Assistant Transport Manager

Cullompton Chilled Operations

Potential earnings up to £38,000pa, depending on your experience!!

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The position involves:

• 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.

Essential Skills required:

• 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)

Why Gregory Distribution?

• 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*
• Leading industry qualifications*
• This vacancy is not entitled to the employee referral scheme.
• Free Uniform.
• Strong culture of teamwork.

So if you have the drive to be the best and want to be a part of a flourishing and ambitious company, apply now for this vacancy.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive, and we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

The Gregory Group require all applicants to be eligible to work in the UK with no restrictions, as we are unable to offer sponsorship/work visas. You will be required to provide proof of Right to Work at interview stage.

Interested applicants for the Assistant Transport Manager position should click the apply button below. For any queries in relation to the vacancy please contact our Recruitment Team on . Please take into account that our Recruitment Team work Monday to Friday 08:30hrs - 17:00hrs, so we will get back to you as soon as we can.

External Website Applications: You will be redirected to the Gregory distribution Website where you can apply for this vacancy. You will be asked to complete a short application form and will receive email confirmation when it has been submitted.

Note to recruitment agencies: We prefer to recruit direct, but we do have a Preferred Supplier List for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

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