Night Transport Team Leader – FMCG Logistics

CULINA; Kilsby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme

Wellbeing Support (Employee Assistance

Eye Care Vouchers

Reward & Recognition

Everyday Discounts

Job summary

Culina is recruiting for a Transport Team Leader at our Rugby site in the UK. You will oversee the Transport Operations Team and driver team, planning resources and ensuring clear instructions for vehicles and drivers to optimise utilisation.

The role involves night shifts (Sun-Thu, 16:00-06:00) and ensuring despatch accuracy, adherence to hours and WTD regulations, and effective liaison with third-party hauliers and on-site operations.

Qualifications

• Transport experience in FMCG environment.
• Ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure.
• Able to work as part of a team or individually.
• Knowledge & experience of tachograph / driving rules and regulations.
• CPC National desirable but not essential.
• Good IT skills including Microsoft office packages.
• Effectively prioritise workload in order to meet set deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Allocate drivers and vehicles to loads efficiently, considering holidays and sickness, drivers hours and WTD.
• Plan driver start times to meet site despatch KPI.
• Communicate with third party hauliers to ensure collection times are met.
• Coordinate shunting operations for pre-loading and unloading.
• Maintain clear communication with drivers, including start times and load information.
• Ensure orders are despatched and delivered per customer specs.
• Inform collection/delivery points of delays.
• Maintain service levels with other departments.
• Allocate equipment for maintenance/service as instructed.

Skills

Transport experience

Work under pressure

Team player

Tachograph rules

CPC (National)

IT skills

Prioritise workload

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Culina is recruiting for a Transport Team Leader at our Rugby site in the UK. You will oversee the Transport Operations Team and driver team, planning resources and ensuring clear instructions for vehicles and drivers to optimise utilisation.

The role involves night shifts (Sun-Thu, 16:00-06:00) and ensuring despatch accuracy, adherence to hours and WTD regulations, and effective liaison with third-party hauliers and on-site operations.