Transport Supervisor

William Jackson Food Group; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food distribution company is seeking a Transport Supervisor in Tewkesbury to supervise logistics operations and ensure compliance with health and safety standards. The role involves managing driver debriefings, overseeing vehicle maintenance, and ensuring legal compliance within the transport function. Join a family-owned business committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and providing quality service to over 1,200 restaurant kitchens.

Qualifications

• Supervising transport operations and ensuring all compliance requirements.
• Managing logistics documentation and preparing reports using KPI dashboards.
• Enforcing health and safety regulations in the transport team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee logistics management and driver debriefing processes.
• Ensure health and safety compliance is maintained.
• Supervise vehicle maintenance and accident reporting procedures.

Skills

Analysis and Reporting Skills

Understanding of HGV Driver's Hours

GPS and Route Manifests Competence

Education

FLT Licence (preferred)

Full UK Driver's Licence

Job description

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Transport Supervisor - Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire - Competitive Annual Salary

About The Role

The purpose of this role is to supervise the overall activities of the Transport Function at the Tewkesbury Depot, ensuring all vehicles / drivers returning to the depot are de-briefed in full, ensuring that all aspects of operational, compliance and health and safety are covered and processed in a prompt and effective manner.

What You Will Do

Logistics Management –

• Ensuring drivers have the correct and completed paperwork when returning to the depot.
• Face to face in full de-briefs with all drivers upon returning to the depot.
• Data inputting as per transport departments requirements.
• Management of end of day warehouse, ensuring the temperature regulation of returning product
• On road supervision of drivers and routes with a fluid approach to ensure OTIF is maximised.
• Ensuring drivers and vehicles are legal at the point of returning to the depot.
  
  

Health and Safety -

• Enforce all HSE requirements and conduct investigations for anyone failing to follow these.
• Ensure all relevant Transport and Health and Safety compliance and legislation is communicated, understood and adhered to you in your team.
  
  

Compliance -

• Complete driving licence checks, which includes weekly random spot checks
• Supervise the vehicle defect procedure and ensure vehicles are maintained to a roadworthy and legal standard.
• Complete DQC Card Checks, which includes weekly random spot checks.
• Updating and maintenance of vehicle files in line with company procedures and legislation.
• Booking all vehicles for Service, MOT and fridge legislative requirements.
• Complete Maxoptra checks and ensuring that driver’s routes are compliant.
• Ensure company accident reporting procedures are adhered to.
• Monitoring of driver hours / regulations and briefings where applicable.
  
  

What You Will Need

• FLT licence is preferred but not essential
• Full UK driver's licence
• Understanding of HGV driver’s hours and regulations.
• Full knowledge of delivery routes
• Good analysis and reporting skills using KPI dashboards
• Competent in GPS and route manifests
• Experience of working with paperless deliveries
• Experience in delivery safety and processes
• Role model for adhering to SOPs; always follows rules and procedures
  
  

About Us

Wellocks, is one of the leading UK food distributors in the hospitality industry. We provide fruit, vegetables, dairy, eggs, poultry, meat, store cupboard essentials and everything else chefs will need in their restaurant kitchen. Thanks to our highly skilled team, we also offer pre-prepared veg and freshly-made pasta which is a key part of our service.

From our humble beginnings in 1961 supplying potatoes to local pubs and restaurants, 60 years later we now supply over 1,200 restaurant kitchens across the country with amazing ingredients.

We’re proud to be part of the William Jackson Food Group, a dedicated family-owned food business which started in 1851. Our sister businesses are Abel & Cole, Jacksons Bakery and Belazu. Family values and the commitment which comes with such a long-standing business are rooted in our culture here at Wellocks.

Thanks for reading our job advert. We do our very best to bring to life what it's like working as part of our team. Diverse teams really are the best teams. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. All colleagues are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying - a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully.

We also know that sometimes some candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box. If you are really excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet... go on... why not give it a whirl? Good luck!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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