Transport Supervisor

GXO Logistics; Northampton; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Private medical & dental insurance

24/7 online GP service

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

High street discounts

Job summary

GXO Logistics is seeking a Night Transport Supervisor in Raunds for a full-time night-shift role from 22:00 to 07:00, Monday to Friday with some flexibility. You will lead drivers, coordinate between drivers and customers, and ensure KPI targets and legal vehicle operations are met.

The role requires strong communication, knowledge of transport compliance, and experience in cost control. IOSH and International Transport Manager CPC qualifications are beneficial, with a comprehensive benefits

Qualifications

• Experience with vehicle maintenance planning and legal requirements.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, experience developing relationships with customers and colleagues.
• Cost control and working within budget, reporting and managing cost variances.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily transport operations, tracking deliveries, liaising with drivers and customers, and ensuring service levels and KPIs are consistently achieved.
• Review driver, vehicle, and trailer resources to ensure all work is covered safely, efficiently, and in line with operational requirements.
• Manage transport compliance, including driver debriefs, tachograph infringements, vehicle defects, and driver hours legislation.
• Coordinate vehicle and trailer maintenance, working with service providers to minimise downtime and effectively manage breakdowns and incidents.
• Drive safety and performance through driver management, accident investigations, and proactive Health & Safety activities across the operation.

Skills

Communication

Driver coordination

Team supervision

Safety awareness

Budget/cost control

MS Office

Education

IOSH

International Transport Manager CPC

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Prefer the pace and autonomy of night shifts? If you have transport experience and enjoy coordinating operations, supporting drivers, and keeping everything running smoothly overnight, we'd love to hear from you.

Here at GXO, we are looking for aNight Transport Supervisor to lead our team inRaunds, supporting our Beko contract. Reporting into the Transport Manager, you will be engaging with drivers and suppliers, ensuring customer KPI's are met, all vehicles are operated within legal parameters and drivers are managed within compliance.

This is aapermanent,full-time role working Monday to Friday 22:00 - 07:00, however flexibility is required - this is logistics after all!

Pay, benefits and more:

We're looking to offer a salary of up to £34,000.00 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus 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:

• Monitor daily transport operations, tracking deliveries, liaising with drivers and customers, and ensuring service levels and KPIs are consistently achieved
• Review driver, vehicle, and trailer resources to ensure all work is covered safely, efficiently, and in line with operational requirements
• Manage transport compliance, including driver debriefs, tachograph infringements, vehicle defects, and driver hours legislation
• Coordinate vehicle and trailer maintenance, working with service providers to minimise downtime and effectively manage breakdowns and incidents
• Drive safety and performance through driver management, accident investigations, and proactive Health & Safety activities across the operation

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Experience with vehicle maintenance planning and legal requirements
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, experience developing relationships with customers and colleagues
• IOSH and International Transport Manager CPC qualifications would be beneficial
• Competent Microsoft Office user including Word Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience of cost control and working within budget, reporting and managing cost variances
• Knowledge of drivers' hours and working time directive rules

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.