Transport Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 27 Mai 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 26 Mehefin 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Glasgow, G41 1RR |
| Cwmni: | TradeChoice Carpet & Flooring |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 103 |
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WE ARE TRADECHOICE CARPET & FLOORING!
We provide appreciation, progression and work-life harmony as standard!
As one of the UKs largest distributors we stock and distribute products from Europes leading flooring manufacturers and operating
out of 17 branches UK-wide, and continuing to grow!
Our success is a result of our talented colleagues and their dedication, therefore our mission is to create the ideal space for
our colleagues to envisage their long-term role or career.
You will receive:
* 25 days annual leave, option to buy +3 days, Christmas break + Bank Holidays
* Long-service holidays
* Long-service awards
* 24/7 wellbeing support and counselling (EAP programme)
* Internal GP medical helpline
* Healthcare cash plan
* Life assurance
* Bike2Work scheme
* Company pension
* Colleague discounts
* Shopping vouchers
* Employee of the month scheme
* Free onsite parking
* Workwear and PPE
As a TradeChoice Transport Manager, part of your role will include:
* Day-to-day running of the operation and driving best practice across the logistics operations whilst ensuring a strong and
positive H&S culture is embedded and full legal compliance maintained.
* Leadership, management and development of the transport team, ensuring that the team are multiskilled across a variety of
disciplines.
* Control of the Transport budget, maintaining cost-efficiency and diligence.
* Developing clear and accurate KPIs relating to productivity and efficiency in order to manage and improve the performance of
the transport workforce.
* Reviewing fleet requirements in order to optimise service and effective transport usage, including the use of third-party
carriers/couriers, ensuring appropriate authorisation process and cost control.
* Effectively managing operational change and process improvements through adoption of best practice and maintaining consistency.
* Driving optimisation of Transport Operations, providing a high level service to all customers (internal and external).
* Monitoring and manage of logistical KPIs (e.g. minimising VOR levels, meeting targets for OTIFs and pre-emptive MOTs).
* Managing incidents and accidents, following company procedure, from initial reporting and investigation, through to root cause
analysis, keeping EOA updated every step of the way.
* Creating a customer experience-oriented mindset within the logistics teams and ensure great service is delivered.
* Agreeing OTIF targets by location and ensure accurate data examination takes place and is discussed monthly with key branch
stakeholders in sales and operations.
* Ensuring that the Transport team and drivers comply with all relevant regulations and site procedures.
* Supporting implementation of service improvements in conjunction with customers and associated key stakeholders.
* Ensuring Health and Safety provisions are prioritised and applied to all activity and are compliant with the Health and Safety
at Work Act, carrying out risk assessments as required.
Your working pattern:
* Monday to Friday
* 8:00am to 5:30pm
* 60-minute Break
You:
* Experience of performance management and development.
* Basic knowledge of risk assessment/H&S principles.
* Transport Manager CPC
* Class 2 HGV licence (desirable)
* NEBOSH, IOSH or other safety management qualification (desirable)
* Competent in technology, systems and databases (desirable).
* Experience Supply Chain systems (e.g. Descartes) (desirable).
* Good leadership and organisation skills.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Comfortable lifting, moving and carrying items up to approx. 25kg
* Able to delegate workload (desirable)
* Reach/Counterbalance FLT Licence (desirable)
Please ensure you are happy with the commute before applying.
If you have not received an update within 14 days of applying, this means you have not been progressed to the next stage.
More about us:
We have been Distributor of the Year since 2016 under the Contract Flooring Journal!
* Every day we demonstrate commitment, respect, integrity, trust, teamwork and fun.
* We truly care about diversity and inclusion, mental health and wellbeing.
* We are dedicated to the development, retention and motivation of our people.
WE ARE TRADECHOICE CARPET & FLOORING!
We provide appreciation, progression and work-life harmony as standard!
As one of the UKs largest distributors we stock and distribute products from Europes leading flooring manufacturers and operating
out of 17 branches UK-wide, and continuing to grow!
Our success is a result of our talented colleagues and their dedication, therefore our mission is to create the ideal space for
our colleagues to envisage their long-term role or career.
You will receive:
* 25 days annual leave, option to buy +3 days, Christmas break + Bank Holidays
* Long-service holidays
* Long-service awards
* 24/7 wellbeing support and counselling (EAP programme)
* Internal GP medical helpline
* Healthcare cash plan
* Life assurance
* Bike2Work scheme
* Company pension
* Colleague discounts
* Shopping vouchers
* Employee of the month scheme
* Free onsite parking
* Workwear and PPE
As a TradeChoice Transport Manager, part of your role will include:
* Day-to-day running of the operation and driving best practice across the logistics operations whilst ensuring a strong and
positive H&S culture is embedded and full legal compliance maintained.
* Leadership, management and development of the transport team, ensuring that the team are multiskilled across a variety of
disciplines.
* Control of the Transport budget, maintaining cost-efficiency and diligence.
* Developing clear and accurate KPIs relating to productivity and efficiency in order to manage and improve the performance of
the transport workforce.
* Reviewing fleet requirements in order to optimise service and effective transport usage, including the use of third-party
carriers/couriers, ensuring appropriate authorisation process and cost control.
* Effectively managing operational change and process improvements through adoption of best practice and maintaining consistency.
* Driving optimisation of Transport Operations, providing a high level service to all customers (internal and external).
* Monitoring and manage of logistical KPIs (e.g. minimising VOR levels, meeting targets for OTIFs and pre-emptive MOTs).
* Managing incidents and accidents, following company procedure, from initial reporting and investigation, through to root cause
analysis, keeping EOA updated every step of the way.
* Creating a customer experience-oriented mindset within the logistics teams and ensure great service is delivered.
* Agreeing OTIF targets by location and ensure accurate data examination takes place and is discussed monthly with key branch
stakeholders in sales and operations.
* Ensuring that the Transport team and drivers comply with all relevant regulations and site procedures.
* Supporting implementation of service improvements in conjunction with customers and associated key stakeholders.
* Ensuring Health and Safety provisions are prioritised and applied to all activity and are compliant with the Health and Safety
at Work Act, carrying out risk assessments as required.
Your working pattern:
* Monday to Friday
* 8:00am to 5:30pm
* 60-minute Break
You:
* Experience of performance management and development.
* Basic knowledge of risk assessment/H&S principles.
* Transport Manager CPC
* Class 2 HGV licence (desirable)
* NEBOSH, IOSH or other safety management qualification (desirable)
* Competent in technology, systems and databases (desirable).
* Experience Supply Chain systems (e.g. Descartes) (desirable).
* Good leadership and organisation skills.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Comfortable lifting, moving and carrying items up to approx. 25kg
* Able to delegate workload (desirable)
* Reach/Counterbalance FLT Licence (desirable)
Please ensure you are happy with the commute before applying.
If you have not received an update within 14 days of applying, this means you have not been progressed to the next stage.
More about us:
We have been Distributor of the Year since 2016 under the Contract Flooring Journal!
* Every day we demonstrate commitment, respect, integrity, trust, teamwork and fun.
* We truly care about diversity and inclusion, mental health and wellbeing.
* We are dedicated to the development, retention and motivation of our people.