Transport Manager

Travis Perkins Trading Company Limited; Kemp Town Estate; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK building materials supplier is seeking a Transport Manager to oversee logistics operations at their Kemp Town branch. You will manage a fleet of vehicles and drivers, ensuring timely and safe deliveries while fostering a safety-first culture. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational skills and a commitment to compliance. This role offers the opportunity to lead a dedicated team in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience managing transport operations and fleet compliance.
• Ability to coach and lead a team effectively.
• Knowledge of logistics and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage transport operations efficiently and ensure compliance.
• Coach and lead the team to deliver exceptional service.
• Check driver compliance with laws and inspection standards.

Skills

Process driven

Meticulously organised

Confident communicator

Safety compliance

Job description

As a Transport Manager, you'll already know what to expect from a role like this one. You'll be the expert in all things with wheels at our branch, ensuring the smooth operation, logistics, and compliance of the branch's transport options. Reporting into the long-serving Branch Manager and Assistant Branch Manager, you'll be responsible for a fleet of 10 vehicles (including HGV class 2 with HIAB) and 7 drivers, ensuring stock is moved efficiently and safely from our branch to our customers' sites. Our Transport Manager will be key in delivering our promise and our products on time, in full, every time to customers across the wider Brighton area. But it's not just a case of planning deliveries. You'll need to coach your team and make sure they provide a first‑class, professional service. The biggest priority is safety, so you'll also check that our 11 drivers comply with the law and that vehicles are inspected to the highest standards.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the compliance and efficient management of the branch transport operation and the improvement of driver standards
• Responsible for ensuring full compliance for vehicles and drivers, the reporting and management of accidents
• Meeting agreed Transport/Fleet targets – utilisation and capacity targets
• Planning / routing deliveries
• Lead and coach your team and ensure they provide a first‑class, professional service to our customers and stakeholders
• Champion a non‑negotiable safety‑first culture, including checking drivers comply with the law and that vehicles are inspected in line with company and governing body procedures
• Playing a key part in stock management including goods in and out, and stock take, as rarely required

Who you are

• Process driven, meticulously organised
• Thorough with high standards of work
• Confident to respectfully challenge where necessary, but respectful in building a positive team culture
• Flexible and contactable to provide live, efficient support to our drivers out on the road

About Travis Perkins

We are Travis Perkins plc. With over two centuries of experience leading our industry, we've developed our early foundations into a diverse network of specialist brands, providing an unrivalled level of customer service from over 1,400 branches across the UK. As a nationwide business, high-performance benchmarks are regularly set – and regularly beaten. We give our best to be the best. Pushing ourselves to be bold in the pursuit of innovative solutions that can drive customer experience, profitability, and employee satisfaction. We share our knowledge, understanding that we are better when we come together and embrace what makes us, us. But primarily, we care. We care for our colleagues, like we care for our customers. We are now welcoming applications for a process‑orientated Transport Manager to join our large team at Travis Perkins Brighton Portslade.