overall responsibility for the management of the depot operation, ensuring full compliance with the company health and safety policies, whilst delivering a profitable business unit supporting MEDLOG’s growth and business targets.

Core Responsibilities

• Efficient management of the depot operation ensuring all activities are accomplished in line with KPI’s set
• Management of the office, office-based staff and all depot staff including the dry and reefer M&R teams, ECH operators and gate operation
• Oversee delivery of monthly revenue targets meeting or exceeding budgeted expectations
• Oversee resource management within the operation ensuring the customers business requirements are met or exceeded
• Ensure implementation of and compliance with all Company Health and Safety policies and environmental legislation
• Complete internal health and safety audits
• Lead and attend meetings as necessary to perform day to day duties
• Excellent team player with the ability to lead and develop the team members
• Flexible attitude to an often-demanding role
• Ensure up to date knowledge and application of appropriate Health & Safety legislation, promoting effective and efficient standards of work
• Analyse operational activities, profit & loss, financial accounts and logistic flows alongside the Management team
• Provide operational reports and statistics for the business to apply data evidenced decisions to identify growth and investment opportunities.
• Manage the future growth of the business with workforce planning maximising the people resourcing.
• Maintain MEDLOG’s core values and fully support the team.
• Recruiting and mentoring staff

Qualifications, Skills and Experience Required

• 5-10 years in empty container depot operation.
• Minimum 5+ years in similar positions running a depot business unit with P&L responsibility.
• Experience in finance related matters, setting budgets and reporting against financial objectives, and P&L management.
• Technical Container Equipment (both Dry and reefers) knowledge (IICL, Cedex codes, CSC)
• Ability to demonstrate thorough understanding of end-to-end depot process.
• IOSH or NEBOSH certificated advantageous.
• Proven track record of continuous improvement across operations, people, health and safety and finance
• Problem solving and solution driven.
• Single minded focus on meeting targets and delivering agreed outcomes, often involving multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to manage an operation within a demanding and changing environment.
• Flexible and committed approach.
• Able to work under pressure and motivate others.
• Ability to address and resolve day to day operational issues with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proactive management within a fast paced and evolving environment.
• Ability to provide high level decision making on a daily operational and strategic basis
• Ability to identify new business opportunities.