Transport Manager

DP World; Stanford-le-Hope; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

DP World is seeking an experienced Transport Manager for their Stanford-le-Hope site. This role involves coordinating transport operations, managing relationships with hauliers, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. The successful candidate will lead a team, drive profitability, and maintain high customer service levels in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Strong team leadership and development skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in managing transport operations.

Responsibilities

• Administer all transport requirements and ensure timely bookings.
• Manage and develop a team of transport planners.
• Monitor and review weekly haulier KPIs.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Customer service

Multitasking

Logical thinking

Education

Experience with warehouse management systems

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

DP World is at the heart of Britain’s trading future, providing the right trading infrastructure, smart logistical solutions, and the benefits of freeport status to our customers. DP World Contract Logistics-Group offers tailored logistics concepts for the automobile, supplier, and consumer goods industries. We support everything from planning to implementation of reliable process chains by understanding all the needs and requirements and making individual solutions possible.

DP World Contract Logistics International UK is part of the globally operating logistics company DP WORLD CONTRACT LOGISTICS Holding Ltd., with around 51,000 employees.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at our DP World Contract Logistics site for an experienced Transport Manager to join our team in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. This role is critical to ensuring the smooth and efficient coordination of all transport requirements, including managing hauliers, transport planners, and delivery schedules. You will play a key role in maintaining strong customer and carrier relationships, ensuring compliance, and driving transport margins.

Location: Stanford-le-Hope, Essex
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, this will be a rotating shift pattern between the core hours of 6am and 10pm
Contract: Permanent

How You Will Contribute

• Administer all transport requirements and ensure timely bookings for deliveries.
• Support operations teams and coordinate hauliers and dispatch timelines.
• Manage and develop a team of transport planners to ensure all orders are booked, collections are made, and OTIF (On Time In Full) targets are met.
• Maintain excellent relationships with customers and carriers/hauliers, responding to queries efficiently.
• Monitor and review weekly haulier KPIs and implement corrective action plans.
• Ensure delivery rates are competitive and aligned with business goals.
• Collaborate with the Business Development team to provide carrier/haulier rates and solutions for new business.
• Ensure all carriers/hauliers meet site health and safety standards and compliance requirements.
• Maintain effective reporting processes for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Work closely with the customer services department to manage re-bookings and delivery planning.
• Drive profitability by managing the P&L and achieving transport margin targets.

What You Will Bring Qualifications

• Computer literacy, including experience with warehouse management systems and Microsoft Office tools.

Experience & Skills

• Strong team leadership and development skills.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with frequent distractions.
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Logical thinker with the ability to reprioritize tasks independently.
• Experience in managing transport operations and working with hauliers.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market-competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse, and professional team of more than 111,000 employees from 159 nationalities, spanning 77 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster toward a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses—Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics, and Technology—and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

We're also reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector toward better ways to trade, minimizing disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

DP World is on a mission to transcend boundaries and bridge the gap between all nations and cultures—not just in what we do but also in how we behave.

We are dedicated to creating a culture where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. We believe that embracing inclusion and diversity drives innovation and growth and helps us connect people, businesses, and societies. Free minds and different perspectives are changing our world, and together we can change what’s possible.

The DP World family comprises syncreon, Imperial, and P&O.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW
TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.