Logistics, Customs & Commercial Management

• Own relationships with pallet networks, freight carriers, couriers and logistics providers.
• Negotiate and manage transport-related contracts and commercial agreements.
• Monitor and manage transport and logistics expenditure, budgets and performance reporting.
• Develop and improve customs and cross-border logistics processes.
• Ensure import/export and customs requirements are properly controlled and documented.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction, improved fleet utilisation and logistics efficiency.
• Develop transport pricing models and support commercial decision making where required.

Chain of Custody, Security & Quality Standards

• Ensure transport operations comply with Vyta’s chain-of-custody, data security and customer assurance requirements.
• Ensure transport records, manifests, waste documentation and collection records are maintained accurately.
• Maintain transport security processes and standards across all sites and vehicles.
• Support investigations and corrective actions relating to transport activity, incidents or documentation issues.

Continuous Improvement

• Lead transport improvement projects across planning, systems, reporting, route efficiency and fleet utilisation.
• Improve logistics reporting, cost visibility and carrier performance management.
• Drive technology adoption and process improvement within the transport function.
• Ensure the function develops from a reactive transport operation into a proactive, compliant and commercially managed business function.

Health, Safety & Operational Standards

• Promote safe working practices across transport, driving, loading, unloading and collection activity.
• Ensure drivers and collection crews follow safe systems of work and site-specific requirements.
• Ensure vehicles, equipment and driver areas are maintained to appropriate standards.
• Ensure defects, incidents, near misses and safety concerns are recorded, investigated and closed out.
• Work with Health & Safety and Compliance teams to ensure transport activity remains aligned with legal and company requirements.

Essential Criteria

• Strong leadership, communication and people management skills.
• Commercial awareness and experience managing budgets, suppliers and operational performance.
• Transport Manager CPC qualification.
• Eligible to act as a nominated Transport Manager on Vyta’s Operator Licences.
• Significant experience managing transport operations within an Operator Licence environment.
• Strong understanding of Operator Licence obligations, driver hours legislation, tachograph compliance, Driver CPC requirements and vehicle maintenance compliance.
• Experience managing drivers, fleets and transport teams.
• Ability to manage operational priorities while delivering strategic improvement.
• Strong organisational skills and high attention to detail in relation to compliance, documentation and audit requirements.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience within ITAD, recycling, waste management, environmental services or secure logistics.
• Experience managing customs or cross-border logistics.
• Experience managing pallet networks, courier or freight contracts.
• Knowledge of UK, Irish and European transport regulations.
• Experience of transport software, telematics, tachograph systems or fleet management platforms.
• Experience developing transport KPIs, cost reporting or fleet performance reporting.

What We Can Offer You

• Excellent work/life balance initiatives – four-day week! Only work one in four Fridays!
• A competitive salary, range dependent on experience.
• Opportunities to get involved in charity and volunteering initiatives.
• Health benefits – cash back plan.
• Death in service.
• A positive people-centred culture.
• Free onsite parking.
• Benefits may vary depending on length of service and role.

Conditions of Employment

• Right to Work in UK & EU.
• Satisfactory security clearance in line with job role. Successful candidate may require Access NI Check and staff vetting.
• Evidence of qualifications as required within job role, including Transport Manager CPC.
• Satisfactory references, one being from your most recent employer.
• Satisfactory health declaration.
• All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, Access NI criminal record check and successful security clearance, BPSS security clearance and successful credit reference clearance in line with BS 7858 requirements and ISO 27001 audits. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Basic Access NI Check.
• HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD WILL NOT NECESSARILY DEBAR YOU FROM EMPLOYMENT WITHIN VYTA LTD. THIS WILL DEPEND ON THE NATURE OF THE POSITION, TOGETHER WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND BACKGROUND OF YOUR OFFENCES.
• Vyta is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
• A copy of the recruitment of ex-offender policy and Access NI Policy can be found on our website: Recruitment Policies · Vyta