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Livingston James is delighted to be retained by BookSource to appoint its new Operations Director.
BookSource is one of UK’s fastest growing book distributors, supplying books and other published material to the retail trade and general public throughout the United Kingdom and the rest of the world.
Based in Cambuslang, East Glasgow, the company was founded in 1995 by Publishing Scotland (the Scottish book trade charity) and four Scottish publishers and began distribution services for ten Scottish based clients. Now, there are over 160 publishers on the client list across the UK.
BookSource looks after around 4.8m books across 17.5k titles, and pick, pack, and dispatch around 3m books per annum. It processes a large number of transactions, from pallet orders to Amazon, Waterstones, WH Smith, and the supermarkets, to servicing publishers’ own websites direct to the public.
Alongside its warehousing and order fulfilment services, it also provides customer service and credit management functions to clients; committed to helping publishers do business!
Due to continued growth of the business, BookSource is looking to appoint an Operations Director who will be responsible for strategic planning, team leadership, operational management, budgeting & procurement, communication, compliance, data analysis, and driving forward the business’ sustainability initiatives.
In summary, the successful candidate will be passionate about:
- Driving change and efficiency
- Developing and leading the team, adopting a people centric approach
- Influential communication and delivering impact
- Analytical and strategic thinking and problem solving
- Creating a forward-thinking, engaged and collaborative environment
For more information, please see the full job profile below or contact Rachel Sim at [email protected] for further information.
