JOB TITLE: Transport Manager
LOCATION: Oswestry
REPORTS TO: Transport Operations Director
WORKING PATTERN: Monday-Friday, 09:00-17:00
JOB PURPOSE:
This role is responsible for the day to day management of the site, working to ensure that the operation achieves the targeted operational and financial performance whilst ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation. The Transport Manager will maintain the site KPIs and work with the Management team in developing site and company procedures which allow the business to grow and develop alongside increasing customer requirements.
Responsible for managing and leading the site transport team ensuring company policies and procedures are adhere to and customer service levels are achieved.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
· Responsible for the day to day decisions and activities of the department, ensuring in-house requirements and customer service levels are achieved
· For Leading and developing the transport team ensuring they understand and adhere to company policies and procedures at all times
· Understand and keep up to date with all relevant transport legislation to ensure Environmental, Health and Safety, Quality and legal standards are fully met at all times.
· Plan and Manage resources efficiently to ensure budgeted targets and KPIs are met.
· Identify, develop and adopt savings, initiatives and improvements to department.
· Communicate with other sites, stakeholders and customers to ensure efficient supply chain operations
· Produce daily reports on equipment failures, VORs, on-going issues and service levels.
· Planning and organising vehicle availability ensuring maxim vehicle utilisation
· Identify training needs of individuals through performance and appraisal systems and using company policies and procedures
· Responsible for ensuring the management of drivers behaviour and performance and ensuring any action required is taken, in line with company policies and procedures
· Planning of weekly workload and organisation of manpower to ensure that all runs are covered in a cost effective and efficient manner., including management any agency requirements
· Undertake regular vehicle license checks to ensure competent people drive LGV vehicles.
· Ensuring that all legal requirements are adhered to with regard to tacho collection, driver hours and transport legislation and that any offences are communicated to drivers and action taken if appropriate.
· Responsible for ensuring all personal/vehicle accidents are investigated in full and are reported to the Operations Manager within the required timescales and actioned as per company policy and procedure.
· Ensure all vehicles and trailers are sent for and collected from service and/or inspections, MOTs, defects and breakdowns within the required timescales and records are kept during the operational shift.
· Ensure all personnel adhere to SWP’s and Health and safety procedures relating to the
Transport and Yard area.
· Facilitate a smooth distribution process by close interaction / liaison with other internal depots
· Responsible for ensuring the day today management of the site teams in line with company policies and procedures, ensuring return to work interviews are conducted, investigations completed and disciplinary hearings managed.
· Working with the HR department in recruitment for the site, ensuring staffing levels are maintained and any recruitment is done in line with legal requirements and company policy.
· Working to recover any additional costs through recharges to customers, where appropriate.
· Assisting when required in random gate/fleet checks
· Monitoring physical fuel stocks and maintaining stocks
· Facilitate a shift hand-over at the start/end of each shift.
· Ensuring additional cover in peak periods, emergencies, training, holidays, sickness and absence
· Any other duties deemed reasonable and appropriate
Key Relationships Internal
1. Planning departments
2. Legal Compliance
3. HR Department
3. Finance and Admin teams
4. Senior Management Teams
5. Customer Service
External Customers Suppliers
Health & Safety:
· To ensure you follow safe working practices.
· To promptly report all accidents and incidents to your line manager.
· To assist in accident investigations as necessary.
· To ensure that housekeeping standards are maintained.
· To adhere to relevant site rules, QEHS policies and procedures including quality procedures, HACCP, safe systems of work and environmental controls.
Hygiene:
· To maintain high levels of site hygiene standards in accordance with company procedures.
Communication:
· To have good communication skills and ability to liaise verbally confidently with employees and drivers.
· To listen carefully to instructions.
· To keep your Manager up to date with any work issues that may affect deadlines.
Flexibility and Ad-Hoc:
· To be flexible to work on a variety of duties as required.
· To carry out any other task that is reasonable and within your skill set as business needs dictate.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE
· At Least 5 years’ experience within a distribution, logistics environment and of managing people
· CPC in National road Haulage
· Good working knowledge of Outlook, Word and Excel.
· Strong Leadership and Communication skills
· Excellent relationship building and customer facing skills
· Ability to listen to and follow instructions.
· Ability to work to deadlines.
· Ability to remain calm under pressure.
· A good accuracy level is essential.
· Good numeracy and literacy.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Oswestry SY10 8NN: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Do you hold a Transport Manager CPC Qualification ?
Location:
- Oswestry SY10 8NN (preferred)
Work Location: In person
