Transport Manager
AO
- Stoke, West Midlands
- £38,000-40,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Salary: £38,000 - £40,000 per annum
- Hours: Monday to Friday 8am- 4pm (37.5 hours per week)
- Job Type: Full time and permanent contract
- Location: Unit 1, G park, Whittle Road, Stoke, ST3 7TU
- Ensure the transport operation remains legal and compliant through transport legislation and operational requirements
- Maintain efficiency through effective people management
- Manage the drivers, their expectations and address any challenges
- Delegate and supervise daily tasks, being accountable for any issues
- Update and submit reports to the Head Office and Senior Management team on a weekly basis.
- Responsible for planning and allocation of work/routes
- Motivate and support all direct reports
- Carry out HR processes in a fair and consistent way including investigations, grievances, disciplinary meetings, performance management and appraisals
- Proactively manage risk to enable employees to work in line with H&S procedures
- Performance on agreed KPI'S
- Effective leadership with a motivated workforce
- Management of the budget for the depot including cost to deliver
- CPC qualification essential
- You will have excellent logistics knowledge including transport legislation
- Demonstrate an understanding of the home delivery sector
- Knowledge of HR issues and managing performance
- Experience of working to tight deadlines and meeting targets
- Experience of working to KPI's and budgets
- Understanding of working in an environment with daily changing workloads
- Able to inspire and motivate others
- You will thrive in a customer driven and fast paced environment
- Confident with a fair and consistent approach to people management
- Able to remain calm under pressure and solve problems autonomously
- Able to produce management reports
- PC literate including warehouse software and Microsoft packages
- 24 days holiday
- At least 5% contribution pension scheme
- Healthcare Cashback Scheme
- Exclusive Staff Discount
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Packages
- Expression of wish service
- Make a difference days (x2 fully paid charity days a year)
- Share-save Scheme