Transport Shift Manager

Wincanton; Stockport; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Wincanton is seeking a Transport Shift Manager to join their P66 team in Stockport. The role involves overseeing transport activities, managing drivers, and ensuring high service levels. The ideal candidate will have experience in transport logistics and excellent communication skills, along with benefits like a company pension and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Generous holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Online discount platform

Onsite parking

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-moving transport environment.
• Ability to manage teams and communicate effectively with drivers and clients.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily transport activities and ensure customer service levels.
• Proactively motivate drivers to achieve targets.
• Cover out of hours order-taking and planning.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Motivation

Problem-solving

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

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Job Description

Overview

An amazing opportunity for a Transport Shift Manager to join the P66 team. As a Transport Shift Manager you will ensure that resource is efficiently provided and both company and customer procedures are followed and agreed customer service levels are always met.

Shift Pattern - Monday to Friday (weekends may be needed.)

To cover core hours of working day

How will you contribute?

• Reporting to the Operations Manager you will be responsible for the day-to-day transport activities and customer service levels of your shift.
• Proactively manage and motivate drivers, to achieve planned targets and deadlines and resolve any issues daily
• Responsible for out of hours order-taking, order amendments and planning.
• Responsible for providing customers with accurate ETA's and communicating any changes to their order.
• Ensure daily briefings and debriefs of driving team members
• Ensure absences, sickness and holidays are covered
• Carry out return to work interviews, monitor in line with company policy
• Promote and record near miss reporting to support a Health and Safety culture
• Ensure accurate and efficient issue of delivery documents
• Ensuring effective collation of statistical information for various transport reports
• Management of tachograph records, and vehicle downloads
• Ensuring the correct management of drivers' hours, working time directives and monitoring of reference period averages

What will you bring?

• Ability to cope in a fast-moving environment with a flexible can-do attitude.
• Understands and can respond to customer needs.
• Effective communicator with the ability to develop good working relationships with the customer, drivers, and senior managers.
• Must be self-motivated with a can-do approach as this is an outbase role and you will be the first point of contact for drivers
• Understanding of CI principals desirable but not essential
• Previous experience using Microsoft office, Excel, is essential
• Whilst previous logistics experience and experience of Transport Management Systems is desirable, it is not essential, as training can be provided.
• CPC is desirable but not essential

What do we offer?

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