Transport Shift Manager PM

GXO Logistics, Inc; Thrapston; On-site; GBP 36,282 - 44,345; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

MyBenefits platform

Job summary

GXO is seeking a Transport Shift Manager to lead the Primark contract in Thrapston. You will own daily transport operations, ensure safe, compliant performance and develop a high‑performing team through coaching of Team Leaders.

This full-time role is on a 14:00–22:00 PM shift, five days out of seven, with a salary up to £40,314 plus a £3,000 shift allowance and 33 days' leave. Benefits include a company pension, private medical & dental insurance and employee discounts.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of transport compliance, safety standards and operational best practice.
• Proven leadership experience within transport, logistics or a similar operational environment.
• Ability to manage performance, analyse data and influence operational outcomes.
• A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and problem-solving.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and develop team.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of daily transport operations, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient performance.
• Lead, coach and develop Team Leaders and wider colleagues to build a high-performing team.
• Monitor, analyse and report on KPIs, service levels and compliance metrics.
• Manage resource planning, operational challenges and risk mitigation across the shift.
• Drive a culture of accountability, safety and continuous improvement throughout the operation.

Skills

Team leadership

Performance management

KPI monitoring

Operational planning

Compliance awareness

People development

Job description

Are you a natural leader with a passion for logistics and developing high-performing teams? Do you have experience leading teams in a fast-paced transport or logistics environment? Are you confident managing performance, compliance, and operational KPIs? If you answered “YES!” to all three then we would love to hear from you.

Here at GXO, we’re looking for a Transport Shift Manager, supporting the Primark contract in Thrapston. You’ll be a Transport Manager who thrives in a fast-paced, operational environment and takes pride in delivering results through people. In this role, you’ll take ownership of a critical part of our transport operation, driving performance, ensuring legal compliance, and championing a strong safety-first culture. You’ll play a key role in motivating and coaching your team, building capability across Team Leaders and colleagues, while ensuring the operation runs smoothly and efficiently.

This is a full-time permanent position, working 5 days out of 7 on the PM shift pattern of 14:00 to 22:00

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £40,314.00 plus a £3,000.00 shift allowance per annum, and 33 days annual leave (inc bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also 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!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Take full ownership of daily transport operations, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient performance
• Lead, coach and develop Team Leaders and wider colleagues to build a high-performing team
• Monitor, analyse and report on KPIs, service levels and compliance metrics
• Manage resource planning, operational challenges and risk mitigation across the shift
• Drive a culture of accountability, safety and continuous improvement throughout the operation

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Strong understanding of transport compliance, safety standards and operational best practice
• Proven leadership experience within transport, logistics or a similar operational environment
• Ability to manage performance, analyse data and influence operational outcomes
• A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and problem-solving
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and develop team

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

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 here.