Transport Manager

Medirest Signature; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in supply chain management seeks an experienced Transport Operations Manager for their Rochdale distribution centre. This role requires expertise in ensuring compliance, managing transport activities, and leading a team to achieve operational excellence. The ideal candidate will excel in a fast-paced environment, possess strong organizational and communication skills, and hold relevant qualifications. Join a dynamic team that values growth, safety, and career development.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Generous holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Online discount platform

Onsite parking

Career development opportunities

Training enrichment and multi-skilling

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Ability to manage a team, including welfare and grievances.
• Understanding of drivers working time directive and EU regulations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure operation meets daily and weekly KPIs.
• Build and maintain effective customer relationships.
• Develop a high-performance team culture.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Team development

Operational compliance

Problem-solving

Education

National and International CPC

Tools

Transport Management Systems

MS Office

Job description

Role Overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced and enthusiastic Transport Operations Manager to join our successful team at JD Sports based at their distribution centre in Rochdale. This is an excellent opportunity to work as part of a management team that promotes culture, performance, and engagement with its talented team.

The Transport Operations Manager will have the accountability of the safe and compliant operation at Rochdale reporting to the National Operations Manager. Leading a team of Transport Supervisors, to deliver best in class whilst ensuring an optimum and efficient cost base and legal compliance.

Duties and responsibilities:

• To ensure the operation achieves targeted daily and weekly KPIs, through effective use of the planning / scheduling information available, providing a first-class service to the customer within budget

• Build and maintain an effective customer relationship; ensuring that service is consistently meeting the customers' requirements, in line with the Service Level Agreements, through optimising resource management, technology, fleet utilisation and colleague engagement.
• Giving direction and monitoring performance, ensuring the site runs efficiently and effectively with direct responsibility for the transport activities on site.
• Ensure effective communication throughout the operational leadership team.
• Ensuring all activities meet the Wincanton standard for Health, Safety, and the Environment, driving contribution to the safety culture.
• Develop an engaged, high-performance team culture - where growth mindset is prevalent.
• To ensure the operation is fully compliant with all legislation.
• Assisting in leading and developing a culture of continuous improvement to drive best-in-class activity and operational excellence, in line with performance objectives.
• Ensure the team are working towards all relevant policies and procedures.

Experience, Skills, and Attributes:

• Experience within a fast-paced and pressurised operational environment, working to tight deadlines on your own initiative.
• Good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Well organised with the ability to prioritise tasks accordingly.
• Attention to detail, driven by continual improvement and high standards.
• Ability to develop your team, ensuring that they are well informed and well-motivated and managed effectively to achieve their personal goals as well as their operational KPI's.
• Understanding of drivers working time directive and EU regulations.
• A positive and flexible attitude to work being reliable and punctual.
• Excellent computer skills, specifically MS Office applications and knowledge of Transport Management Systems.
• National and International CPC holder (contract-dependent)
• Experience of managing a team, including welfare, disciplinary and grievances.
• Demonstrable knowledge of transport legislation.
• Numerate, with experience of delivering targets within budgetary constraints.

Our Culture & Benefits

In addition to generous remuneration, we really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment, along with other benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits include, online discount platform, onsite parking and much more. Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That's why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.

Be a part of our values; We're Thoughtful, We're Aiming High and We're Prepared.

Our Commitment

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. We strive for an environment where all colleagues feel included, supported, and valued, whilst feeling they can be their whole selves within our workplaces. We are proud that our colleagues represent us, and our successes and we welcome your application.

Find out more: Wincanton champions a diverse workforce

About Us

Wincanton is a leading supply chain partner for British business, providing supply chain solutions up and down the country with 20,000 colleagues working across more than 200 sites.

Through a wealth of experience and knowledge Wincanton provides business critical services including storage, handling, and distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer dark stores'; two-person home delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of the UK's best-known companies.