Logistics Lead

Do you have a passion for logistics and fleet management, making sure vans get to where they need to go, keeping vehicles in good shape, and managing a team of drivers?

If this sounds like you, come and join the team at St Christopher's where you will be responsible for a fleet of five vehicles and a driving team that are part of a successful retail operation all over the South East.

You'll have demonstrable experience managing people, ideally drivers and/or fleet, in an environment where a consistent daily logistics service is critical to business function
You'll have experience in training and developing staff, and taking part in performance management and day to day supervision.
You'll have extensive experience overseeing a logistics network with multiple vehicles
You'll have experience in assessing operational requirements and adjusting working practice in the pursuit of efficiency and productivity
You'll have experience controlling maintenance and compliance for multiple vehicles
You'll have some personal experience driving a multi-drop delivery route
You will have a Driving Licence Class B, B1 and be physically fit for manual handling

We are proud to offer world class palliative and end of life care to everyone who needs it, whenever or wherever that may be. We are also here for the people closest to you. However, as we often say, we're more than just a hospice. We are proud of our community programmes that offer practical, emotional and spiritual support to over 7,500 people in the local area, most of whom we will help to continue living at home.

Being part of the retail and trading arm of the Hospice means raising vital funds to support this mission.

Salary: £30,727 per annum
Employment Terms: Permanent, 36 hours per week, (Monday to Sunday - Flexible, out of hours and on-call included)
Location: St Pauls Cray base with travel across SE London
You'll be the lead when making sure our vans are out on the road every day moving stock and supplies around our 24 retail stores and Hospice locations. This means overseeing all elements of a timely and flexible logistics process.

You'll be responsible for the vehicles, including preventative and reactive maintenance work, and all checks and compliance related matters, plus logging and monitoring the data.

This is a management role and includes overseeing a group of drivers, including training, performance management, handling rotas and attendance, and more.

In addition, you'll be tasked with identifying areas for improvement in van related activity, ranging from best practice for driving routes to smart stock movement practice. You'll sometimes go out on the vans yourself and do some driving manual handling to maintain good oversight on operations.