Transport Manager

American President Lines; Northampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A top logistics provider in Northampton is seeking a skilled Transport Manager to lead a compliance-focused team in temperature-controlled operations. The successful applicant will have a strong background in transport management, effective leadership skills, and will be responsible for ensuring operational excellence and legal compliance. This position offers competitive compensation, a company car, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual leave entitlement with holiday buy scheme

Pension and life assurance

Employee benefits platform

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an O’Licence holder.
• Clean driving licence with no more than 6 points.
• Excellent knowledge of driver compliance rules and regulations.
• Experienced in managing transport and fleet operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead a transport operation with a temperature-controlled fleet.
• Implement operational and customer service best practices.
• Manage team development and ensure engagement and training.
• Maintain operational efficiency and promote health and safety standards.

Skills

Leadership skills

Driver compliance knowledge

Problem solving

Decision making

Communication skills

Job description

Transport Manager

Northampton, GB

CEVA Logistics provides global supply chain solutions to connect people, products, and providers all around the world. Present in 170+ countries and with more than 110,000 employees spread over 1,500 sites, we are proud to be a Top 5 global 3PL.

We believe that our employees are the key to our success. We want to engage and empower our diverse, global team to co-create value with our customers through our solutions in contract logistics and air, ocean, ground, and finished vehicle transport. That is why CEVA Logistics offers a dynamic and exceptional work environment that fosters personal growth, innovation, and continuous improvement.

DARE TO GROW! Join CEVA Logistics, and you will be part of a team that values imagination and continued learning and is committed to excellence in everything we do. Join us in our mission to shape the future of global logistics. As we continue growing at a fast pace, will you “Dare to Grow” with us?

YOUR ROLE

Our team based in Northampton, who provide essential distribution services within the healthcare sector for both hospital and patient‑at‑home care from our central NDC, have an exciting opportunity for a skilled and compliance‑focused Transport Manager.

This pivotal role will see you leading a transport operation with dedicated temperature‑controlled fleet where you will implement operational and customer service best practice with focuses on fleet and driver compliance.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Reporting into the Senior Operations Manager, you will lead a team of transport operators and clerks where you will take full responsibility for developing the team, ensuring colleagues are engaged, motivated, and fully trained to meet operational targets and demand. You will work with your team to embed training and succession plans and ensure absence, sickness and holiday cover is managed efficiently so not to affect operational activities.

As the Transport Manager, you will be the O’ Licence holder managing day‑to‑day transport activities with focuses on legal compliance, driver and sub‑contractor performance, cost efficiencies, and service delivery and actively promoting health, safety and quality standards where you will encourage individual responsibility. You will maintain an optimal level of operational efficiency and resources at all times, ensuring operating procedures and processes meet quality requirements, driving performance improvements through efficient auditing practices and robust reporting mechanisms. You will ensure that accurate measurements of KPIs are maintained and provide key stakeholders with operational updates, analysing service and identifying issues where you will implement immediate remedial actions. You will propose enhancements to the transport operation highlighting opportunities for innovation, continuous improvement, growth, and change.

This role will require you to not only focus on transport operations for Northampton but also taking overall operator duties for our out base operations and teams in Leeds, Exeter, Redditch, Dartford, and Irlam, therefore a full clean UK driving licence will be required and a flexible approach to working location.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

To be successful in your application you will be skilled Transport Manager, experienced in leading and developing transport and driver teams, ideally within a healthcare or temperature‑controlled transportation environment. You will possess excellent leadership skills, with demonstrable experience of driving innovation, change, and continuous improvement initiatives. With a strong customer focus you will be capable of building credible internal and external relationships, confident in challenging the status quo and skilled at managing complex matters, practiced at implementing corrective actions.

It goes without saying that you will be a natural communicator and presenter confident in showcasing operational successes and improvement initiatives to both internal and external stakeholder groups. This role requires an individual who is resilient with natural problem solving, decision making and influencing skills.

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experiences:

• Clean driving licence with no more than 6 points.
• Proven experience as an O’Licence holder.
• Excellent knowledge of driver compliance, rules and regulations.
• Experienced in managing transport and fleet operations.

We are looking for an individual who can take a flexible approach to working location, this role will see you travelling to our out‑base operations therefore this role comes with a competitive salary and company car.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER?

With a genuine culture of reward and recognition, we want our employees to grow, develop and be part of our journey. We offer a benefits package that includes competitive annual leave entitlement with a fantastic holiday buy scheme, pension and life assurance along with access to an employee benefits platform that offers discounts on gym memberships and money off vouchers for a diverse range of retail, travel and hospitality brands. There’s no doubt that you will be compensated for your hard work and commitment so if you’d like to work for one of the top Logistics providers in the world then please do get in touch to find your next role.

ABOUT TOMORROW

We value your professional and personal growth. That’s why we share plenty of career opportunities for you to thrive within CEVA. Join CEVA for a challenging career.

CEVA Logistics UK&I is committed to attracting, acquiring and retaining the best possible candidates in an equal and inclusive way that is consistent with employment legislation and best practice. We aim to select the best available person for every vacancy irrespective of age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, political beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and marital or civil partnership status.

Please note that candidates will be subject to the necessary right to work checks for the UK and Ireland. IND1