The London Honey man

 The London Honey Company is one of the UKs leading purveyors of fine raw honey of provenance. Since our beginnings in 1999 The London Honey Company has become beekeeper to London’s most iconic rooftops, we supply London’s best restaurants, create honey ranges for the top UK food halls and sell our own range of honey through department stores, delis and specialist food shops across the country and on the continent. Due to the continued success and growth of the company we now need a warehouse operations manager for 3 days a week. This is a permanent position following a 3 month trial period.

The Person

The warehouse operations manager is a hard working, hands-on do-er with experience in managing food production. As the warehouse operation manager, your passion for real food with its own story ensures our honey leaves the warehouse on time and looking beautiful. There are always opportunities for continuous improvement and you have the initiative to use them. As this role is central to the growth of the business this member of the team must also be commercially astute. The warehouse operations manager must communicate effectively with other members of the team, motivating them and bringing out the best in them, often under pressure. The warehouse operations manager will work closely with the office team and business owner, who they report to, to realise new honey formats and ranges and to prioritise multiple orders.

Key responsibilities

•      Overseeing the warehouse floor: receiving of honey into the warehouse, stock management and storage.
•      Overseeing honey extraction and packing room operations, labelling, picking of orders and timely order despatch.
•      The adherence to high health and safety standards throughout the warehouse floor.
•      Maintaining of records associated with honey packing and food hygiene.
•      Prioritising multiple orders through effective production planning both long and short term.
•      To lead the design and implementation of new systems and procedures in the warehouse as the company grows.

Experience and capabilities

•      Health and safety standards, familiarity with SALSA a bonus
•      Working under pressure
•      Delivering projects on time and to tight deadlines
•      Results focused and action orientated
•      Numerate
•      PC literate
•      Several years experience in a food business
•      Preferably a full driving licence
•      Personal alcohol licence is a bonus

Salary:

·         £25,000 circa, pro rata (£15,000 per annum based on three days a week) dependent on experience. The working hours are usually 9am till 6pm Monday to Friday, however flexibility is required at times to meet the needs of the business.

If you are interested in the role please send your CV to Emily@thelondonhoneycompany.co.uk along with a few words about yourself and why you are interested in joining the London Honey Company team.