Driver Team Manager - Compliance

Cencora, Inc.; Gravelly Hill; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Healthcare

Perks at Work (Discounts on top brands

Employee Assistance Programme

28 days' holiday

Free Parking

Job summary

Cencora, Inc. is seeking a Driver Team Manager at Alliance Healthcare UK's new Central Logistics Centre in Birmingham. You will lead the transport team, drive safety and compliance, and oversee a mixed LGV/LCV fleet across multiple sites.

The role emphasises continuous improvement, cost control and stakeholder collaboration to deliver reliable service in a regulatory environment. The position requires proven leadership, knowledge of UK transport legislation, and CPC qualifications or willingness

Qualifications

• Lead the transport team with a focus on engagement, performance and inclusion.
• Oversee compliant operation of transport including LGV/LCV fleets.
• Ensure compliance with transport legislation, operator licences, driver hours, tachographs.
• Drive continuous improvement to boost efficiency and reduce costs.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and motivate the transport team, ensuring high levels of engagement, performance, inclusion and accountability.
• Manage staffing and driver resource planning to maintain operational continuity, provide performance feedback, and support ongoing development.
• Oversee the safe, efficient and compliant operation of the transport function, including a mixed fleet of LGVs and LCVs across multiple locations.
• Ensure full compliance with transport legislation, operator licence requirements, driver hours regulations, tachograph rules, company policies and audit standards.
• Manage temperature-controlled distribution activities, ensuring all regulatory, quality and operational requirements are met.
• Fleet maintenance, vehicle records, compliance documentation and KPI reporting are completed accurately and within required timescales.
• Monitor operational performance and implement corrective actions to address compliance, service or efficiency issues.
• Deliver high levels of customer service by ensuring transport activities meet agreed service standards and customer expectations.
• Build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, resolving operational issues and driving service improvements.
• Lead the transport Health & Safety agenda, promoting a strong safety culture through training, monitoring, risk assessment and compliance reviews.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs and enhance transport performance through continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage transport operating costs within budget while maintaining service, safety and compliance standards.
• Act as the site transport lead, taking ownership of day-to-day operations and making informed decisions to ensure effective business performance.

Skills

Leadership

UK transport legislation

Fleet management

SOPs & contract requirements

Stakeholder management

Decision making under pressure

Education

Transport Manager CPC qualified

Tools

Microsoft 365 (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams)

Job description

This role is in support of Cencora's wholesale distribution services in Europe operating through our Alliance Healthcare business,

Transport Operations & Compliance

• Lead, develop and motivate the transport team, ensuring high levels of engagement, performance, inclusion and accountability.
• Manage staffing and driver resource planning to maintain operational continuity, provide performance feedback, and support ongoing development.
• Oversee the safe, efficient and compliant operation of the transport function, including a mixed fleet of LGVs and LCVs across multiple locations.
• Ensure full compliance with transport legislation, operator licence requirements, driver hours regulations, tachograph rules, company policies and audit standards.
• Manage temperature-controlled distribution activities, ensuring all regulatory, quality and operational requirements are met.

Fleet & Performance Management

• Ensure fleet maintenance, vehicle records, compliance documentation and KPI reporting are completed accurately and within required timescales.
• Monitor operational performance and implement corrective actions to address compliance, service or efficiency issues.

Customer Service & Stakeholder Management

• Deliver high levels of customer service by ensuring transport activities meet agreed service standards and customer expectations.
• Build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, resolving operational issues and driving service improvements.

Health, Safety & Continuous Improvement

• Lead the transport Health & Safety agenda, promoting a strong safety culture through training, monitoring, risk assessment and compliance reviews.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs and enhance transport performance through continuous improvement initiatives.

Budget & Operational Leadership

• Manage transport operating costs within budget while maintaining service, safety and compliance standards.
• Act as the site transport lead, taking ownership of day-to-day operations and making informed decisions to ensure effective business performance. Proven experience managing transport operations, including remote teams and mixed LGV/LCV fleets.

• Strong knowledge of UK transport legislation, driver and vehicle compliance, health & safety, and regulated operating environments.
• Experience leading compliant, temperature-controlled transport and logistics operations, with responsibility for site transport performance.
• Demonstrated ability to drive operational efficiency, continuous improvement, and achievement of transport KPIs and service standards.
• Effective leadership skills with experience developing teams, conducting performance reviews, and fostering a positive safety culture.
• Strong understanding of transport planning, fleet management, SOPs, and contractual requirements within a logistics environment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across internal and external partners.
• Able to prioritise workloads, make sound decisions under pressure, and consistently deliver results to tight deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Transport Manager CPC qualified, or willing to work towards achieving the qualification

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. We have an exciting opportunity for a Driver Team Manager to join the team at Alliance Healthcare UK's new, next-generation Central Logistics Centre (CLC) in Birmingham. You will play a pivotal in this world-class, game-changing facility. Designed with advanced automation and cutting-edge robotics, the CLC is set to redefine how Alliance Healthcare manages and delivers medical, health and beauty products to our customers across the UK.

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Healthcare
• Perks at Work (Discounts on top brands)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 28 days' holiday, increasing with service length
• Free Parking