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The Role:Â Logistics Manager
The Logistics Manager will efficiently and effectively manage the day-to-day operations, ensuring health and safety, environmental and Operator's Licence compliance, whilst delivering excellent service and a cost-effective logistics department. Â
Responsibilities: Logistics Manager
- Manage vehicle and driver compliance with O licence, site, EU and other legal requirements,
- Ensure that the depots commercial vehicle fleet and equipment are asset managed in line with all statutory legislation.
- Manage individual customer service level agreements ensuring all deliveries and collections are carried out.
- Ensure route optimisation savings are achieved and all routes are profitable.Â
- Manage Functional budgets, with General Manager, producing monthly Profit and losses reports for the department.
- Ensuring the Logistics Department complies with all statutory Health and Safety legislation
- Manage personnel, Full time Team and Contract workers (including absence, disciplinary and grievance, Health and Safety Training, driver assessments) using SMART objectives during regular review and feedback meetings.Â
- Recruitment of Logistics staffÂ
- Ensure the drivers deliver the level of customer service that meets the agreed plans for optimal service levels.
- Develop and maintain good working relationships between the logistics, service and production departments to drive optimal customer service.Â
Requirements:
- Ideally possess a (CPC) Certificate of Professional Competence
- Service or logistics industry experience
- People and health & safety management experience
- Demonstrable experience of successful resource management / cost control
- Proven track record of working to clearly defined service delivery KPI's Transport legislation, e.g. Drivers' Hours
- Knowledge of existing and impending environmental and health and safety legislation
- Knowledge and understanding of the requirements of working within a time critical service environment
- Experience of operational line management
- Capable of leading a team in a time of change
- The ability to challenge the norm and achieve sustainable change
- Capable of developing management team skills and enable succession plan accomplishment
- IT literate (Microsoft Office).Â
- Financial knowledge covering budget forecasting.Â
- Experience of implementing continuous improvement programmes.Â
What's on offer?
•   Competitive salary
•   Pension Scheme / 33 days Holiday  Â
•   Private Medical
•   Bonus
•   National Structure to facilitate ambition
•   Working within a great team
