Transport Operations Manager
| Posting date: | 01 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £75,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Excellent Plus Benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 May 2025 |
| Location: | St Helens, WA1 1TS |
| Company: | Home Bargains |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | AM/AT/TOM/OMEGA/0104/GFM |
Summary
As a key leader at our new Omega Distribution Centre, the Transport Operations Manager is responsible for ensuring the seamless operation of our transport department. You will lead and develop a high-performing team, ensuring legal compliance, cost efficiency, and best-in-class service delivery.
This is a fast-paced role where you will drive operational excellence, optimise resources, and champion a customer-first approach. Your leadership will be essential in fostering a collaborative and results-driven culture while continuously improving processes to support the company’s growth and success.
Package- £75,000 per annum
- 40 hours per week
- 5.6 weeks paid holiday per year including bank and public holiday allowance rising to 6.6 weeks upon 5 years' service
- Contributable Company pension scheme
Employee benefits
- MyHB employee benefits platform with access to:
- Retail and leisure discounts plus hundreds more
- Free Financial Advice
- Bank your savings into an ISA
- 24/7 confidential counselling and advice line
- Low cost voluntary insured health plans
- Onsite canteen
- 10% store discount
- Death in Service Benefit (subject to 12 months complete service)
- Long Service recognition scheme
- Transport Strategy & Operations – Oversee the day-to-day transport function, ensuring cost-effective and efficient delivery operations.
- Team Leadership – Manage and develop transport colleagues, ensuring a high-performance culture and effective succession planning.
- Compliance & Safety – Ensure full adherence to transport legislation, including driver hours, vehicle maintenance, and health & safety policies.
- Cost Control & Budgeting – Monitor and manage transport budgets, identifying efficiencies and cost-saving opportunities.
- Performance Monitoring – Track and analyse transport KPIs to identify trends, drive improvements, and maintain service levels.
- Stakeholder Management – Act as a key stakeholder and work closely with various functions within the logistics network, as well as the wider business, including Retail Operations.
- Business Relationships - Foster strong relationships across teams to drive shared goals, enhance communication, and ensure seamless integration of transport operations with other business units.
- Process Improvement – Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Technology & Systems – Ensure effective utilisation of transport management systems (TMS) and other relevant technologies.
- CPC qualification is desirable.
- Proven experience in a senior transport leadership role within a fast-paced distribution environment.
- Strong understanding of transport legislation, compliance, and best practices.
- Experience in managing budgets, cost control, and operational efficiencies.
- Excellent leadership, coaching, and people management skills.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and drive performance improvements.
- Proficiency in transport management systems and reporting tools.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
TJ Morris Limited trading as Home Bargains is a privately owned family run discount retailer selling top brands at the lowest possible price on the UK high street.
Having started over 45 years ago in Liverpool our customers continue to be at the heart of everything we do and throughout our 600+ stores we have over 5 million customers each week.
With plans to increase our store portfolio to 1,000 stores throughout the UK we are a fast-paced retailer opening 50 stores a year (nearly one every weekend) - and we wouldn't have it any other way!