Warehouse Site Manager

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About The Role

Be the Driving Force behind Excellence: Warehouse Site Manager - Morrisons Logistics
At Morrisons, we're not just one of the UK's largest food manufacturers - we're a business that thrives on pace, agility, and precision. And at the heart of it all? Our logistics operations.

As a Site Manager, you'll take charge of one of our key logistics hubs, overseeing a critical link in the supply chain that ensures our shelves stay stocked and our customers stay happy. This isn't just about keeping things moving - it's about leading from the front, inspiring your team, and driving a best-in-class operation that's efficient, responsive, and people-first.

What you'll do:

• Inspire and Lead: You'll shape a positive, people-focused culture by developing and empowering your site leadership team to deliver excellence every day.
• Deliver Operational Excellence: Ensure seamless operations by meeting productivity, cost, and performance targets while maintaining the highest standards of service and availability for our customers.
• Strategic Thinking: Balance the immediate demands of a fast-paced operation with a vision for long-term growth and continuous improvement.
• Drive Innovation: Think outside the box to identify and implement new ideas that improve efficiencies and elevate the way we work.
• Build Relationships: Collaborate across the business, from frontline teams to Executive Board members, to create a cohesive and aligned strategy.

About You

What you'll bring:

• To succeed in this role, you'll need the ability to manage large-scale operations with confidence and clarity. You'll also bring:
• Proven Experience: You've operated at Site Manager or Director level within a logistics or distribution environment, leading complex, high-volume operations.
• Industry Knowledge: You're well-versed in relevant legislation and have the expertise to run a world-class logistics site.
• Leadership Skills: You're a strong and personable leader who can foster a people-driven culture that motivates and engages your team.
• Strategic Influence: You can negotiate, influence, and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, including those at Executive Board level.
• Innovation and Problem-Solving: You thrive on driving performance improvements and bringing creative, forward-thinking ideas to the table.
• Commercial Acumen: You understand the bigger picture and know how to make decisions that balance efficiency with business goals.
• Ambition and Drive: You're ready to take ownership, rise to challenges, and make an impact in a role that demands excellence.

In return for your hard work we will offer you:

• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)
• 15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount More Card for a friend or family member
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free parking
• Market leading pension and life assurance
• Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP Morrisons
• MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
• Long Service Awards Optional Payroll charity donations Enhanced
• Family/maternity/parental leave

About the site

About Us Description:

Our Stockton Distribution Centre in the North East of England has three huge warehouses for groceries, fresh produce and bread.

Operating 24/7, this site never stands still with our 450-strong team processing 700,000 cases of ambient and fresh goods weekly. Here, you'll find a 190,000 square feet warehouse, a purpose-built Vehicle Maintenance Unit and Regional Recycling Unit that recycles waste. There's also a canteen that provides subsidised meals Monday to Saturday.

About The Company

From a Bradford market stall to the UK's 4th largest supermarket chain and the UK's 2nd largest fresh food manufacturer.

We are proud to be the Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK in over almost 500 stores and an online home delivery service. Our 18 manufacturing sites provide our customers with the freshest produce from flowers, fish and veg to burgers and bread, all delivered to our stores via our 6 distribution sites by our 2,000 strong fleet.

Every week, 11 million customers pass through our doors and around 97,000 colleagues across the business work hard each day to deliver great service to them. We cover more than 11 million households with our Morrisons.com service. With competitive, permanently low prices we are committed to helping our customers save money every day.

We are foodmakers and shopkeepers and #wemakemorrisons.

Why not hear what our teams have got to say about life here at Morrisons: Click here