Operations Transport Manager

Oxalis Logistics UK; Kingsbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company is looking for a motivated individual to ensure delivery of business objectives in Kingsbury. Responsibilities include leading a team, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and fostering collaborative relationships with drivers and union representatives. Strong communication and people management skills are crucial for this role, along with the ability to work in a unionized environment. Exceptional candidates will have a full UK driving license and experience in the transport sector.

Benefits

Basic salary up to £48,000

Company Car or Car allowance of £4,500

Pension Contribution

Career Development Opportunities

Gym Discounts

Annual Salary Reviews

33 days holiday rising to 38 days with service

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading operational teams effectively.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Experience managing constructive relationships with clients.

Responsibilities

• Deliver business objectives while ensuring legal compliance.
• Coach and motivate team to develop future talent.
• Promote a positive health and safety culture within the workplace.

Skills

Full UK driving license

Strong communication skills

Excellent people management skills

Proficient in IT (Microsoft Office)

Problem-solving skills

Experience in safety culture

Ability to manage operational P&Ls

Understanding of Drivers' Hours Regulations

Experience in the transport industry

Education

Degree standard education or equivalent

Transport Manager CPC

Job description

Total Reward Package

• Basic salary up to £48,000
• Company Car or Car allowance of £4,500 per annum
• Pension (4% EE / 6% ER)
• 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with service (including Bank Holidays)
• Gym discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual Salary reviews
• Career development opportunities
• Cycle to work
• BP Fuel Card

Location base: Kingsbury

Summary Of The Role

To ensure delivery of business objectives whilst meeting commercial obligations against a range of health and safety and budgetary targets. Responsibility for ensuring all legal compliance criteria is met. Collaborative relationship management with drivers and the union is an essential part of this role.

Key Duties

• Implementation of SHEQ plan to deliver a safety first culture
• Provide leadership, development and support to enable their team to deliver their best every day whilst maintaining a friendly inclusive environment.
• Ensuring customer satisfaction is paramount
• Ensure all location colleagues are engaged and aware of the wider business goals.
• Rigorous control of all cost lines/drivers, to ensure all controllable costs are managed.
• Coaching and development of direct reports

Responsibilities

• To coach, manage and motivate their team in order to develop a future talent pipeline
• Ensure that all processes are appropriate and implemented to manage and steward safety, customer service, regulatory compliance, industrial relations, resource provision, resource utilisation and other key efficiency parameters.
• Ensure that all legal and regulatory requirements are met, including but not exclusive to: operator& s licence, drivers hours/ WTD regulations within the operational line.
• Promote a positive health and safety culture by ensuring all incidents are investigated effectively and thoroughly and follow up actions implemented and shared with the wider team as appropriate
• Carry out regular meetings with drivers and union representatives to ensure any issues are identified and responded to efficiently and appropriately
• Ensure that sufficient resources (assets and people) are in place in order to be able to meet customer requirements.
• Carry out regular reviews with service providers
• Oversee the training calendar and ensure all driver training is up to date and carried out in the required timeframes.
• All new recruits to be trained in line with the business requirement and related gap analysis.
• Directly and with their team build and maintain excellent relationships with other FTL OTM& s and support functions to successfully deliver the business objectives.
• Where necessary, undertake informal and formal disciplinary, grievance and absence management proceedings in line with Company Policy

Hours Of Work

7.5 hours per day (37.5 hours per week) to be worked between the hours of 9am and 5:30pm Monday to Friday, with a 1-hour unpaid lunch break.

Skills And Experience

• Hold a full UK driving license.
• Have strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to build effective working relationships.
• Have excellent people management skills.
• Have the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Be proficient in IT, particularly Microsoft Office - Outlook and Excel.
• Have good use of intuition and problem solving skills for productive outcomes.
• Have the proven ability to maintain high standards of decision making in a fast-paced changeable environment
• Have performed a role where large single site operational teams have been led to ensure a safety first culture is embedded.
• Have proven experience of delivering excellence and managing, constructive relationships with both SME& s and larger blue chip clients.
• Have the ability to take full detailed ownership, and experience of managing operational P& L& s.
• Ideally have had experience of working with Trade Unions at local levels.
• Have an understanding of Drivers& Hours Regulations.
• Have experience working in the transport industry
• Have experience working in a unionised environment.
• Be educated to degree standard (or equivalent) all disciplines considered.
• Have a Transport Manager CPC.

If you feel that you have the necessary skills and experience please apply now

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