Logistics Team Leader

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Logistics Team Leader to join our Dagenham distribution site. The role will report into the Logistics Front Line Manager and will support the operational requirements outlined by the FLM. You will be responsible for managing and organising a diverse team of distribution colleagues to meet customer requirements.,

• Monitor Health & Safety compliance within the function, ensuring that safety is paramount and that unsafe behaviour is discouraged


• Ensure compliance with all business systems including SAP, Microlise and other management tools


• Monitor the daily return of all Primary/Radial and despatch paperwork


• Ensure compliance with all Company policies, procedures processess and systems applicable to the function


• Ensure that SOPs and SSOW are applied and that all MHE and associated activities are fit for purpose


• Allocate and arrange staffing cover as deemed necessary


• Deal with adhoc journeys efficiently


• Ensure employees hours and agency costs are correct and issued at a time agreed with the appropriate Manager


• Ensure drivers work within all applicable working time regulations


• Manage infringements in line with Company policy


• Maintain a good working knowledge of Primary and Radial routes


• Maintain all aspects of customer service levels throughout the operation
  
  Knowledge and understanding of systems within a logistics function


• Knowledge of FMCG environment including HACCAP and Health & Safety legislative requirements


Desirable:


• IOSH


• Class 1/Class2 Licence


Experience:


• Logistics and Warehouse operations


• Supervisory experience within FMCG


• Tachographs, telematics and vehicle defect knowledge


• Working within a trade union environment


• Shift Working


• Change and Quality orientation
  
  Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.


We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it's baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working., At Hovis, we understand the importance of looking after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries


• There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.


• Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving


• We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance


• We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes


• We offer three levels of pensions