Transportation Manager

ZipRecruiter; Bradford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist recruitment consultancy is seeking a temporary Transport Manager in Bradford to lead the transport team and optimize delivery schedules. Responsibilities include staff management, driver recruitment, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Ideal candidates will have a Transport Manager CPC. This position offers a highly competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Transport Manager CPC required.

Responsibilities

• Manage the transport team and ensure correct duties.
• Recruit and manage drivers including training.
• Plan and improve delivery schedules for route optimisation.
• Ensure professionalism in customer interactions.
• Collaborate with departments to meet customer needs.
• Make vehicle operation decisions in adverse weather.
• Develop subcontractor relationships for efficient operations.
• Negotiate with agencies for reliable driver sourcing.
• Review vehicle maintenance costs and issues.
• Monitor transport department P&L and costs.
• Enhance department KPIs for performance understanding.
• Manage the company’s Operator's licence for HGV fleet.
• Ensure vehicle compliance and resolve issues.

Skills

Transport Manager CPC

Job description

Overview

Transport Manager (Temporary) – Bradford – Highly competitive salary

Elevation Recruitment Group's Procurement & Supply Chain division are working exclusively with a key client in Bradford as they look to recruit a Transport Manager to support their team on a temporary contract.

Qualifications

• Transport Manager CPC required

Responsibilities

• Management of the transport team within the office and ensuring they are carrying out duties correctly and identifying any training requirements
• Driver recruitment and management including any additional training which requirements identified
• Overall responsibility for the planning, reviewing and improving delivery schedules to ensure route optimisation
• Ensure that the entire team including drivers are professional when dealing with customers
• Work with other departments to ensure we manage to service our customer requirements
• Make decisions on vehicle operations during adverse weather to ensure safe running of the fleet
• Ensure subcontractor relationships are in place for different regions to cover work going to destinations where it is not efficient to send our own fleet
• Identify and negotiate with agencies to ensure we can source reliable drivers at short notice when required
• Review the costs of vehicle maintenance and identify any recurring issues causing additional cost
• Ownership P&L of the transport department, ensuring costs are monitored and any areas of overspend are identified and corrected
• Monitoring cost recovery on jobs and flagging up any potential routes where it is not cost effective to deliver at current rates to sales/finance
• Work to improve department KPIs and identify any additional KPIs which could improve understanding of performance
• Manage the company’s Operator’s licence to enable us to run a fleet of HGV Vehicles
• Ensure that all vehicles are compliant and work with the mechanic to resolve any issues identified

Elevation Recruitment Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy that helps people build long-term, successful careers. We work across a wide range of industries and disciplines with a focus on making recruitment feel more human, more honest and more effective. We are specialists in every function and experts in every hire. Check out our website to find out more.