Logistics Manager

Food Service Logistics; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics company in Hemel Hempstead is seeking a dynamic individual for transport operations leadership. Responsibilities include managing fleet services, ensuring compliance, enhancing operational efficiency, and driving team development. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in transport management and proven leadership skills. This role offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension scheme and life assurance

Discretionary bonus scheme

Annual leave with service increase

Employee assistance programme

Eye care vouchers

Internal training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a complex transport function, preferably within temperature-controlled distribution.
• Passion for teamwork and innovative leadership.
• Ability to promote employee engagement.

Responsibilities

• Manage operational transport activities through your team managers.
• Ensure compliance with safety and legal standards.
• Drive continuous improvement and manage departmental budgets.

Skills

Leadership and management

Teamwork promotion

Customer relationship building

Commercial awareness

Analytical skills

Education

CPC licence holder

Tools

Transport management systems

Job description

About the Role:

• Fleet/ Planning and delivery of operational transport activities through your Transport Operations and Team Managers, to ensure the required level of service is provided to the customer
• Accountability for overall productivity within the operation, ensuring that activities are cost effective and levels of resource are managed effectively
• Maintaining and improving performance levels to maximise efficiency of operation in line with account KPI's
• Ensuring vehicles are legally compliant
• Effectively motivate, manage, and inspire your management team to develop and grow the skills of their teams
• Analysing customer feedback/information & propose innovative ideas to enhance the overall function
• Driving forward the continuous improvement of the operation
• Working within the departmental budget to own and achieve targets
• Ensuring that all requirements relating to safety, health, environment, and quality are being fully implemented

Essential Criteria:

• Thorough knowledge and hands on experience of working in a large, complex transport function - ideally within temperature-controlled distribution.
• A passion for encouraging teamwork, with an innovative approach to leadership - being creative and implementing new ways to improve performance and get the best out of your people
• A focus on promoting a culture where all employees are engaged
• Excellent customer relationship building skills
• Strong commercial awareness
• An analytical mind-set with a good understanding of reporting and recording performance statistics
• Relevant transport management systems knowledge
• CPC licence holder
• Flexibility to work within a fast-paced 24/7 business

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Great pension scheme increasing with service & Life Assurance Policy with up to 4 x basic salary
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave, increasing with service
• Perkbox Benefits and Rewards platform including Employee Assistance helpline
• Eye care vouchers
• Internal training programmes and development opportunities offered