Night Logistics Shift Lead — Assistant Manager

Booker Group plc; Hoddesdon; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tesco discount (10%)

Tesco discount (15%) during 4 days/4th

F&F Clothing & Tesco Café 20% discount

Pension with company match up to 6%

Life assurance (1 year, 3 years if in-

Health & wellbeing support, EAP

Healthcare cash plan

Exclusive deals site; cinema vouchers;

Job summary

Booker Group plc, the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler, is hiring an Assistant Shift Manager for Best Food Logistics at Hoddesdon. You will join a fast-paced transport team, overseeing loading, attendance, and timely departures on a 4-on/4-off rota with 12-hour night shifts.

You will support the Shift Manager across transport operations, ensuring compliance, coordinating agency staffing, and maintaining performance across the shift.

Qualifications

• GCSE level or equivalent is required.
• Management-level office experience is important.
• Confidentiality, accuracy and effective communication are essential.
• Ability to lead an effective team.
• Ability to challenge, influence and give feedback.
• Technical capability around systems and process flows.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Ability to build relationships across departments.
• Strong problem solving and resilience.
• CPC trained qualification is required.
• Experience with SAP is preferred.
• Experience with Tachomaster and Microlise is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the dispatch board, record colleague arrivals, and ensure timely route departures.
• Manage and report colleague absences effectively.
• Coordinate with staffing agencies to fill operational gaps as needed.
• Conduct colleague meetings, welfare check-ins, investigations, and disciplinary hearings.
• Support monitoring and enforcement of transport compliance standards.
• Collaborate with the warehouse team to resolve loading and operational issues.
• Perform routine driver licence checks to ensure compliance.
• Assign and track vehicles using the fleet monitoring system.
• Prepare and process reports related to driver infringements.
• Investigate personal and vehicle incidents.
• Provide operational support across all areas of the transport function as required.

Skills

Leadership

Confidentiality & accuracy

Effective communication

Team leadership

Feedback & influence

Systems & processes

MS Office

Relationship building

Problem solving & resilience

Education

GCSE level or equivalent

CPC training

Other equivalent training

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Tachomaster

Microlise

Job description

Booker Group plc, the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler, is hiring an Assistant Shift Manager for Best Food Logistics at Hoddesdon. You will join a fast-paced transport team, overseeing loading, attendance, and timely departures on a 4-on/4-off rota with 12-hour night shifts.

You will support the Shift Manager across transport operations, ensuring compliance, coordinating agency staffing, and maintaining performance across the shift.