Transport Supervisor | Ayr | No Weekends | Private Bupa Healthcare | Income Protection | Bonus Scheme
The Role
The role will assist the Site Operations Manager with the smooth running of the Ayr DC. The ideal candidate will have experience working in a Transport Team and Warehouse.
Bonus Potential - £3,120
Daily responsibilities include:
Support a safe and legally compliant Transport operation
Supporting the Site Operations Manager ensuring that all processes are adhered to within transport, on site and on the road.
Supporting operating plans, fleet, equipment and resourcing levels meet demand
Exemplifies the company’s values and behaviours. Be an inspirational leader communicating consistently
Customer focused, ensuring all colleagues understand the impact their role has on customer service; managing performance to improve NPS.
Provide innovative solutions to continuously improve performance
Coach and mentor the team building talent and succession plans throughout the Cross Dock Operation.
Work closely with the Site Operations Manager to ensure efficiencies can be identified and best in practice procedures put into place
Supporting objective setting and performance reviews are in place for all colleagues
Help to Organise service and maintenance of MHE and vehicles in line with legal requirements
Help to Manage driver hours in line with working time legislation
Previous experience within a warehouse would be desirable.
Previous experience in Transport.
Good geographical knowledge
Extensive understanding of transport legislation
Computer Literacy
Effective communication style and ability to influence home delivery crews
Demonstrate the ability to improve team performance
Personal Qualities / Behaviours
Positively contributes to the team
Hard working, conscientious and willing to go the ‘extra-mile’
Smart and professional in appearance
Flexible approach and attitude to work
Great customer service ethic
Self-Motivated and disciplined
Have flexibility to work additional hours during peak trading or to cover absence
In return for your contribution to the team’s performance, we offer a competitive base salary plus all these extra benefits:
Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
Bonus Scheme
Medicash - cashback options for Health and wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other healthcare services and more)
Unum Income Protection - for peace of mind if you’re off work long term due to illness
Pension scheme – provided by Legal & General
Discounted Gym membership
Cycle to Work scheme
Annual leave buy & sell scheme – you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you
Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
Career progression – access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds
Long service awards and ‘Love to Shop’ voucher rewards to spend as you like
(qualifying periods and terms apply)
No ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to finding the perfect sleep experience for customers and that’s why at Bensons for Beds we put Sleep Wellness at the heart of everything we do. With nearly 70 years of retail and 100 years of manufacturing experience in sourcing the best quality beds, frames and mattresses, at Bensons we understand how to design the perfect, tailored sleep experience.
We have 190+ locations across our retail, manufacturing and distribution sites, employing c 1800 colleagues. Under new ownership of Alteri Investors we have an ambitious 3 year plan to grow the business further and achieve our mission of becoming the market leading bed retailer with a strong omnichannel presence.
