Job opportunity - Warehouse & Logistics Manager
We’re on the look out for a brilliant Warehouse & Logistics Manager to join our team on a full time and permanent basis with a view to the successful candidate starting with us in early 2022.
About Ourea Events
We’re a small (9) person team organising the UK’s finest and most challenging off-road running events including the Montane Dragon’s Back Race®, Cape Wrath Ultra®, Northern Traverse™, Salomon Skyline Scotland®, and the SILVA Great Lakeland 3Day™. We work year-round, primarily from a rural office near Kendal, and our passion is the outdoors, running and adventure.
On site at the 2021 Montane Dragon’s Back Race® ©No Limits Photography
JOB DETAILS
Location: Kendal, Cumbria
Position type: full time (4-5 days p/week)
Anticipated start date: early 2022
Applications open until: 9th January 2022
Salary: £25,000 FTE
JOB DESCRIPTION
Ourea Events is looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and passionate warehouse and logistics manager to join the team based at our warehouse/office on the outskirts of Kendal, Cumbria. The position will play a key role in ensuring the integration of the warehouse management with the wider event planning and equipment hire side of the business. The position will have accountability for deliverables on a variety of events and projects as directed by the Operations Director. The successful candidate would also be entitled to the company pension scheme, TOIL payments for any days worked on events, and the company bonus scheme.
Ourea Events is a fast paced, fun and busy environment offering a variety of job tasks and challenges working with like-minded individuals. The job role will involve time split between manual handling in the warehouse, desk work, and onsite at the event(s) and is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a team delivering world class, challenging running adventures in beautiful mountain locations.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities of the role will include:
Warehouse
Management of goods in and out and stock inventory
Organisation, maintenance and cleaning of equipment (manual handling)
Ordering any consumables and items required for the events within a set budget
Management of health and safety in the warehouse
Transport
Assisting the Operations Director with the event(s) logistics and transport plan
Creating an event transport plan, per event, alongside the Operations Manager
Loading and unloading event hire vehicles with equipment
Booking temporary hire vehicles and being the supplier point of contact
Management of hire vehicles (incoming and outgoing), recording faults or damages/carrying out spot checks
Carrying out freelance and volunteer driver inductions in hire vehicles
This list is not exhaustive and changes to the role may evolve during the planning and delivery phases of the event(s).
Essential Skills/qualifications
UK driving license (with no more than 3 points)
Experience and knowledge in warehouse management
Attention to detail, excellent time management, interpersonal, and communication skills
Proficient skills within the Microsoft Office suite, in particular Excel and ability to learn and operate online systems
Highly resilient and able to work calmly when under pressure to meet immovable deadlines in challenging circumstances and to go the extra mile
Desirable Skills/qualifications
Forklift truck operator
Experience in the event industry
Driver CPC
Category C1 on driving licence
Category C1+E on driving licence
Experience of building effective relationships with suppliers
Applications
Interviews are expected to take place at the Ourea Events office near Kendal from the week commencing Monday 10th January.
Applications accepted by email with covering letter and CV to [email protected]
Informal questions are also welcome via the same address.