Digital Transport Control Tower Manager

GXO Logistics, Inc; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 61,200 - 74,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or car allowance (£6,000)

Private medical insurance

Company sponsored pension

Life assurance

Retail discounts

Job summary

GXO Logistics, Inc is seeking a Digital Transport Control Tower Manager to lead the EyeQ marketplace initiative within our Nottingham site. You will shape the commercial strategy, product roadmap, and adoption across our logistics network.

Reporting to Head of Planning & Subcontracting, you will build a high-performing team, drive API integration, onboarding, and governance, with travel as required. The role is full-time and based in Nottingham.

Qualifications

• Leadership in transport/logistics or digital platforms; knowledge of UK haulage and subcontracting
• Pricing, revenue/margin management, digital freight marketplaces, and platform adoption
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
• Data-driven with experience in TMS (Ortec), Power BI, APIs, and implementation
• Strategic, resilient leader who builds high-performing teams and drives improvement

Responsibilities

• Lead growth and adoption of the EyeQ Marketplace, driving targets across subcontract spend.
• Own haulier onboarding, supplier integration and API connectivity with compliance.
• Drive product development and digital integration aligning ops with customer goals.
• Manage commercial performance via pricing strategy, revenue and KPI ownership.
• Build relationships with customers and suppliers while growing the onboarding, support, analytics team.

Job description

Ready to lead the growth and transformation of a market-leading digital transport platform, shaping its commercial strategy, product roadmap, and adoption across a major logistics network?

Excited by the opportunity to build a high-performing team, drive innovation through system integration and automation, and deliver measurable operational and commercial results for customers and suppliers alike? Join our EyeQ Network as Digital Transport Control Tower Manager !

This is a pivotal leadership opportunity to drive the success of our EyeQ marketplace for our GXO Group, building engagement with suppliers to build our network. Reporting to the Head of Planning & Subcontracting, you’ll lead a team of three and will be accountable for marketplace deployment, haulier onboarding, compliance, API integration, product development, and commercial performance.

This is a full time, permanent opportunity based in our Nottingham site ( NG9 6RY) with travel. Working Monday to Friday 08:00 to 17:00.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to£68,000 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company car OR car allowance to the value of £6,000 PA, private medical insurance, a company sponsored pension scheme, life assurance and access to our benefits platform, including retail discounts.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead the continued growth and adoption of the EyeQ Marketplace platform, transitioning subcontract spend onto the system while delivering growth and performance targets
• Own haulier onboarding, supplier integration, and API connectivity, ensuring operational readiness, compliance, and seamless platform engagement
• Drive product development, platform enhancements, and digital integration initiatives, aligning operational needs with customer and commercial objectives
• Manage commercial performance through pricing strategy, revenue growth, KPI ownership, operational governance, and continuous process improvement
• Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders while leading and developing a high-performing team across onboarding, support, and analytics functions

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Proven leadership within transport, logistics, control tower, or digital platform operations, with strong knowledge of UK haulage networks and subcontracting
• Commercially astute with experience in pricing strategies, revenue and margin management, digital freight marketplaces, and driving large-scale platform adoption
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to influence and collaborate effectively across operations, commercial, IT/product teams, customers, and suppliers
• Data-driven and technology-focused, with experience using TMS platforms (ideally Ortec), reporting tools such as Power BI, and exposure to API integrations, system implementation, and project delivery
• Strategic, resilient, and action-oriented leader who develops high-performing teams, drives continuous improvement, and thrives in fast-paced, evolving digital environments

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GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work.GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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