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Site manager - Job description

Responsible for a site (warehousing, cross-docking or industrial logistics at the customer's site), the Site Manager covers all activities relating to the flow of goods from the customer or its suppliers/subcontractors: goods-in, goods-out, stock management, order preparation, provision for collection.
The scope may also include packaging activities (contract packaging) and transport of the product to the customer.
The Site Manager is responsible for the economic profitability of the site, its social management and the achievement of objectives defined with the customer, in compliance with the clauses set out in the contract with the latter.
He/she supervises large teams (up to several hundred people), reporting to Operations/Sector Managers and/or Team Leaders.
His teams also include one or more people dedicated to Methods, Quality and Transport.
He also supervises support functions: Accounting, Human Resources, IT, etc.
He works to develop staff skills and mobility.
He ensures compliance with social legislation, and is in charge of coordinating the IRP (DP, CE, CHSCT).
With a view to improving site productivity and meeting expected customer service levels, he works on developing and managing resources (mechanical, IT, etc.), organizing stocks and flows, defining internal/external processes, defining operating modes, training operators and sizing teams.
He/she conducts operational and functional audits, initiates and even leads projects such as the development of order-picking systems, the implementation of a WMS, the introduction of a mechanized line, the implementation of a progress approach, etc.
With a view to sustaining customer relations, and in direct daily contact with the customer, he/she works on implementing specifications, defines and implements corrective actions, and renegotiates, where necessary, in conjunction with Sales and Regional Management, commercial conditions and/or specifications.
Responsible for his/her profit center, he/she draws up the budget and is accountable for it, particularly in terms of results. He/she is responsible for reporting and, to this end, for drawing up management and financial statements for his/her site.
The Site Manager is responsible for the application of Group policies, particularly in terms of Quality, Health, Safety, Environment, HR and CSR.
He/she is also responsible for ensuring that the site complies with legal and regulatory provisions.

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