Yard Logistics Team Leader

To provide day to day operational leadership in the Yard area ensuring required vehicle movements are completed in a timely, safe and efficient manner.

To support the Duty Manager - Yard Logistics in the delivery of all elements of effective people management including recruitment, training, performance management, communication and wellbeing.

Your key responsibilities will be:

People Management:

To manage all elements of the employee lifecycle including onboarding and offboarding.
Performance management of the team including training, coaching and appraisals to ensure both optimum performance and talent pipeline.
Effective workforce management, including absence planning, ensuring optimum staff levels at all times and adherence to working time directive.
Effective communication to team ensuring awareness of results and key priorities.

Operational Management:

To transport vehicles across the site safely and efficiently to support production areas, buyer collections and internal and external collection agents.
Ensure adherence to BCA Standard Operating Procedures.
Ensure that quality, speed and cost targets are delivered to maximise profitability.
Ensure the logistics team provide excellent customer service to both internal and external customers, supporting other departments where appropriate.
Organise the layout and flow of the yard to optimise capacity, efficiency and safety whilst minimising onsite damage.

Delegate responsibility appropriately and effectively
Ability to motivate a team to deliver objectives and meet targets
Good report generation and presentation abilities
Excellent attention to detail
Excellent time management
Knowledge of Microsoft Office - including Excel and Powerpoint
IT skills
Drive & results focus
Motivating & developing others
Data, decisions & problem solving
Influencing & communicating
Action and customer focused
Team Player

To be successful, you'll bring some of the following experience with you:

Experience in a line manager or team leader role
Able to demonstrate highlevel organisational skills and an ability to communicate a variety of information and instruction to operational team members and first line supervisors
Full UK Driving Licence

At BCA, we're altogether, more. More than just a normal vehicle remarketing company. More than just any other place to work. We're Europe's largest vehicle remarketing company, the backbone of the UK's automotive supply chain, the best place to build the career you want.

Now, this is where you fit in…

We're looking for down-to-earth people, with bags of energy, ready to make their mark on the automotive industry. Our Site Operations and Driving teams play a vital role across our business. Here you can build on your knowledge and find your specialty at one of our sites or on the road - the opportunities are endless.

We've put everything in place to ensure you thrive. Competitive salaries, strong core values and an excellent benefits package that includes:

Company Pension Scheme
Private Medical Insurance (role dependent)
An Employee Assistance Programme
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
Access to trained mental health first aiders

And so much more…

As the automotive industry changes, we're changing with it - putting our people in the front seat for the journey. We're the number one in what we do for a reason and that's because of the people we have on our teams. If you want to be a part of a business like this; unrivalled, exciting and appreciative of the work you do, join BCA.

We are proud to be Level 1 Disability Confident and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.

Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or disability.