Transport Team Manager

Bidcorp; Slough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Bidfood is seeking a Transport Team Manager to lead the operations and people within the transport function. You will drive safety, service quality and team motivation while coordinating with internal stakeholders to meet daily objectives.

The role emphasizes coaching, recruitment and compliance with transport legislation to deliver excellent customer service in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams to achieve targets.
• Strong communication with stakeholders at all levels.
• Knowledge of transport regulations and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Coach the team to reach their full potential.
• Communicate key messages openly and timely.
• Manage recruitment, attendance, performance, safety and service.
• Oversee commercial vehicle operations, pallets and equipment.
• Ensure PPE, vehicle checks, MOTs, CV servicing and safety investigations.
• Plan workload based on capability and legal driving hours to hit targets.
• Conduct quality investigations and promote safety across the team.

Skills

People management

Communication

Transport legislation

KPI drive

Job description

Where has your journey taken you so far?

• Are you a great people manager?
• Do you have the ability to drive and motivate a team to work together and achieve their goals?
• Are you a great communicator with a proven ability to build relationships at all levels?
• Knowledgeable in all things Transport [especially legislation]?
• Motivated to meet and exceed KPI’s?

Why not make our journey your journey?

Play an important part in our journey

As Transport Team Manager, you’ll work as part of a team responsible for managing the operations, compliance and most importantly… the people! You’ll really ‘get’ the value in recognising good work in the team and making sure they are motivated will be your priority! You’ll lead the team putting safety at the forefront and working towards shared goals of delivering the best service!

Some of the key parts of the role:

• Coaching the team to reach their full potential
• Communicating openly and consistently, delivering key messages to the team at the right time
• Managing recruitment, absence, performance conduct safety and service.
• Responsible for managing commercial vehicles, cages and pallets
• PPE, vehicle checks CV servicing MOT’s, VOR’s, temperature checks, near misses to name a few!
• Allocating work considering individual/team capability and legal driving hours to achieve targets
• Carrying out good quality investigations
• And no matter what you’re doing, you’ll always be promoting and managing all safety

Most of all your role model our values especially through challenging times! Transport at Bidfood is a fast paced place to be and we’re looking for someone to really care about the team and the quality of service we deliver.