Transport Team Leader

PHOENIX Healthcare Distribution Limited; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare distribution company seeks a Team Lead for their Wakefield Depot. In this vital role, you will connect supervisors and warehouse staff, ensuring efficient operations and safety in the workplace. Your responsibilities will include managing staff, overseeing transport activities, and maintaining high productivity standards. Join us and enjoy competitive benefits like a health cash program, annual leave, and ongoing training opportunities.

Benefits

22 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays

Medicash healthcare support

High Street discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Contributory Pension Scheme

Accredited Training Programmes

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a leadership role.
• Ability to motivate and develop a team.
• Capable of handling weight up to 15kg and standing for long durations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and prioritize Transport activities.
• Manage staff hours, sickness, and holidays effectively.
• Conduct safety checks on vehicles and equipment.

Skills

Leadership

Time Management

Health and Safety Knowledge

Education

Full Driving Licence, valid in the UK

Job description

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Monday to Friday 11am to 7pm or Monday to Friday 6am to 2pm

We’re looking for a Team Lead to come join our Wakefield 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.

Role responsibilities

• 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.

Key Skills, Knowledge, and Qualifications

• Full Driving Licence, valid in the UK.
• 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)

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received