Transport Team Manager

GXO Logistics, Inc.; Northampton; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Life assurance

Retail discounts platform

Job summary

GXO Logistics, Inc. is seeking a Transport Team Manager to lead a large, diverse transport team and drive excellence across safety, wellbeing and customer service.

You will oversee 100+ trucks, 20 rigids and 260 trailers on site at Nectar Way, Northampton, UK, with a 3 on 3 off shift pattern and a 6:00–18:00 day window. The role emphasizes developing people, engaging colleagues, and delivering operational improvements while meeting KPIs and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience managing and developing teams in transport, logistics, or supply chain operations.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Capable of engaging, empowering and motivating large teams to deliver results and continuous improvement.
• Commercially aware and decisive, able to challenge the status quo and drive performance.
• Technically proficient with knowledge of transport legislation (driver hours, tachographs, Road Traffic Act).

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire Transport Clerical, Shunting, and Driver teams, ensuring effective resource allocation and operational performance.
• Drive operational excellence, delivering safe, compliant and efficient transport operations while achieving KPIs and customer service objectives.
• Develop and coach colleagues to foster engagement, progression and wellbeing.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely delivery and identify efficiency opportunities.
• Champion safety, compliance and innovation across the transport function.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

People development

Health & safety

Job description

Are you a people-focused Transport Team Manager who thrives on developing high-performing teams, driving operational excellence, and creating a culture where safety and wellbeing come first?

Join our fast-paced operation for our customer Sainsburys in Nectar Way, as Transport Team Manager, where you'll lead over 100 trucks, 20 rigids and 260 trailers, within a diverse transport team, where you'll be influencing performance, efficacy and customer service.

This is a great opportunity with a perfect blend of operational and people leadership, where you'll have a passion for colleague safety and wellbeing, employee engagement and development, customer relationships and growth and operational improvement and innovation.

This is a full time, permanent position based on site in Nectar Way. Working 42.43 hours per week, with 3 on 3 off shift pattern of 06:00 to 18:00.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £37,738.00 per annum and 23.5 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, life assurance and access to our benefits platform, including retail discounts!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead and inspire Transport Clerical, Shunting, and Driver teams, ensuring effective resource allocation, capability development, and operational performance across the transport function
• Drive operational excellence, delivering safe, compliant, and efficient transport operations while achieving key performance indicators (KPIs) and customer service objectives
• Develop and coach colleagues, creating a high-performing culture focused on engagement, continuous improvement, progression, and wellbeing
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure seamless delivery of operational requirements, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency
• Champion safety, compliance, and innovation, promoting health, safety and wellbeing standards

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Proven leadership experience managing and developing teams in a fast-paced operational environment, ideally within transport, logistics, or supply chain operations
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build collaborative relationships
• A confident and inspiring leader who can engage, empower, and motivate large teams to deliver outstanding operational results and drive a culture of continuous improvement
• Commercially aware and decisive, able to make sound decisions in a dynamic environment, challenge the status quo, and identify opportunities to improve performance
• Technically proficient, with knowledge of transport legislation (including drivers' hours, tachographs, and Road Traffic Act requirements)

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.