Transport Supervisor

Furniture Village; Guildford; On-site; GBP 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Furniture Village as a Transport Supervisor in Guildford. In this full-time role, you'll oversee the distribution centre team, ensuring high performance, compliance, and exceptional customer service. We seek a passionate leader with strong decision-making skills and a commitment to our values.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a leadership role
• Strong understanding of transportation and distribution management

Responsibilities

• Support the Distribution Manager in managing the distribution centre team performance.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and company values.
• Act as a brand ambassador through customer service excellence.

Skills

Leadership

Customer Service

Financial Acumen

Decision Making

Analytical Skills

Adaptability

Innovation

Job description

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Transport Supervisor to join our team based in Guilford. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis and in return will receive a competitive salary of £32,750 per annum .

Here at Furniture Village, we have built a hugely successful retail business with a winning environment to work in, and we are delighted to have won Best Retail Family Business of the Year! We are caring, passionate, honest people who go the extra mile and make brave decisions to ensure our customers are always delighted with our service.

Key Responsibilities and results of our Transport Supervisor:

You will be responsible for supporting the Distribution Manager in the successful management of the distribution centre team performance in each of the key results areas – financial, service, people and operations. This includes supporting full compliance with all relevant legislation including the vehicle operator licensing legislation for the home delivery fleet. You will ensure all drivers act as brand ambassadors for the company in line with our marketing strategy; you will achieve this through the demonstration of our key leadership characteristics and by championing the company values.

Key skills and attributes we are looking for in our Transport Supervisor:

• Consistently leads by example, inspiring and motivating their team with energy and enthusiasm to achieve the company vision. Is a people champion who establishes effective relationships and builds sustainable high performing teams. Champions the company values through their actions. Is passionate about customer service.
• Is fully accountable and focused on achieving results. Translates business strategy into clear objectives and challenging goals. Expects the highest levels of performance and emphasises positive motivation, training and improvement to achieve this. Measures performance to ensure individual and team accountability.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of key business areas - Finance, Sales, Marketing, HR and Operations and uses this knowledge to make good judgments and quick decisions
• Demonstrates the ability to analyse and assess likely outcomes, evaluate options and decide on an appropriate course of action quickly in a fast paced environment
• Demonstrates clear thinking and the ability to reason in order to make sound judgements
• Encourages innovation and creativity. Demonstrates a positive approach to change. Shows awareness of the external environment, constantly strives for continuous improvement within the business.
• Is an enthusiastic learner who demonstrates self-awareness and reliance. Actively practices self-development to build their skills, abilities and behaviours
  

If you feel you have what it takes to be our Transport Supervisor then click “ apply ” today, we look forward to hearing from you!

Furniture Village is an equal opportunities employer, and all offers of employment are made solely on merit.