Location: Wigan
Salary: £55K + additional benefits
Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Transport Manager to join this leading 3PL.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the Transport Function at Wigan (main hub) and northern out-bases.
- Support the General Manager in ensuring the safe, compliant, and efficient delivery of the transport side of the operation
- Drive compliance to ensure full adherence to all relevant legal industry standards
- Deliver operational requirements, improve efficiency, and meet all KPI’s
- Lead teams through periods of change management and continuous improvements projects
- Manage resource to enable the department to deliver on KPI’s in a cost-effective manner and hit SLA targets
- Create and maintain a high-performing culture within the driver network
- Lead on the engagement, development, and performance management of existing colleagues to improve standards and quality
- Proactively respond to change or issues relating to service levels
- Work closely with relevant internal stakeholders to ensure an appropriate service level is achieved
- Foster a customer focused transport environment and strive to operate at a high standard
- Seek out and implement effective improvement opportunities
Key Skills/Experience:
- A minimum of 3+ years of operational management within a transport environment
- Must hold a Transport Management CPC qualification
- Previous management of Sub-Contractors/Service Partners would be beneficial
- Strong business acumen and be capable of articulating the operational and financial performance to the General Manager and Senior Stakeholders both in writing and in person
- Be results driven and commercially minded
- Experience of working with budgets and KPI’s
- Have strong communication skills
- Have people management experience to motivate a team of both employed and agency drivers to perform every day
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