Transport Manager in Belfast

Salary: £36,353 per annum, 10% bonus potential, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and generous pension.

Full time, 41 hours per week. Permanent position at Northern Ireland Mail Centre, Newtownabbey, BT36 4HQ.

This is an exciting time to join Royal Mail as we are in the process of transforming towards a parcel-led business. At the heart of this will be our National Distribution operation who move our parcels across a vast network throughout the UK.

As a Transport Office Manager, you will facilitate the effective running of our traffic office at the Northern Ireland Mail Centre.

What does the role involve?

• Reporting to the Distribution Manager, you will lead and inspire a front-line team of approximately 17 drivers of large goods vehicles (7.5tn and above).
• You will professionalise distribution, ensuring operational work plans are achieved and that our pipeline optimises the flow of parcels and mail, while maintaining compliance with business policies, national work plan and Standard Operating Procedures.
• You will deliver results and a better service to our customers through your team by demonstrating trust in all colleagues.
• Using your excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, you will build effective relationships with key stakeholders, both internally and externally.
• You will achieve this working closely alongside our trade union representatives.

What skills and experience are we looking for?

We are looking for candidates who are flexible, can work under pressure and possess excellent leadership and communication skills. As a leader within the business, you must demonstrate evidence on your CV of the following:

• Leadership Focus: Ensures the basics are right, takes a 'one company' approach, creates positive energy, implements strategy, takes account of relevant issues.
• People Focus: Understands the value of diversity & inclusion, uses delegation, coaching, empowerment and feedback, identifies and develops talent, collaborates, takes time to know and understand others' needs and perspectives.
• Resilience Focus: Is approachable, provides reassurance to others, agile in adapting to new challenges, communicates regularly and informally, deals with ambiguity, is positive and realistic even under pressure.
• Achievement Focus: Ensures 'best day every day' by implementing standards of excellence, asks questions of others, shares learning, provides guidance.
• Improvement Focus: Implements transformation, reduces costs and ensures value for money, embraces innovative work practices, makes rational and informed decisions.
• Customer Centric Focus: Implements a customer-first culture, introduces ways to improve the customer experience, puts the customer at the heart of decision making.

Shift patterns:

• Wednesday 10:00 - 15:00
• Thursday 08:20 - 20:00
• Friday 06:40 - 20:00
• Saturday 07:15 - 18:15

Assessment process: If selected, your face-to-face assessment is designed to enable you to showcase your suitability for management positions within Royal Mail. You will take part in a capability-based interview and a short management scenario exercise.

Benefits: In return, we offer an excellent salary and benefits package including an opportunity to gain a recognised CPC qualification. This will be an excellent opportunity for you to develop your managerial skills and you will be supported for future career development.

Please note: If you are currently employed by Royal Mail, you must apply via the internal careers site as your application will not be processed accordingly.

About Us: Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we will provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready.

At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people. Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

Closing Date: Wednesday 10th June. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached. Interviews expected: w/c 29th June.