Deputy Business Unit Manager

Deputy Business Unit Manager

Are you an experienced operational leader looking for an opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-paced port environment? Are you passionate about driving safety, operational excellence, and team performance while delivering outstanding service to customers? We are seeking a Deputy Business Unit Manager to support the leadership and success of our operations, ensuring the safe, efficient, and commercially effective delivery of services across the business unit.

Your Role

As Deputy Business Unit Manager, you will support the delivery of operational, commercial, and financial performance across a multi-functional port operation. Working closely with the Business Unit Manager, you will drive a strong safety culture, lead and develop teams, improve operational efficiency, and ensure excellent customer service. You will play a key role in achieving business objectives through effective stakeholder management, performance monitoring, regulatory compliance, continuous improvement, and the delivery of revenue and profitability targets.

What you'll bring

You will bring proven leadership and coaching experience, with the ability to motivate and develop high-performing teams. A strong communicator and collaborative team player, you will have experience in driving health, safety and environmental standards, leading change initiatives, and delivering operational and commercial objectives. Experience working with Trade Unions is desirable, and an IOSH Managing Safely qualification would be advantageous.

Who are we?

Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator. We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers. Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040. Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.

What we can offer you

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers. Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:

- 27 Days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays)

- Up to 10% Matched Contribution Pension

- Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, Critical Illness insurance, Gym Membership Scheme, Retail Vouchers, plus more!

- Commitment to learning and personal development – Last year we supported over 50,000 hours of training and personal development!

- We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our Employee Assistance Programme when required