Transport Shift Manager (Nights)

GXO; Newark on Trent; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics and supply chain company is seeking an experienced Transport Shift Manager in Newark on Trent. The role involves managing operations and compliance, coaching staff, and ensuring service quality. This full-time position offers a salary up to £35,000 with extensive benefits, including a pension scheme, private medical insurance, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

24 days annual leave

Company-sponsored pension scheme

Private medical and dental insurance

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Learning and qualification opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience within a similar role.
• Experience of managing conflicting priorities in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Daily operations issue management and resolution.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety and legislative requirements.
• Manage, motivate, coach and develop staff.

Skills

Experience supervising a team

Operational understanding of a transport environment

Planning and organizing

Education

National CPC desirable

Job description

Overview

Are you an experienced Transport Shift Manager who can really deliver? Are you ready to drive your career forwards? Transport yourself to GXO and find out more about how we do logistics differently!

GXO is currently seeking a talented and driven individual for the role of Transport Shift Manager, to work at our busy Currys site in Newark. You will play a key role in supporting the dedicated transport operation for the GXO Currys network, ensuring customer satisfaction and procedural conformance.

The role is being offered on a full-time, permanent basis and you will work on a 4 on 4 off rota, working night shifts 18:00 to 06:00.

What you’ll do on a typical day

• Daily operations issue management and resolution, including management of accidents and breakdowns and ensuring any issues that threaten the quality of service are escalated to the appropriate management level
• Manage and ensure all legislative requirements are complied with, in connection to health and safety, WTD, O-licence legislation, tachograph laws and employment law
• Controlling and managing all drivers and your team's shift patterns - particularly with regards to bank holidays, annual holidays and changes in the customers’ requirements to achieve weekly targets
• Manage, motivate, coach and develop staff to achieve stringent customer targets within a highly time sensitive operation

What you need to succeed at GXO

• Demonstrable experience within a similar role, experience supervising a team and an operational understanding of a transport environment
• National CPC desirable
• Understanding of key operational cost drivers and P&L or cost centre management
• Experience of managing conflicting priorities in a fast-moving environment, planning and organising

Benefits

Pay, benefits and more:

You’ll be paid a salary of up to £ 35,000 per annum, which includes a night shift allowance. You’ll also receive 24 days annual leave, as well as the option to buy additional days so you can enjoy a positive work-life balance. Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical and dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more. You’ll also have access to our GXO University which provides you with the opportunity to learn new skills and gain qualifications at a pace that you’re comfortable with. There’s also our continued focus on internal promotions, over 55% last year!

Equal opportunity

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement.