Are you an experienced transport leader who thrives in fast-paced operations and has the drive to inspire teams, deliver exceptional customer service, and achieve outstanding operational performance?
Do you have the leadership skills, compliance knowledge, and operational awareness to manage drivers, optimise fleet performance, and play a key role in delivering a safe, efficient, and customer-focused transport operation?
Join us as our Transport Supervisor based in our Portbury depot for our customer Octopus. You'll take ownership of a busy transport operation, lead and support our team of drivers to deliver exceptional service, safety, and performance. Working in a fast-paced environment, you'll play a key role in keeping operations running smoothly, building strong relationships with colleagues and customers, and ensuring every delivery meets the highest standards. If you're a motivated people leader who thrives on solving challenges and driving results, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!
This is a full time, permanent opportunity with 40 hours per week contracted. Working Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16.30 pm (flexibility required for business needs).
Pay, benefits and more:
We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £40,000 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, life assurance and access to our benefits platform, including retail discounts!
What you’ll do on a typical day:
- Lead and develop a team of drivers, creating a high-performing culture through coaching, performance management, and clear communication of goals and expectations
- Manage the day-to-day transport operation, ensuring fleet availability, driver compliance, and the safe, efficient delivery of services to customers
- Champion safety and compliance, ensuring adherence to transport legislation, driver hours regulations, vehicle inspections, and company policies
- Monitor operational performance, analysing KPIs such as OTIF, driver performance, and damage claims to identify trends and drive continuous improvement
- Build strong relationships with customers, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams, resolving operational challenges, maintaining exceptional service levels, and supporting business objectives
What you need to succeed at GXO:
- Proven transport leadership experience, with a track record of managing teams, driving operational performance, and delivering excellent customer service
- Strong people management skills, able to motivate, coach, and develop drivers and colleagues to achieve business goals and create a high-performing culture
- Excellent organisational and analytical abilities, with experience using KPIs and operational data to identify opportunities for improvement and drive results
- Confident communicator and stakeholder manager, capable of building strong relationships across teams, customers, and operational partners
- Passionate about safety, compliance, and operational excellence, with a solid understanding of transport legislation, industry best practice, and working effectively in a fast-paced environment
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GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.
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