Catering jobs in United Kingdom

Salary: c£47,000 + £5,400 car allowance + benefits (private medical, pension)

Location: Staffordshire (with multi-site responsibility for sites in Gloucester)

Are you an experienced Transport Manager or a rising logistics professional ready to take on a leadership challenge in a dynamic, multi-site rental logistics environment?

Our client is a fast-growing, international business specializing in the short- and long-term rental of large, high-value, and critical equipment serving the retail, hospitality, catering, and public and private sectors. They are seeking a Transport Manager to lead and evolve their UK logistics operations, overseeing delivery, collection, and reverse logistics activities across two key sites in Staffordshire and Gloucestershire, serving customers nationally, and coordinating international road and sea freight. They operate their own in-house mixed fleet, including artics, Hiabs, and Luton vans, and also work with third-party transport hauliers.

This is a complex and evolving operation, with a mix of in-house fleet, subcontractors, manual planning tools, and a growing ambition for strategic transformation.

What You'll Be Doing:

1. Overseeing daily routing, scheduling, and resourcing for 2-person delivery teams, HGV, Luton, and van fleet.
2. Managing inbound and outbound logistics, including installations and return logistics.
3. Leading and mentoring two Transport Supervisors, planning staff, and drivers across the Staffordshire and Gloucestershire sites.
4. Liaising with Project Managers, Warehouse, Asset, and Fleet teams to align schedules with client deployments.
5. Developing and embedding SLAs with subcontractors and freight partners.
6. Supporting international road and sea freight to locations including Dubai, the EU, and beyond.
7. Driving the implementation of route planning tools and delivery tracking integration with ERP systems.
8. Ensuring full HGV transport compliance (tachographs, vehicle maintenance, driver hours).

Ideal Background:

1. Proven experience in transport leadership, either as a Transport Manager, Supervisor, or Deputy looking to step up.
2. Experience managing multi-site logistics and coordinating with external hauliers.
3. Skilled in stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration.
4. Familiar with H&S best practices and driver welfare.
5. Knowledge of ERP/TMS systems is preferred but not essential.
6. Comfortable operating in both hands-on and strategic capacities.

Why Apply?

• This is an opportunity to embed structure, implement change, and shape a modern transport function.
• Be part of a business committed to growth, operational improvement, and developing its people.
• High visibility role with daily interaction across the supply chain, commercial, and operational leadership teams.

Package:

• Benefits: Private medical insurance, company pension
• Working Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:00pm, on-call as needed
• Travel: Weekly visits to Gloucestershire

Ready to drive real impact in a growing business with the autonomy to make change happen?

Apply now and take the next step in your logistics leadership career. Please quote reference LX 32442669.