Transport Operations Manager in Newport

Location: Newport

Salary: Hidden

Recruiter: Wincanton

Job Hours: Full-time

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We are recruiting a Transport Operations Manager to lead a high performing, efficient transport service for the contract/site.

The successful candidate will be accountable for Planning & Execution, People Management and Development, Service Delivery and Efficiency for our customers and Financial Performance.

How will you contribute?

Ensure compliance with Health and Safety requirements and all transport legislation

Zero tolerance approach to breaches in safety standards, ensuring that everything (Pre-start checks, PPE, behaviours, contractor activity) within assigned department/shift is compliant with policies/procedures and associated controls

Ensure a safe working environment and proactively challenge colleagues if they are putting themselves or others at risk

Thorough accident investigation and timely accident reporting in line with guidelines

Ensuring that the team are trained in risk assessments/SOPs and that they are kept up to date

Ensure that the team are suitably trained to undertake their role in the business

Maintain all BSI and ISO Company accredited compliance

Management of safety/environmental incidents, including road traffic collisions, ensuring all events are reported, recorded, investigated and concluded in line with Company procedures

Making arrangements to ensure that the vehicles are maintained properly, including inspection of the vehicles at the appropriate time and the action taken to remedy defects found

Ensure all company policies and procedures are understood and adhered to personally and by the team, embedding them firmly into Wincanton culture.

Provide outstanding service to our customers through accurate deliveries, made on time, with brilliant communication, where our drivers are seen as real ambassadors of Wincanton

Manage the development, performance and maintenance of the sites transport to produce an efficient transport service maximising service, performance, value and profitability against pre-agreed KPI

Delivering the site logistics budget for your site and proactively putting in place interventions to prevent cost overspend

Deal with all first–line personnel management issues including timekeeping, attendance, welfare, holidays, training and discipline for personnel within your area of responsibility

Delivery of team briefs/toolbox talks in a timely manner

Support the team to ensure that any initiatives are embraced and actioned

The deployment of coaching techniques to enable your team members to fulfil their potential

Regularly review team member’s progress through 1 to 1s, PDPs and corrective coaching conversations in line with company procedure

What will you bring?

Transport Manager CPC National qualification

Full, valid driving licence

Previous experience in a similar role, minimum 5 years

Thorough understanding of transport management, requirements and dynamics

Proven ability to coach and develop others

Excellent analytical, interpersonal, organisational and communications skills

Ability to work under pressure

Ability to work as a team member or on your own

Flexibility and thoroughness

The ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines

Five GCSE at grade C or above, including English and Maths

Health and Safety qualification, IOSH or NEBOSH

Strong IT skills

What do we offer?

We really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment and a competitive salary along with other benefits including company pension scheme, private healthcare, 25 days hols + bank hols with the option to buy more, share incentive plan, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits online discount platform, onsite parking + much more

Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That’s why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.

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About Wincanton

wincanton.co.uk

Wincanton is a leading British supply chain solutions company. The Group provides business critical services including storage, handling and distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer ‘dark stores’; two-person home delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of the UK’s best known companies.

It is active across a range of markets including food and consumer goods; retail and manufacturing; eCommerce; the public sector; major infrastructure; building materials; fuel; and defence. With almost 100 years’ heritage, Wincanton's 19,600-strong team operates from more than 200 sites across the country, utilising 3,500 vehicles.