Transport Regional General Manager

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead and deliver the regional transport strategy, ensuring alignment with customer objectives and wider business goals
• Oversee transport performance across multiple sites, monitoring service, compliance, productivity, KPIs and operational risk
• Act as the senior escalation point for significant transport, safety, customer, people and operational issues
• Manage regional budgets, forecasts and commercial performance, identifying opportunities for growth and efficiency
• Provide leadership, coaching and development to Transport Managers, building capability and succession across the region
• Drive fleet governance, ensuring vehicles and transport assets are legally compliant, operationally available and fit for purpose
• Champion continuous improvement, innovation and best practice by implementing scalable solutions across the transport network

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Proven senior leadership experience within multi-site transport, logistics or supply chain operations
• Strong knowledge of transport legislation, fleet compliance, operator licensing and regulatory requirements
• Demonstrable experience managing budgets, P&Ls, forecasting and contractual performance
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence customers, senior leaders and external bodies
• Strong leadership and people development capability, including coaching senior managers and succession planning
• Experience delivering large-scale change, continuous improvement and operational transformation initiatives
• Full UK Driving Licence and International Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC)

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.