First Line Manager Transport

As a Transport First Line Manager, you'll be managing Partners and agency across the Transport operation, helping to maintain the smooth running of our Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC). This is a 7-day-a-week operation where you will ensure productivity and key customer service levels are met within budget. You'll play an active role in motivating and leading your team., On a day-to-day basis, you'll be responsible for: - Managing the performance, wellbeing and development of all Partners in your team, such as absence management, conduct management, formal and informal performance interventions. - Optimising productivity and managing the usage of overtime and agency to improve costs. - Delivering high quality Customer Service to Customers and Stakeholders at all times. - Supporting a culture of continuous improvement across the department. - Ensuring the safety of yourself and others by following all Legal, Health, and Safety procedures, EU Driving Regulations, and Operational procedures.

Proficient Transport knowledge of current EU and Working Time regulations. - Full UK Manual Driving Licence, with a maximum of 6 penalty points. - Experience of working in a management role in a Transport / E-Commerce environment. - A good understanding of Health and Safety legislation. - Experience of dealing with full disciplinary procedures.

We're the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We're not just employees, we're Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there's never been a more exciting time to join us. We're ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose. As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we're free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Working Pattern - 37.5 hours per week:

• Earliest start time from 05:00 and latest finish time 23:00, Including weekend working.
Contract - This position is a Permanent role Salary - £36,400 - £57,600 per annum, We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.