Transport Manager

M4 Recruitment; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and beauty supplier is seeking an experienced Transport Manager in Dunstable to oversee transport operations, ensuring legal compliance and team performance. The role offers a salary of £52,000 annually with a potential bonus of 7.5%. Benefits include 25 days of annual leave, rising to 30 days with service, and excellent career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Annual leave up to 30 days

Performance-related bonus

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong experience within a broad and technical transport operation.
• Ability to engage, communicate and lead a team efficiently.
• Proactive in problem solving with analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of transport operations, including managing shipments.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety and legal requirements.
• Manage operational budgets and address overspending promptly.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Flexibility

Education

CPC Transport Manager Level 3

Job description

Overview

An excellent opportunity for an experienced Transport Manager to join our client, a leading Health & Beauty Supplier. This is a temporary role with potential to become permanent in the future. The Transport Manager holds the primary responsibility for overseeing all aspects of transport operations, including managing outbound shipments and trunking activities between distribution centres and third-party hub sites. A key focus is ensuring store deliveries are punctual and complete, monitored through system data and store feedback within an established budget. The role also involves motivating and leading transport teams to adopt best practices and achieve logistical excellence, helping stores maximise product availability and enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty. The position requires a strategic approach to logistics management, continuous improvement in operational efficiency, and effective team leadership to meet organisational goals and customer expectations.

As an active member of the senior management team, you will focus on building and maintaining a motivated and skilled team. You will oversee daily operations, guide activities, foster a collaborative environment that promotes continuous improvement, and encourage innovation and adaptability within the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• To maintain a transport operation which meets all relevant legal obligations and company standards of operation, including but not limited to:
• Safety and Compliance - as the site-specific O Licence Holder, ensuring Health & Safety and Legal Compliance across the department
• Security - effectively manage security of property, product and transport assets through consistent delivery of agreed protocols
• Service and Delivery Performance - collaborate with other departments and third-party providers to ensure 100% customer satisfaction while adhering to Health & Safety and Legal requirements
• Cost and Efficiency - ensure agreed budgets are met, account for variances in the delivery of services, and take prompt action to address any overspend

What we are looking for

• Ability to engage, communicate and lead a team efficiently
• People-focused with a strong appreciation of the success drivers
• Strong experience within a broad and technical transport operation
• Comprehensive awareness of activities of other jobs and departments and how this affects their own role
• Ability to plan and organise own work within parameters
• Ability to persuade, influence and engage peers, team members and senior management
• Actively listens and presents information in an appropriate style, making technical information clear
• Discretion to make decisions within normal working parameters and company policy
• Aware of profitability needs within own area with an understanding of key performance indicators
• Demonstrates a positive attitude and is self-motivated
• Common-sense and practical approach to problem solving
• Proactive - using analytical skills to seek solutions
• Flexible and able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Able to work unsupervised and in a professional manner
• Strong organisational and planning skills
• Organised, articulate and understands aspects of the wider business
• CPC Transport Manager Level 3 qualified (essential)

What’s in it for you

£52,000 per year plus the potential to earn an additional performance-related bonus of up to 7.5% of annual salary. 25 days’ annual leave (plus public holidays), rising to 28 days after 3 years, then increasing by one day per year to a maximum of 30 days. Excellent career progression.