First Line Manager

Wincanton; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Wincanton as a First Line Manager and lead operations at JD Sports in Dunstable. You'll manage a dedicated team, ensuring performance meets targets through motivation and guidance. This permanent role offers a competitive salary, generous benefits, and significant opportunities for career development in a safety-first environment.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Generous holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Online discount platform

Onsite parking

Qualifications

• Experience within a transport/busy operational environment is desirable.
• Comfortable working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Understanding of drivers working time directive and EU regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations of the transport team.
• Ensure compliance with administrative and security tasks.
• Promote good driver behaviors and conduct investigations.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excellent communication

Computer skills (MS Office)

Education

CPC transport license

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Job Description

Join our team as a First Line Manger!

We are recruiting for a permanent line manager to work in the operation at JD Sports Dunstable. You will motivate, encourage, guide, and manage team members to meet KPI's and performance requirements.

This is a 4 on 4 off role for the day shift.

Salary £34,000 per annum

How will you contribute?

• Daily running of the Transport operation.
• Ensuring completion of all administrative and legislative tasks required to maintain performance of the operation.
• To liaise with other departments to avoid delayed departures and/or deliveries.
• Ensure Operational security requirements are adhered to e.g. vehicle keys, phones, fuel cards.
• Engage directly with customer service to provide updates in relation to deliveries.
• Management of tachograph records for allocated driver team.
• Promote good driver behaviours utilising tools including Mix telematics for allocated driver team.
• Providing leadership and motivation for the admin team and driver team, including regular 121's, career plan discussions and succession planning.
• Conducting investigations within a timely manner
• Conducting accident investigations within a timely manner
• Assist with the management of vehicle defects through the VOR process.
• Actively be involved in the recruitment, training and coaching of all admin and driver colleagues.
• Management of the sickness absence process, including accurate record keeping and RTW interviews.
• To work between both locations in the Midland Campus.

What will you bring?

• Attention to detail is key for this role as is the accuracy of information supplied.
• Experience within a transport/busy operational environment is desirable.
• Excellent communicator at all levels.
• Understanding of drivers working time directive and EU regulations.
• Comfortable working in a pressurised environment and to tight deadline and on your own initiative.
• Excellent computer skills are critical to this role specifically MS Office applications such as Word and Excel and knowledge of Distribution/Transport Systems would be advantageous.
• CPC transport license would be an advantage.

Our Culture & Benefits

In addition to generous remuneration, we really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment, along with other benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits include, online discount platform, onsite parking and much more.

Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That's why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multiskilling, in a dynamic working environment.

Be a part of our values.

We're Thoughtful, We're Aiming High and We're Prepared.

Our Commitment

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. We strive for an environment where all colleagues feel included, supported and valued, whilst feeling they can be their whole selves within our workplaces. We are proud that our colleagues represent us and our successes and we welcome your application.

About Us

Wincanton is a leading supply chain partner for British business, providing supply chain solutions up and down the country with 20,000 colleagues working across more than 200 sites.

Through a wealth of experience and knowledge Wincanton provides business critical services including storage, handling, and distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer 'dark stores'; two-person home delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of the UK's best-known companies.

About Us

Wincanton is a leading supply chain partner for British business, providing supply chain solutions up and down the country. Through a wealth of experience and knowledge Wincanton provides business critical services including storage, handling and distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer 'dark stores'; two-person home delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of the UK's best-known companies.