Cold Storage Facility Manager

Job Description – Cold Store Operational Manager

Location: Geneva

Function: Logistics / Cold Storage / Supply Chain Operations

Scope: Global

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Cold Store Operational Manager to take responsibility for the operational management and performance of cold-storage activities.

This is a senior, highly operational role requiring strong experience in warehouse logistics, cold-storage facilities and/or cold-chain operations. The successful candidate will ensure that facilities operate efficiently, safely and compliantly, with particular responsibility for temperature-controlled environments, inventory and operational standards.

The position has a global scope and requires someone capable of managing multiple stakeholders and complex operations across different locations.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the operational performance of cold-storage facilities.


• Ensure efficient day-to-day warehouse and cold-chain operations.


• Manage and monitor temperature-controlled storage requirements and standards.


• Oversee inventory management and stock-control processes.


• Ensure compliance with relevant operational, safety and regulatory requirements.


• Maintain appropriate standards and procedures across cold-storage facilities.


• Work with internal and external stakeholders across the logistics and supply-chain network.


• Identify operational issues, inefficiencies and risks and implement improvements.


• Ensure appropriate resources and processes are in place to support the global operation.


• Drive operational excellence across the cold-storage network.

Candidate Profile

The key requirement is genuine hands-on experience in:

• Cold-storage facilities / cold-chain operations


• Warehouse logistics


• Operational management


• Temperature-controlled environments


• Inventory management


• Compliance


• Stakeholder management

The person needs to be comfortable operating in a complex international environment and taking ownership of a demanding global scope.

This is not simply a general logistics profile. We are specifically looking for someone with direct operational experience of warehouses, cold storage or cold-chain facilities.