Transport Supervisor

Transport Operations Supervisor

Commutable from Rochdale, Oldham, Ashton under Lyne, Manchester

Monday to Friday 14:00 - 22:00

Up to £34,600 + benefits

Excellent chance to join a dynamic, award-winning national business at a distribution facility providing logistics services to its customer base.

In this role, you’ll proactively provide compliant, efficient and profitable transport operations, ensuring that quality levels and performance standards are met, whilst promoting safe working practices. You’ll be a key point of contact for customers and colleagues.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure all customer requirements are satisfied daily.
• Act as a key management interface with customers.
• Co-ordinate own fleet and sub-contract to ensure cost effective solutions for customer requirements.
• Day to day driver management.
• Developing the team, providing skills and training to meet operational requirements and efficiency improvements.
• Management of suppliers including sub-contractors, agencies, repair and maintenance service agents - ensure all operational costs are controlled.
• Conduct regular driver/vehicle/trailer checks to ensure the highest standards of reliability and presentation.
• Ensure full compliance with all company internal processes and procedures.
• Compliance and legislative responsibilities linked to O License.
• Weekly management information reporting.

Experience & skills required:

• Previous experience gained within fast-paced logistics operations.
• Strong organisational and planning abilities.
• Demonstrates responsible, ethical and honest behaviour in all roles, tasks and responsibilities
• General knowledge of current UK transport operations and legislation
• Holder of Certificate of Professional Competence for Transport Managers - or willing to undertake training to achieve this qualification.
• Ideally - O-Licence experience.
• Excellent IT literacy, ideally with knowledge of fleet management and transport management software
• Excellent self-motivation - able to work under own supervision.
• Team player with the ability to instil confidence and drive in others.
• Able to motivate others and develop a strong team culture
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Flexibility - the ability to adapt and cope with the unexpected.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive and evolving business that is experiencing sustained growth.

MVP Recruitment Solutions has been placing Supply Chain, Logistics and Distribution professionals for 40 years. For more information on what we do, or to view our current portfolio of vacancies, please visit our website.

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