Transport Manager

An opportunity for a Transport Manager to join an established food wholesaler who offer a fantastic range of fresh produce and dry store ingredients. With a fantastic reputation they supply some of London’s top restaurants and professional kitchens, such as Michelin star restaurants, hotels, casinos, sports stadiums, universities and contract caterers. Their focus is to provide the very highest quality produce with faultless service, at the best possible value for money for their customers.

The Role

The Transport Manager is responsible for managing a team of 20 drivers and the associated fleet, delivering to customers 6 days per week across London. The role involves all aspects of team leadership and development. As a Transport Manager, you will be responsible for monitoring and overseeing the day-to-day operation and compliance of the transport department whilst ensuring employees are motivated, working safely towards a common goal and maximising productivity.

Transport Manager responsibilities:

• Manage and coach individuals to perform to their maximum potential through a balanced approach of recognition and managing performance against agreed KPI’s.

• Manage all resources including commercial vehicles, cages, pallets and sack barrows.

• Allocate work in a consistent manner in line with individual/team capability and legal driving hours to achieve targets.

• Manage and deliver briefings to the team to ensure they are aware of, and adhere to all company messages, policies and procedures.

• Communicate effectively with individuals at all levels including those on different shifts and in different departments

• Promote and manage all health and safety, fleet and sustainability standards, focussing on team safety and wellbeing in accordance with the relevant policies. This includes PPE, Vehicle checks, CV servicing and MOT’s, VOR’s, Contractor, hygiene, temperature checks, pest control, accidents and near misses.

• Ensuring all existing and new employees are trained to company standards with all relevant documents completed and submitted.

• Full compliance and completion of induction and probationary process for all new recruits.

A Transport Manager will demonstrate the following skills and experiences

• Previous management experience within a fast moving transport environment.
• Proven ability to lead and motivate transport teams, with excellent people management and employee relation skills
• Previous experience with planning, distribution software
• Have excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Have thorough working knowledge of transport, Food Safety, Health and Safety and Environmental legislation.
• Be able to work with agreed budgets on cost and headcount.
• Be a professional manager with inspirational, motivation and management skills.
• Be proactive and visualise the bigger picture.
• Be a team player within the peer and able to offer ideas and solutions to improve service to our Customers
• Experience in being named on an Operator’s Licence
• National Transport Manger CPC qualification

Package:

On offer is a basic salary of £40 - £43,000, plus performance bonus scheme.

In addition you'll receive health care cash plan which gives you money back on everyday medical costs such as prescriptions, opticians, dentists, 24/7 access to a digital GP and more, access to free confidential support and counselling, discount to a number of high street brands, employee saving scheme, pension scheme which offers 3% employer contribution and 5% employee with the option for you to increase your contributions