Head of Transport

REM Associates Ltd; Bedford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

REM Associates Ltd invites applications for Head of Transport in Bedford. The role requires a graduate with 5+ years in Transport and Logistics, proven management of a fleet of 300+ vehicles and a £28 million budget.

You will guide transport team managers, drive KPIs, and ensure health, safety, environment and quality standards across the operation. Strong leadership, commercial awareness and data-driven decision making are essential to shape the transport strategy and achieve cost efficiencies.

Qualifications

• Graduate with at least 5 years' experience within Transport and Logistics.
• Experience managing a large fleet of 300+ vehicles and a budget of £28m.
• International CPC holder is essential.

Responsibilities

• Overall fleet management including account management of fleet providers.
• Achieve KPIs by guiding transport team managers weekly and monthly.
• Monitor investigations, ensure root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Uphold QHSE, Sustainability, and Fleet standards across sites.
• Oversee PPE, vehicle inspections, CV servicing, MOTs, VORs, and accidents tracking.
• Control department resources and costs within finance targets.
• Collaborate with wider teams to reduce damage and manage costs.
• Drive continuous improvement and implement standard processes across locations.
• Analyse transport data to identify issues and drive improvements.
• Ensure leadership engages teams in required changes.

Skills

Fleet management

Budget management

Team leadership

Transport compliance

CPC holder

Education

Graduate degree in Transport/Logistics

Job description

Head of Transport

Reporting to the Head of Operations the ideal candidate must be a graduate with at least 5 years' experience within Transport and Logistics. The ideal candidate must have previously managed a large fleet of at least 300 vehicles and managed a budget of 28 million.

Principle Accountabilities

• Overall fleet management to include ‘account management’ of fleet providers.
• Achievement of the daily/weekly/monthly KPI's through effective guidance and coaching of transport team managers.
• Monitoring all investigation activity to understand root cause and make sure that corrective and preventative action has been implemented and solutions identified (or escalated) where necessary.
• Upholding departmental compliance by consistently monitoring QHSE, Sustainability, and Fleet standards.
• This encompasses having an oversight of PPE usage, vehicle inspections, CV servicing, MOTs, VORs, contractor management, hygiene protocols, temperature checks, and thorough tracking of accidents and near misses.
• Supporting the control of department resources and costs within agreed finance targets.
• Monitoring routing and working collaboratively with wider teams to reduce damage and manage costs effectively.
• Taking an inclusive approach to continuous improvement by reviewing the operation as a whole and making recommendations.
• Utilising and analysing relevant data from transport and associated systems to identify issues and proactively drive improvements through transport team members.
• Ensuring transport team managers are leading required change throughout their teams to ensure initiatives are fully implemented and their teams are engaged throughout the process.
• Ensure that the Company Health & Safety Policy and Company Risk Assessments are effectively implemented at site level.
• With all activity, implement and manage standard process and procedures across all locations

Attributes

• A clear understanding, application and strategic delivery of transport compliance in previous roles.
• Previous experience of supporting the supervision/management of a transport department ensuring optimum efficiency and effectiveness.
• International CPC holder is essential.
• Experience within a fast pace, multi-drop logistics environment is preferable.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to fully understand budget and financial targets.
• Evidence of managing and driving change, in situations constantly requiring adaptation.
• Proven ability to lead and motivate large teams, with excellent people management skills.
• Work collaboratively and influence to build strong, trusting relationships with peers and other business departments.
• Evidence of creative and innovative thinking

In this position, you will be shaping the transportation strategy and leveraging your expertise to enhance overall operational efficiency