Shift Manager - Collections

DPD Group; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday trading

Enhanced maternity and paternity

Free life assurance of 4 x salary on加入

Free onsite car parking for all

Health Kiosks visiting every location

Discounted shopping from retailers (up

Milestone Days off

Free eye tests and glasses support

Job summary

DPD Group in Peterborough is seeking an experienced Shift Manager to strengthen the depot operations team. You will lead a high-performing shift, work closely with drivers and warehouse operatives, and ensure accurate processing of collections and returns while meeting performance targets and regulatory requirements.

The role demands strong people management, clear communication, decisive decision-making, and hands-on reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a fast-paced, high-performing team.
• Strong communication to inspire and manage a team.
• Proven decision-making, problem solving and time management skills.
• Resilience, adaptability and reliability in shift environments.
• Proficient in reporting and data analysis using standard tools.

Responsibilities

• Achieve depot objectives for operational performance and targets.
• Oversee collections and returns processing at the depot.
• Ensure compliance with company and legislative requirements.
• Manage HR tasks and responsibilities for the shift team.
• Monitor and report on KPIs and ensure reporting is timely.

Skills

People leadership

Communication skills

Decision making

Time management

Data reporting

Google Chrome applications

Tools

Google Chrome

Job description

• Location: DPD Peterborough -Unit 4, Waterworth Rd, Alwalton Hill, Peterborough, PE7 3AG
• Days of Work: Monday to Friday
• Hours of Work: 11:00 - 19:30

Join us on our journey as we aim to be the UK’s most sustainable delivery company, whilst ensuring our customers continue to receive a world class service. You will be in a busy and fast paced business, with a turnover of nearly £2 billion, that can offer you great benefits and plenty of opportunities to progress your career

DPD are passionate about creating an environment that is open, ethical, inclusive and socially responsible. When joining DPD you are not just starting a job, you are vital to our journey to be the most customer centric, inclusive, sustainable and leading parcel delivery provider within the UK who embraces and drives change, placing our people and our customers at the heart of what we do.

Along with job security, the tools to do the job and a competitive salary, you’ll receive fantastic benefits starting on day one, including never working on your birthday ever again!!!

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer.

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Shift Manager, to help strengthen our depot operations team.

As a Shift Manager you will be required to achieve depot objectives relating to

• Operational Performance
• Compliance to all company and legislative requirements
• Financial targets and objectives
• HR tasks and responsibilities

You will achieve these througheffective management of employees, maintenance of company operating standards and ISO operating procedures specific to your own areas of accountability.In this role you will be working closely with our Drivers and Warehouse Operatives. You will be responsible for overseeing the accurate processing of any Collections and Returns to the Depot.

Other key accountabilities will be;

• Ensure Collection Service targets are achieved
• Ensure depot targets for Early Volume are achieved
• Ensure company target for Collection ETAs is achieved
• Ensure company target for Saturn Success is achieved
• Ensure all relevant systems and reports are analysed and updated in a timely manner.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for;

You will have experience in a fast paced operation with proven and demonstrable people management experience, involving direct accountability and responsibility for motivating and leading a high performing team.We would also expect:

• You will have strong communication skills with the ability to inspire, motivate and manage a team.
• Decisive and effective decision-making, problem resolution and time management skills.
• Demonstrate high levels of resilience, self-motivation and flexibility.
• Excellent computer skills with the ability to use Google chrome applications
• The ability to do comprehensive reporting, alongside analysis of data is a key requirement for this role.
• You will be highly vigilant to any unscrupulous activity taking swift and appropriate action when required.
• Demonstrate the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Caring and Accountability.

Additional Information

About our benefits:

We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…

• Holiday trading
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
• Free onsite car parking for all employees
• Health Kiosks visiting every location
• Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
• Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
• For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.

If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you!