Transport Shift Manager – Best Food Logistics
Location: Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 0RFShift Hours: 48 hours per week hrs per week (5 days over 7, 48 hours per week, working 9.6 hour per day. Start time 15:00pm)Salary: Competitive
We operate the UKs ONLY flexible multi-temp, shared customer delivery logistics network. We buy, warehouse, pick and distribute the entire stock that goes into our customers stores across the UK, priding ourselves on quality of service.
We are looking for a Transport Shift Manager to lead the day to day running of the shift within the Transport department, with the support of the Transport Assistant Shift Manager.
You will support the Transport Manager where necessary and lead the department in their absence.
You will also be responsible for ensuring that the operation runs smoothly and efficiently and lead the effective management of driver colleagues.
- Lead and develop a team of Assistant Shift Managers and colleagues.
- Lead a busy shift ensure operational compliance and customer satisfaction
- Achieve department KPIs set by the business.
- Problem solves, overcome obstacles that arise during your shift.
- Always maintain total professionalism, whilst interacting with multiple colleagues and business departments.
- Demonstrate great teamwork, effective communication to all levels.
- Carrying out business policy and procedures to ensure compliance.
- Ensure all legal compliance is adhered too.
- Monitoring and control finances within the department.
- Drive business standards, ensure headcount achieves customer demands and deliver on objectives set by the business.
- Lead role when required as emergency coordinator.
- Analysis systems and data to effectively root cause.
- Monitoring depot temperature control system.
Essential:
- Must have at least 2 years experience within a Transport management role
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
- High degree of confidentiality, accuracy & effective communication
- Ability to lead an effective team
- Ability to challenge influence and give feedback
- Technical capability around systems and process flows
- Intermediate level of all Microsoft packages
- Ability to build effective relationships within & across departments.
- High level of problem solving
- High level of resilience
Desirable:
- CPC trained qualification
- SAP experience
- Tachomaster and Microlise experience
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