Transport Manager

Transport Manager

Location: Hatfield

Hours: Night shift. Monday to Friday from 22:00 to 06:00 but flexibility of hours and weekend work will be required for operational needs and holiday cover.

Salary: £43,366.08 + 10% shift premium =£47,702.69 per annum

Transport Manager Benefits

• Holiday 25 days + Bank Holiday

Transport Manager Key Responsibilities

• The efficient operation of your day-to-day shift.
• Maximise productivity and quality through monitoring, encouraging and supporting the drivers and clerical team.
• Ensure effective use of all available resource, working based on continual improvement and cost-down.
• Ensure KPI’s are met.
• Monitor and control absence.
• Ensure effective communications both internally in Transport department, within the Distribution Centre and with Customers including Supply Chain and branches.
• Challenge under performance and recognise good performance in equal measure.
• Conducting disciplinary and absence hearing effectively when required.
• ·        Conducting appraisal reviews for the colleagues within your Team.

Transport Manager Skills and Experience

• Previous experience within a Transport Operation is preferred
• Experience in a Logistics setting is essential.
• Excellent people management skills
• The ability to plan resource and report KPI information with accuracy are key skills for this role.
• A good understanding of multi temperature warehouse / transport procedures and compliance and able to demonstrates high levels of initiative, focus and commitment and flexibility.
• Commitment and ability to work under pressure.
• Experience of applying a working knowledge of relevant legislation especially Transport Legislation and the impact of non-compliance on the company Operator Licence.
• Ability to effectively plan labour and resource to deliver operational requirements to a timely manner whilst meeting agreed KPI’s and Service Levels.
• Effective team worker and confident and positive communicator.
• PC literate in Excel and Word.
• CPC qualification is preferred but not essential requirement.

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