Assistant Transport Manager
Gregory Distribution, Stoneyford, Devon
Assistant Transport Manager
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Gregory Distribution, Stoneyford, Devon
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 17 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
- Assist in developing and implementing a comprehensive transport strategy aligning with company objectives, focusing on cost efficiency, sustainability, and customer satisfaction.
- Supervise a team of approximately 50, including Drivers and Office Staff.
- Support coordination and management of all freight transportation activities, ensuring timely deliveries and effective route planning.
- Stay updated on industry regulations, transportation laws, and environmental standards, ensuring compliance within operations.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities while maintaining service quality through continuous analysis of transportation expenses and implementation of efficient practices.
- Assist in establishing KPIs for the transportation department, tracking metrics, and reporting performance to senior management.
- Contribute to implementing risk management strategies to address transportation challenges and develop contingency plans.
- Evaluate and recommend transportation management systems and relevant technologies to enhance processes and efficiency.
- Support the introduction and oversight of sustainable transportation practices to minimize the environmental impact.
- Assist in leading and motivating the transportation team, providing guidance, coaching, and fostering a positive work environment to achieve departmental goals.
- Attend customer reviews and produce required statistics for meetings.
- Conduct regular 1-2-1 meetings with direct reports.
- Assist in conducting annual PDR interviews with direct reports.
Have a good understanding of legal compliance, driver's hours and WTD's. - Track record of leading successful change.
- Strong evidence of management skills and making key business decisions.
- Capability to advise and motivate team to deliver results for the business.
- Ability to present to Senior Key contacts within the business and to external customers.
- Have excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- IT literate including MS Office. Strong analytic ability in review data and reports. Desirable Skills required:
- Previous experience of working within the FMCG transport industry, specifically chilled supply chain. - Desirable
- Proven experience in customer relationship management.
- Have managed financial budgets and annual Profit and Loss responsibility.
- Hold international or national CPC qualification and previous Transport Management experience. (CPC training provided for the right candidate)
Salary of between £36,500pa and £38,000pa, depending on experience. - Hours of work: Monday to Friday, 08:30hrs to 17:00hrs.
- Additional holiday purchasing scheme
- Retail discounts with Hapi
- Retail Trust Wellbeing Support
- Opportunity to develop your career within an expanding business.
- Excellent holiday allowance and company benefits.
- Life assurance, pension and sickness scheme
- Christmas Savings Club
- Black Circle Tyre discount