Senior FMCG Transport Operations Lead

Culina Group; Minworth Greaves; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 25 days

Company Bonus

Private Medical Cover

Pension scheme 5% employee / 8%employe

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Eye Care Vouchers

Reward & Recognition

Everyday discounts

Job summary

Great Bear, part of the Culina Group, is seeking a Transport Operations Manager to oversee 24/7 transport activities, ensure costs align with budgets, and develop the team through engagement and training. The role requires leading a shift-based transport operation with a focus on service levels and continuous improvement.

Working hours are Monday to Friday, 08:00–16:00, with responsibilities including fleet planning, supplier management, regulatory compliance, and strategic cost control within

Qualifications

• Planning and organising skills with a high level of numeracy.
• Previous supervisory experience within a FMCG environment.
• Excellent negotiating skills with the ability to influence and steer.
• Leadership and motivational qualities and proven experience of building a team.
• An effective communicator at all levels, good verbal and written skills.
• Personal motivation and confidence resulting in a positive impact.
• Highly tolerant of change – able to work within an evolving organisation.
• Ability to challenge the status quo and drive changes in the business.
• Able to thrive in a highly competitive and demanding environment.
• Good commercial knowledge of transport operations, consumer orientated and customer service driven.
• Problem solving in a pressurised environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage your team to ensure they execute traffic plans to enable delivery of products to customers within agreed service levels.
• Reduce non-contract maintenance and damage spends through the use of vehicle passports and daily confirmation of spend.
• Ensure that all available fleet is on the road and declared to enable the planning team to plan the resource.
• Motivate and develop the transport team and ensure that they comply with all relevant statutes and regulations.
• Communicate with third party hauliers in regards to control all reported defects on drop trailers left for pre-loading.
• Check and approve maintenance cost reports and related invoices.
• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly compliance milestones are achieved, measured by internal audit scoring.
• Attend daily, weekly and monthly customer review meetings.
• Monitor, audit and control suppliers.
• Support implementation of service improvements in conjunction with customers and other areas of the business.
• Generate and implement ideas with regards to staff and operational changes, which will help drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Planning & organizing

FMCG supervisory experience

Negotiation skills

Leadership & motivation

Effective communicator

Change management

Challenge the status quo

Competitive environment adaptability

Transport operations knowledge

Problem solving under pressure

Job description

Great Bear, part of the Culina Group, is seeking a Transport Operations Manager to oversee 24/7 transport activities, ensure costs align with budgets, and develop the team through engagement and training. The role requires leading a shift-based transport operation with a focus on service levels and continuous improvement.

Working hours are Monday to Friday, 08:00–16:00, with responsibilities including fleet planning, supplier management, regulatory compliance, and strategic cost control within