Allied Mills | part of Associated British Foods plc
Distribution Team Leader
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Allied Mills is part of Associated British Foods and operates seven modern flour milling units across three production sites in Belfast, Manchester, and Tilbury. We are also one of a very limited number of businesses able to produce semolina from Durum wheat in one of our specialist mills. Allied Mills is the UK’s third-largest miller and mills wheat for everything from bread to bagels, baguettes, and biscuits, pasties to pastries, doughnuts, cookies, burger buns, and pizzas, naan bread and chapattis, noodles, and pasta. The majority of our flour goes into household bread brands such as Kingsmill soft white bread, Kingsmill 50/50, Allinson’s, and many more.
Our people are our standards, and that’s why we’re ABF’s Miller of Choice. Through an inclusive culture and investment in our people and technology, we aim to deliver the highest standards in product quality and food safety, customer service, and product development. Our aim is to ensure safety and business sustainability for our people, our customers, our neighbours, and the environment. If you want to be part of a team who loves what they do and is proud of the role they play in the country’s food supply chain, we’d love to hear from you.
Allied Mills are owned by Associated British Foods. ABF is a diversified international food, ingredients, and retail group with sales of £20.1bn and 188,000 employees in 56 countries. It has significant businesses in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Australia. Our sister companies in ABF UK Grocery produce products under many market-leading household brands, including Jordans, Ryvita, Pataks, Blue Dragon & Silver Spoon.
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Overview of Role
Company: Allied Mills
Location: Tilbury, Essex
Hours: 4 on 4 off rotating shift pattern (days and nights)
Holiday Entitlement: 24
We have a great opportunity for a Distribution Team Leader to join an experienced team, providing a first-class service at our flour mill. In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading the distribution function and fleet to ensure the safe handling, distribution, and delivery of bulk and bagged flour to our customers, in accordance with all legal and company requirements.
Key Accountabilities
- Manage and control the day-to-day movements of the own fleet and sub-contractor resources in line with planning arrangements.
- Recommend corrections to the delivery schedule based on operational expertise and demand intelligence to maintain a full and effective control of the delivery and service levels.
- Control and monitor sub-contractor usage and cost.
- Liaise with the mill team to ensure that vehicle loading is maintained and effectively managed to maintain full and complete production.
- Liaise effectively with colleague FLMs and TLs and ensure that informative shift handovers take place.
- Maintain and improve health, safety, environmental, and food safety standards, supporting the local HSE team.
- Plan all fleet maintenance, testing, and hygiene events.
- Responsible for ensuring that maintenance standards comply with legal and company requirements at a local level and to brief the Logistics Manager in regard to servicing and vehicle MOT adherence.
- Responsible for ensuring compliance with the company’s policies and procedures regarding tachograph management.
- Responsible for ensuring back-to-work interviews, driver appraisals, and driver disciplinary hearings are carried out in line with Allied Mills policy.
- Ensure that the Isotrak vehicle telematics system is fully deployed and updated daily within the department with designated management reports being extracted and acted upon.
- Responsible for ensuring driver worksheets are routinely collected and that all information is reported into DIMS.
- Control and manage Manchester distribution office staff holidays ensuring consistent cover is always achieved across all shifts (24/7 operation).
- Collate local KPI information for the Logistics Manager on both a weekly and period basis.
- Will advise the Logistics Manager and planners of driver hours usage/availability to maximize own driver resource at all times.
- Create, issue, and receipt purchase orders as required.
- Attend local KPI and management meetings as required.
- Deputise for the Logistics Manager in their absence.
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The Right Person
- A great customer focus with a flexible and adaptable approach.
- Self-motivated and able to work on your own initiative, be punctual and reliable.
- CPC Qualification.
- Demonstrable experience of leading a team in a similar role.
- Previous experience in comparable FMCG role (desirable).
- PC literate, including a working ability with Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint, and Word; capable of using Distribution Management Systems.
- Good numeracy and literacy skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Strong communication skills.
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