Transport Team Leader

Rowlands Pharmacy; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medicash

Financial wellbeing app (iTrent)

High street discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Contributory Pension Scheme

Accredited Training Programmes

Job summary

Rowlands Pharmacy in Birmingham is seeking a Team Lead to bridge supervisors and warehouse staff, providing hands-on leadership to maximise efficiency in a safe, tidy depot environment.

You will coordinate transport activities, manage staff shifts and holidays, and motivate the team to reach targets while maintaining high safety standards. The role requires driving duties with attention to detail and clear communication across the operation.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in a logistics or warehouse environment.
• Ability to coordinate transport activities and prioritise tasks.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to safe working practices.
• Excellent communication skills with staff and drivers.
• Proven ability to prioritise workload and manage time effectively.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, prioritise and delegate Transport activities.
• Manage staff hours, sickness, holidays to avoid operational disruption.
• Motivate and develop staff to maximise productivity and efficiency.
• Check, load, and deliver customer orders on predetermined routes using tracking devices.
• Ensure products are transported under correct conditions, maintain temperature, cleanliness and security.
• Carry out safety checks on vehicles and equipment.

Skills

Team leadership

Transport coordination

Safety awareness

Communication

Time management

Job description

We're looking for a Team Lead to come join our Birmingham Depot. In this role you will be the link between the supervisors and warehouse staff providing immediate hands-on leadership and supervision ensuring maximum effort and attention to detail in a safe and tidy environment.

The heart of the role

• Coordinating, prioritising, and delegating Transport activities.
• Management of staff hours, sickness, holidays to help ensure no detriment to operations.
• To motivate and develop staff to maximize productivity and efficiency.
• Check, load, and deliver customer orders on predetermined routes utilising Asset Tracking Devices.
• Ensure products are transported under correct conditions, maintaining temperature, cleanliness, and security.
• Carry out all required safety checks on your allocated vehicle and equipment.

In this role you will be required to stand and walk for the majority of your shift, as well as needing to be able to lift (products up to 15kg), bend, twist, kneel, and crouch.

• Full Driving Licence, valid in the UK.
• Proven multi-drop driving experience.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise own workload.
• 22 days (pro rata) paid annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with length of service
• Medicash- a health cash program to assist with day-to-day healthcare costs, such as eyecare or prescriptions
• iTrent Financial Wellbeing - a financial wellbeing application which allows for flexible control of your finances
• Access to High Street discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Accredited Training Programmes available (Education paid for by the company via the Apprenticeship Scheme)