Overview

Night Shift, Logistics and Transport Manager (officially known within the business as a Transport Front Line Manager), who has great team leadership, organisational and overall management skills is required for a well-established Company based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

 

SALARY: up to £41,400 per annum (depending on experience) + Generous Benefits (See Below)

LOCATION: Stevenage, Hertfordshire

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent

WORKING HOURS: 18:00 to 06:00, 4 nights on, 4 nights off

 

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Night Shift, Logistics and Transport Manager who has great team leadership, organisational and overall management skills.

Working as the Night Shift, Logistics and Transport Manager you will be a key member of the Transport Team and will ensure that Company products are delivered safely, on time and in full by providing leadership to the drivers on their shifts.

As the Night Shift, Logistics and Transport Manager, your priorities in this job will include operating safe and environmentally sound working conditions, driving health and safety improvements and engagement and compliance with transport law and Company policies and procedures.

You’ll also deliver great service and schedule adherence to customers, continuous improvement, optimising labour utilisation and operating to the Company Values will also be central to the role.

As a successful candidate you will have an excellent opportunity to join this well-established Company that can offer excellent career development opportunities.

APPLY TODAY

If this job looks like your ideal position, then please send in your CV as soon as possible for our Recruitment Team to review.

DUTIES

Your duties and responsibilities as the Night Shift, Logistics and Transport Manager:

  • Ensure the Night Shift Team members are focussed and organised for their deliveries to ensure all relevant KPI’s are met
  • Set clear goals, communicating effectively and developing trust with Night Shift Team members
  • Manage Drivers and Office Administrators
  • Promote and act as a role model for company values and brand image
  • Ensure shift compliance with all company policies and procedures
  • Operate a safe and environmentally sound working environment
  • Optimise labour utilisation, making best use of the company’s scheduling system
  • Manage recruitment, training and development of Drivers and Administrators

 

IDEAL CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

  • It would be desirable if the successful candidate is CPC qualified (or motivated and capable of achieving the qualification)
  • Have good written and verbal communication skills
  • Possess excellent team leadership and management qualities
  • PC literate with good numeracy and analytical skills
  • Previous experience in a busy transport logistics operation will be desirable

We’re looking for people to build close working relationships with a wide range of employees, suppliers and customers and show a commitment to the Company’s goals by demonstrating a Drive for Results, Inspirational Leadership, Customer Focus and the desire to Build Capability of self and team

 

COMPANY BENEFITS

As a successful candidate you can expect to receive the following:

  • Competitive salary up to £40,800 per annum (depending on experience)
  • DC Pension Scheme starting at 4% matched by the business up to 10% of matched contribution
  • Excellent Savings Scheme, which provides great savings from more than 500 businesses / outlets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, M&S, Holiday Companies, Currys / PC World etc.
  • Discounted rates with Simply Health for dentists, opticians, chiropractors etc.
  • Death in Service allowance of up to 4 times annual salary
  • Training Development Programmes with tailor made programmes for all
  • Fantastic career development opportunities across the whole group including the transport and logistics area

 

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details. CV’s of Job Applicants meeting this requirement will be submitted to our Client for consideration. By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.

PLEASE NOTE: CVs MUST be attached to your email job application in Microsoft Word or PDF format for our systems to process your application correctly, rather than your CV copied and pasted into the body of the email.

JOB REF: AWDO-P5087

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