Transport Team Manager, Nights

GXO Logistics, Inc.; Epping Forest; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Retail discounts

Job summary

GXO is seeking an experienced Transport Team Manager (Nights) for a Sainsbury's site in Waltham Abbey. You will lead driver and admin teams, ensuring deliveries are completed safely, on time and to a high standard.

The role operates on a 4 on, 4 off night pattern from 18:00 to 06:00, with 40 hours per week. Salary is up to £18.28 per hour plus a benefit package including pension and life assurance.

Qualifications

• Strong transport operations knowledge, including driver compliance and transport regs.
• Ability to lead and motivate large driver/admin teams in a fast-paced site.
• Proven skills in data analysis, planning and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day transport operation to ensure safe, on-time deliveries.
• Drive compliance, audits, tachograph records and admin processes.
• Collaborate with departments and partners to minimise delays and maximise fleet availability.
• Monitor performance, report updates and seek continuous improvement.
• Coach and develop driver and admin teams; handle recruitment and performance reviews.

Skills

Transport operations

Leadership

Communication

Microsoft Office

Transport management systems

Data analysis

Tools

Distribution management system

Job description

Are you an experienced Transport leader who thrives in fast-paced operations and has a passion for delivering exceptional service, driving compliance, and leading high-performing teams? Do you have the leadership skills to inspire night colleagues (drivers and transport), optimise fleet performance, and ensure every delivery is completed safely, on time, and in full? Join us as our Transport Team Manager on our Night shift. Join us at GXO at our Sainsbury's site in Waltham Abbey as a Transport Team Manager (Nights), where you'll inspire driver and admin teams, keep deliveries moving safely and on time, and play a key role in driving operational performance. Working a 4 on, 4 off night shift pattern, you'll help create a culture of safety, compliance, and continuous improvement while ensuring we deliver exceptional service to our customer every day. This is a full time, permanent opportunity with 40 hours per week contracted. Working 4 on 4 off 18:00 to 06:00.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £18.28 per hour, and 264 hours annual leave. 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 the day-to-day transport operation, ensuring deliveries run safely, efficiently, and on schedule while supporting Shift Managers during peak periods
• Drive compliance and operational excellence, managing audits, transport legislation, tachograph records, security requirements, and key administrative processes
• Collaborate across departments and external partners to minimise delays, maximise fleet availability, and maintain exceptional service levels
• Monitor performance and reporting, communicating operational updates, analysing data, and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement
• Develop and motivate high-performing driver and admin teams through coaching, recruitment, succession planning, absence management, performance reviews, and incident investigations

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Strong transport operations knowledge, including driver compliance, Working Time Directive, and transport regulations
• Highly organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to prioritise workloads and perform effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, confident engaging with drivers, colleagues, and stakeholders at all levels
• Technically proficient, with solid Microsoft Office skills and experience using transport or distribution management systems
• A proactive and resilient leader, committed to safety, compliance, continuous improvement, and delivering results through high-performing teams

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.