Transport Manager

Bis Henderson Recruitment; Batley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Bis Henderson Recruitment is seeking an experienced Transport Manager to lead the transport operation at a busy depot in Leeds. The role involves managing daily transport activities, ensuring compliance and performance standards are met.

The ideal candidate will have a Transport Manager CPC qualification and strong experience in logistics. You will be responsible for managing driver performance, fleet compliance, and service performance, ensuring efficient operations throughout.

Working hours will be a back shift starting at midday, Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in managing transport operations, ideally within a logistics environment.
• Strong understanding of driver hours and vehicle compliance.
• Confident using transport systems and analysis software.

Responsibilities

• Manage drivers and daily transport activity.
• Monitor vehicle roadworthiness and compliance.
• Maintain and update transport management systems.
• Recruit, train, and develop transport colleagues.

Skills

Transport operations management

Driver management

Fleet compliance

Service performance

Tachograph analysis

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Education

Transport Manager CPC qualification

Tools

Transport management system

Tachograph software

Job description

Location: Leeds

Salary: £45,000.00 - £50,000

Summary: We are recruiting for an experienced Transport Manager to lead the transport operation at a busy Leeds depot. Working a back shift starting at midday, Monday to Friday, you will take ownership of daily transport activity, driver management, fleet compliance and service performance, ensuring routes leave on time and all operational standards are consistently achieved.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage drivers and daily transport activity, ensuring sufficient resource is in place for the delivery requirement.
• Monitor vehicle roadworthiness, driver walk‑round checks, defects, PMI schedules and all aspects of operator compliance.
• Ensure drivers' hours, tachograph downloads and infringement reports are managed in line with current regulations.
• Maintain and update the transport management system, daily run sheets, usage reports and weekly transport overview reporting.
• Brief and debrief crews, manage service failures and communicate performance updates clearly across the business.
• Recruit, train, coach and develop transport colleagues, including performance reviews, probation reviews and disciplinary investigations where required.
• Coordinate vehicle maintenance, accident and incident reporting, PDA management, depot costs and agency driver compliance.

Experience

• Previous experience managing transport operations, ideally within a depot, multi‑drop, home delivery or logistics environment.
• Transport Manager CPC qualification is required.
• Strong understanding of driver hours, tachograph rules, vehicle compliance, PMI schedules and health and safety requirements.
• Confident using transport systems, tachograph analysis software, Microsoft Word and Excel.
• A clear communicator with the ability to lead, motivate and develop teams while building strong relationships with internal departments, service agents and agencies.
• Able to analyse trends, identify improvements and maintain high standards of service, safety and cost control.

Hours

Back shift starting at midday, Monday to Friday.

All applicants must have an unrestricted right to work in the UK as our client will not support visa sponsorship for this role.