Night Depot Leader - Despatch & Transport

Allied Bakeries | part of Associated British Foods plc; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £46,355

6.6 weeks holiday

Pension up to 10%

Life Assurance

Simplyhealth cover

Cycle to Work

Extra Slice discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Allied Bakeries in Gateshead is seeking a Depot Front Line Manager to lead our night operation across despatch and transport. You’ll manage a team of around 28 colleagues, including 14 despatch operatives and 14 drivers, ensuring safe, on-time departures and a smooth end-to-end operation.

This hands-on leadership role requires strong people skills, problem solving on the shop floor, and the ability to drive continuous improvement while maintaining compliance with Drivers’ Hours, Tachograph, and

Qualifications

• Experience leading a night-time depot operation.
• Experience managing despatch and driver teams.
• Knowledge of Drivers’ Hours, Tachograph, Operator Licence, Health & Safety and food safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Leading the team – motivating, coaching and developing despatch and driver teams to deliver a safe, reliable and efficient operation.
• Keeping everything moving – overseeing the night-time depot operation and ensuring routes are accurately loaded and ready to leave on time.
• Maintaining high standards – ensuring compliance with Drivers’ Hours, Tachograph, Operator Licence, Health & Safety and food safety requirements.
• Managing performance – monitoring service, safety, compliance, attendance and productivity, and taking action where needed.
• Developing your people – providing regular feedback, coaching and support to help colleagues build capability and progress.
• Making things better – identifying opportunities to improve the way we work and supporting continuous improvement across transport and despatch.
• Solving problems – responding to operational challenges and making timely decisions to minimise disruption and protect customer service.
• Working together – building effective relationships with planning, manufacturing and other teams to keep the end-to-end operation running smoothly.
• Supporting your team day to day – carrying out return-to-work meetings, investigations, performance conversations and other people-management activities when required.

Skills

Team leadership

Coaching

Safety compliance

Despatch operations

Driver coordination

Job description

Allied Bakeries in Gateshead is seeking a Depot Front Line Manager to lead our night operation across despatch and transport. You’ll manage a team of around 28 colleagues, including 14 despatch operatives and 14 drivers, ensuring safe, on-time departures and a smooth end-to-end operation.

This hands-on leadership role requires strong people skills, problem solving on the shop floor, and the ability to drive continuous improvement while maintaining compliance with Drivers’ Hours, Tachograph, and