Head of Transport
Location: St Albans
Salary: Up to £55,000 + Benefits
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Head of Transport to join a rapidly growing, family-owned business with a strong reputation for delivering exceptional customer service.
This is a key leadership position where you'll take full responsibility for the transport operation, leading a team of approximately 30 employees and driving operational excellence across the department. You'll play a pivotal role in developing people, improving performance and implementing strategic initiatives to support continued business growth.
This position offers genuine long-term career progression, with the opportunity to become part of the senior leadership team and influence the future direction of the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, motivate and develop a transport team of approximately 30 employees.
- Manage the day-to-day transport operation, ensuring vehicles and customer orders are planned and delivered efficiently.
- Drive continuous improvement across productivity, service levels and operational performance.
- Monitor and manage transport budgets, forecasts and operating costs.
- Ensure compliance with all transport legislation, health & safety and company procedures.
- Oversee transport planning, fleet utilisation and third-party logistics providers.
- Work closely with warehouse and operational teams to ensure accurate and timely order fulfilment.
- Review departmental performance through KPIs and implement improvements where required.
- Support strategic business projects and operational change initiatives.
- Develop and improve transport processes and routing systems.
- Build strong working relationships across all departments and with external stakeholders.
- Support senior leadership with operational planning and business objectives.
About You
We're looking for a hands-on, commercially aware transport leader who enjoys developing teams and improving operational performance.
To be successful you will have:
- Previous experience in a Head of Transport, Transport Manager or Senior Transport Operations role.
- Strong leadership experience managing large transport teams, including supervisors and first-line managers.
- Extensive knowledge of transport operations, distribution and fleet management.
- Experience within food distribution, FMCG or a fast-paced logistics environment would be highly advantageous.
- Excellent understanding of transport compliance, health & safety and operational best practice.
- Strong commercial awareness with experience managing budgets and controlling operational costs.
- Experience working with third-party logistics providers and courier networks.
- Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills.
- A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify efficiencies and implement positive change.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
What's on Offer
- Salary up to £55,000
- Company pension
- Private medical insurance
- On-site parking
- Long-term career progression
- Opportunity to shape and develop a growing transport operation
- Supportive and collaborative working environment
If you're an experienced transport professional looking for an opportunity to lead a growing operation and make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.
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