Transport Manager

Job title:

Transport Manager

Company

GXO Logistics

Job description

Are you an experienced Transport Manager? Do you like the idea of leading the transport function on one of our key contracts? Are you ready to step up to a new challenge?We’re looking for a full-time, permanent, Transport Manager to lead our transport function based at our brewing client, Shepherd Neame in Faversham. You’ll be responsible for the efficient operation of transport activities at Faversham and associated out base in Thurrock. Ensuring all legislative requirements are met and maintained. Placing the highest regard for colleague development and wellbeing, health & safety, and delivering environmental objectives whilst meeting the highest hygiene standards. Ensuring optimum use of all available resources to provide 1st class customer service and delivering contractual KPI’s maintaining good cost control within a continuous improvement environment.This is a full time, permanent position, predominately working Monday – Friday, 08:00 – 17:00. However, we do ask for some flexibility at peak periods, this is logistics after all!Pay, benefits and more:We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £40,000 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Oversee the transport operation, ensuring safety, performance, and compliance is met
• Effectively control the optimal utilisation of drivers, coordination of training requirements, along with fleet, compliance, and all transport equipment
• Ensure that the operation is running cost-effectively, identifying, and implementing operational improvements or opportunities for optimisation
• Coordinate our customer’s requirements, ensuring customer satisfaction, procedural conformance, and the consistent achievement of SLAs and KPIs

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• A proven track record as a Transport Manager within a logistics environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
• International Managers CPC is required along with an excellent working knowledge of transport compliance and legislation
• The ability to lead, develop, motivate, and inspire your team with a real drive for optimisation, change management and continuous improvement

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

Expected salary

£40000 per year

Location

Faversham, Kent

Job date

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:51:01 GMT

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