The Transport Operations Manager will be responsible for the 24/7 transport operations, ensuring that costs are controlled in line with budget/forecast expectations. You will also motivate and manage a team to develop them through engagement, training and personal development plans.,

Manage your team to ensure they execute traffic plans to enable delivery of products to customers within agreed service levels.
Reduce non-contract maintenance and damage spends through the use of vehicle passports and daily confirmation of spend.
Ensure that all available fleet is on the road and declared to enable the planning team to plan the resource.
Motivate and develop the transport team and ensure that they comply with all relevant statutes and regulations.
Communicate with third party hauliers in regards to control all reported defects on drop trailers left for pre-loading.
Check and approve maintenance cost reports and related invoices.
Ensure daily, weekly and monthly compliance milestones are achieved, measured by internal audit scoring.
Attend daily, weekly and monthly customer review meetings.
Monitor, audit and control suppliers.
Support implementation of service improvements in conjunction with customers and other areas of the business.
Generate and implement ideas with regards to staff and operational changes, which will help drive continuous improvement.

Planning and organising skills with a high level of numeracy
Previous supervisory experience within a FMCG environment
Excellent negotiating skills with the ability to influence and steer
Leadership and motivational qualities and proven experience of building a team
An effective communicator at all levels, good verbal and written skills
Personal motivation and confidence resulting in a positive impact
Highly tolerant of change - able to work within an evolving organisation
Ability to challenge the status quo and drive changes in the business
Able to thrive in a highly competitive and demanding environment
Good commercial knowledge of transport operations, consumer orientated and customer service driven
Problem solving in a pressurised environment

Great Bear (Part of the Culina Group) provides distribution services to FMCG clients. Customer centric service focus is delivered through a site-level empowered culture.

Annual Leave - Competitive holiday entitlement of 25 days plus the normal bank holidays.
Company Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When we achieve our goals you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme
Private Medical Cover - This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa
Pension scheme - we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 5% employee and 8% employer
Life Assurance - x4 your annual salary
Wellness - Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year
Eye Care Vouchers - We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses
Reward & Recognition - We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!

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