Depot Manager
Castell Howell Foods
Depot Manager
Salary Not Specified
Castell Howell Foods, New Ifton, Shropshire
- Full time
- Temporary
- Remote working
Posted today, 30 Sep | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: b2d46fb0f9874117a09681cef80b77b3
Full Job Description
- Organise and schedule customer deliveries from the depot.
- Deal with customer requests and anomalies as required, raising credit notes and checking payment logs accordingly.
- Coordinate annual leave of depot staff to ensure suitable labour coverage during peak periods.
- Recruit and train new drivers and assistants to the expected standard of Castell Howell Foods Ltd.
- Maximise the utilisation and efficiency of the vehicle and labour resource available, ensuring compliance with H&S methods and all other legal requirements.
- Coordinate the loading and departure of all delivery vehicles, accommodating customer requests, short loads and other daily issues as they arise.
- Monitor and adjust delivery routes according to sales patterns to ensure that workloads are as evenly spread as possible, whilst considering efficiency and optimisation.
- Deal with daily/weekly driver infringements, including tachograph, delivery process and customer feedback, providing training and guidance where necessary, whilst updating employee records accordingly.
- Arrange any assistance required on busier routes.
- Liaise with the Sales Team to develop and promote efficient business growth whilst utilising existing resources.
- Carry out weekly and monthly checks as required for H&S compliance.
- Monitor and check all vehicles for damage on a weekly basis.
- Work towards improving average delivery count, route value and route weight per scheduled delivery route.
- Carry out investigations and disciplinaries where appropriate
- Carry out training and mentoring to employees within the depot
- Ensure roadworthiness and cleanliness of fleet is maintained at all times
- Organise both planned and reactive maintenance for the commercial vehicle fleet in accordance to legal requirements The successful candidate should have a positive attitude, be self-motivated and have excellent communication and organisational skills to manage the team of 20+ multi-drop delivery drivers.
- A full-time position working Monday-Friday, with occasional weekends in peak periods
- Option of a Company car (salary sacrifice scheme)
- Life Insurance
- Health Insurance
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- 5% Company contribution pension scheme
- Generous discounted staff purchase scheme - save money on your weekly food shop
- Perkbox - Benefits & Rewards platform
- Free onsite parking