Transport Manager

Pay rate: £17.30ph

Temp-Perm position

Location: MK42

Shift: Would need to be flexible, as working hours can vary between 6:00am and 6:00pm

The job holder will ensure the smooth management of the transport operation, with responsibility for the delivery of cost, service, Health and Safety, regulatory and company policy compliance, people KPIs in line with company and legal standards and requirements. Responsibility for the transport team and fleet on a day-to-day basis, supporting the management team as required.

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Manage the usage of labour within the transport team, adjusting plans to ensure tasks are covered effectively at optimal cost.
• Ensure all items delivered are to the agreed customer specification with minimum wastage.
• Ensure that the department and depot achieve the company quality targets whilst operating within productivity targets.
• Ensure any operational costs are fully managed in accordance with the Transport Operations Managers directive.
• Proactive communication with internal and external customers, line manager and customer service team regarding operational issues.
• Responsibility for the delivery of daily, weekly, and monthly plans to ensure customer and company needs are met.
• Implement effective change to facilitate customer requirements as required, through customer, crew, and stakeholder feedback.
• Ensure the depot fleet is operationally ready and compliant with the required standard to ensure continuity of supply to our customers.
• Assist the Transport Logistics Manager in preparing details for monthly reports.
• Ensure that the daily plans and working hours of the crews are analysed to facilitate optimal performance.

Compliance

• Ensure compliance with all quality and legal Health and Safety documentation and standards.
• Counsel any infringements through de-brief and escalation as required, following the company procedures or re-training as needed.
• Maintain fleet compliance, focusing on defect reports, servicing, and MOTs.
• Ensure customer and company requirements are observed and maintained by monitoring the adherence to company policies and procedures, including completion of DRAs.
• Accurately complete relevant transport and Health and Safety audits through to corrective action sign off and implementation of any required changes.
• Monitor and maintain housekeeping standards in the department.

People

• Proactively manage team members performance.
• Identify employee training requirements, including mandatory regulatory training.
• Provide or arrange relevant training to team members to ensure compliance as well as development.
• Ensure investigations into accidents and incidents are completed effectively and there is a follow-up on corrective action with communication to the wider team.
• Proactively ensure people management issues are identified and effectively dealt with.
• Ensure consistent communications across the team and develop and maintain relationships with other departments.

Leadership

• Act following the company’s values and management principles within the department.
• Provide the team with expert knowledge, advice, leadership, motivation and address areas for improvement.
• Provide practical solutions to operational challenges and take ownership of problems and deal with them effectively.
• Create and maintain a positive, safe, and productive working environment.
• Continually review ways of improving the operations in all areas, generating new ideas and actively implementing and promoting change.