GXO Logistics
Transport Shift Manager
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Are you currently working in a transport environment but feel like you’ve hit a stop sign? Are you looking for a career ‘move’, where you’ll constantly be challenged to grow and develop your skills? Are you ready to take the highway to your next challenge?
GXO is currently looking for a Transport Shift Manager to join our B&Q operation in Branston. In this role, you'll be responsible for the day-to-day management of the transport operation, ensuring drivers, vehicles, and deliveries are operating safely, efficiently, and in line with legal and company requirements. You'll lead and support a team of drivers, resolve operational challenges, and help ensure excellent service delivery for one of the UK's leading retailers.
This is a full-time, permanent position, where you’ll be working on an any ‘5 from 7 shift basis’, typically Monday to Friday. Your hours of work will rotate weekly between 05:30 – 14:00 and 13:30 – 22:00.
Pay, benefits, and more:
- You’ll be paid a salary of up to £35,370 per annum, an additional shift premium is available for hours worked before 06:00 and after 20:00.
- You’ll also receive 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days so you can enjoy a positive work-life balance.
- Your benefits package includes a company-sponsored pension plan, death in service benefit, and personal accident insurance.
- Plus, many other perks such as a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, and our continued focus on internal promotions, over 55% last year!
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What you’ll do on a typical day:
- Lead and support a team of drivers, ensuring daily deliveries and collections are completed safely, efficiently, and on time
- Monitor vehicle and driver performance, resolving operational issues such as delays, breakdowns, and service disruptions
- Ensure full compliance with drivers' hours regulations, tachograph requirements, and company transport procedures
- Promote a strong health and safety culture, investigating incidents and addressing unsafe practices when required
- Build strong working relationships with drivers, customers, planners, and the wider transport team to support operational success
What you need to succeed at GXO:
- Previous experience in a transport supervisory or management role within a logistics or distribution environment
- Strong knowledge of drivers' hours regulations, tachographs, and transport compliance requirements
- Experience managing drivers and dealing confidently with performance, attendance, and operational challenges
- Excellent communication, organisational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make effective decisions under pressure
- Good IT skills and experience using transport management systems would be advantageous
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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. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.
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