Transport Manager

WARD Transport Manager

Ward have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Transport Manager to join our team based at our Ilkeston site DE7 4BG supporting the Senior Transport Manager.

As Transport Manager, you will be working closely with your fellow Transport Manager, Planners and Administrators supporting the Senior Transport Manager and will be responsible for managing the execution, direction, and coordination of all transport matters within your site. This includes organising transport plans, ensuring that vehicles are safe and meet legal requirements, and making sure that drivers and staff are aware of their duties.

Immediate role focus will be to refine and simplify current ways of working to ensure efficient running of your Operation. This will be achieved by developing a continuous improvement culture via engagement and people focus across all aspects of depot operations. You will be responsible for coaching, mentoring, and leading your Operational team to improve P&L and service quality and maintain legal compliance within the depot.

You will oversee the planning of Skips and Roll On Roll Offs ensuring that vehicles are planned effectively to achieve the best productivity.

You will be named on the O Licence supporting the Senior Transport Manager.

Essential Requirements

• Managing the full depot improvements within the depot and operation
• Ensuring the transport team contribute to the long term resource planning of the site
• Leading and motivating staff through positive employee engagement
• Drive a high performance culture by effective communication
• Capture training needs of employees and ensuring solutions are in place
• Set agreed and clear objectives with all operational staff, regularly monitoring performance
• Responsible for ensuring that their Transport team collaboratively engages to ensure compliance including resource planning and cost-effective utilisation of all drivers and equipment
• Has overall responsibility to ensure all vehicles and trailers are compliant with legal, regulatory and contractual requirements and where necessary, identifying issues and ensuring resolution has been put in place
• Seeks to understand the wider business objectives and in line with this, looks for ways in which to reduce cost and improve service
• Build constructive working relationships with supplementary business departments
• Manages the operations for current and future demands
• Foster a positive working relationship with external suppliers to maximise business benefit

As the successful candidate for the Transport Manager you will have proven track record in a similar role within the transport and logistic industry and hold a Transport Manager CPC National / International Qualification. You will have an excellent working knowledge of EU driver hours and WTD Legislation, as well as excellent working knowledge of Tachograph legislation.

As well as the above, you will:

• Be commercially astute
• Have excellent organisational and communication skills
• Have a proven track record of working towards KPIs
• Have strategic awareness
• Be a strong leader and team player
• Have excellent IT skills
• Have excellent analytical skills
• Be a strong, empowering people manager