Transport & Logistics Team Leader

Rotork; Bath; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global flow control and instrumentation company in Bath is seeking a proactive Transport & Logistics Team Leader. The successful candidate will lead external logistics operations, ensuring deliveries and sales revenue targets are met through efficient and compliant practices, while collaborating with senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in a shipping environment.
• Knowledge of international business practices.
• An understanding of Incoterms and export controls.

Responsibilities

• Oversees all outbound and inbound shipments.
• Supervises the shipping team and maintains health and safety standards.
• Ensures compliance with trade and customs regulations.

Skills

Customer focused

Good communication skills

Time management

Attention to detail

I.T skills - Microsoft Office

Job description

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We are seeking a proactive and experienced Transport & Logistics Team Leader to join our team in Bath. Reporting directly to the Logistics Manager, this pivotal role is responsible for leading and managing the factory’s external logistics operations, ensuring that customer deliveries and sales revenue are processed accurately and on schedule—every time. As a key contributor to the success of our shipping department, the successful candidate will oversee all outbound and inbound shipments, playing a critical role in achieving our delivery and revenue targets. This position involves regular collaboration with senior leadership and requires a strong focus on efficiency, compliance, and continuous improvement.

As Transport & Logistics Team Leader you will be responsible for supervising the shipping team, ensuring all activities are conducted legally, efficiently, and cost-effectively. Key responsibilities include maintaining health and safety standards, managing team performance, leading daily operations through Tier F boards, and resolving critical issues using structured problem-solving tools. The role also involves ensuring compliance with trade and customs regulations, maintaining accurate data in our business system (D365), and coordinating closely with internal departments, customers, and agents to optimize the shipping process. Additionally, the successful candidate will support training initiatives, uphold our Business Management System (BMS), and contribute to the continuous improvement of departmental procedures and KPIs.

Job Description

We are seeking a proactive and experienced Transport & Logistics Team Leader to join our team in Bath. Reporting directly to the Logistics Manager, this pivotal role is responsible for leading and managing the factory’s external logistics operations, ensuring that customer deliveries and sales revenue are processed accurately and on schedule—every time. As a key contributor to the success of our shipping department, the successful candidate will oversee all outbound and inbound shipments, playing a critical role in achieving our delivery and revenue targets. This position involves regular collaboration with senior leadership and requires a strong focus on efficiency, compliance, and continuous improvement.

As Transport & Logistics Team Leader you will be responsible for supervising the shipping team, ensuring all activities are conducted legally, efficiently, and cost-effectively. Key responsibilities include maintaining health and safety standards, managing team performance, leading daily operations through Tier F boards, and resolving critical issues using structured problem-solving tools. The role also involves ensuring compliance with trade and customs regulations, maintaining accurate data in our business system (D365), and coordinating closely with internal departments, customers, and agents to optimize the shipping process. Additionally, the successful candidate will support training initiatives, uphold our Business Management System (BMS), and contribute to the continuous improvement of departmental procedures and KPIs.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Solid experience in a shipping environment
• Knowledge of international business practices
• Experience leading a team.
• An understanding Incoterms and their implications
• An Understanding of export controls of the transport of hazardous goods
• I.T skills – Microsoft Office
• Good Communication skills

Personal Specification:

Essential

• Customer focussed
• Good time management.
• Keep calm under pressure
• Team Player - able to be part of, and to lead a team.
• Able to work with little supervision
• Good attention to detail
• Methodical, logical thinker

Additional Information

Rotork is the market-leading global flow control and instrumentation company, helping our customers manage the flow or liquids, gases and powders across many industries worldwide.

Our purpose is Keeping the World Flowing for Future Generations.

For over sixty years, the world has relied on us to create the things that keep everything moving. From oil and gas to water and shipping, pharmaceuticals and food- these are the flows on which our modern world depends.

Today we're respected and admired for our people, performance and products. Our success flows from our commitment to engineering excellence, and that's what we will always pursue, safely and sustainably.

Rotork is going through an exciting period of change and growth, building on our existing market success. It's a great time to join us and make an impact in shaping the future of our business.

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