Menzies Distribution Solutions Ltd
Transport Supervisor
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Transport Supervisor
Menzies Distribution Solutions are looking for an experienced Transport Supervisor to join our team based in Blunham. You will be responsible for managing and executing the day 1 plan ensuring all work is distributed whilst complying with Transport Legislation, Health & Safety and customer service requirements. Ensure that the drivers deliver the customer's products on time and in full using the most cost effective means possible and best use of available resources including maximizing the utilisation of all Menzies Drivers in line with current driver hours and WTD legislation. Tracking and Tracing all runs to ensure that once dispatched the drivers arrive at the customer premises within the agreed time windows. ESP compliance - Ensuring that all jobs are built, resourced and managed correctly in ESP system.
The Details:
- Salary: £37,798.76 Per Annum
- Shift Pattern: 4 On/4 Off Nights
- Start Time: 18:00
- Hours per week: Average 42 hours per week
- Parking: Onsite
- Monthly Pay
Key Duties and Accountabilities (will include but not be limited to)
- Liaise with planners to ensure that all relevant customer deliveries utilising the resources available at site to ensure delivery windows are met.
- Through liaising with your Site Planners & Track and Trace that you are fully aware of any delays and possible issues with deliveries to customer or IDT sites
- Liaise with the Customer as required in relation to delays and possible issues with delivery through customer service team or through Out of hours process.
- Develop back haul lanes with both Menzies depots and 3rd party customers whilst maintaining fleet utilisation where possible to protect vehicle earnings.
- Source local agency drivers as and when required (in conjunction with our PSL) providing an accurate brief of job required (on day ops)
- Source local sub contractors as and when required (on day ops)
- Ensure that Site Planners are aware that the loads meet safety standards.
- Manage the Site Planners ensuring they are using the most efficient start times for all day drivers and tramper drivers - feedback any day 1 issues that affect day 2 planning.
- Ensure adequate Pre-Briefing of Drivers is taking place to ensure that they fully understand their instructions.
- Ensure adequate De-Briefing of Drivers upon their return to ensure that all documentation has been completed correctly.
- Ensure your Site Planners are compliant with Working Time Directive and any driver over the 48 hour avg is managed accordingly within the relevant reference period and escalate any issues.
- Regularly Download Driver cards for analysis - in line with company and legal requirements.
- Comply with all Transport legislation reducing tachograph infringements to below the company target - Speaking to drivers about infringements and completing sign off OOH.
- Conduct regular meetings/ reviews including probation assessments and return to work interviews with all drivers.
- Ensure compliance with Agency Driver checklist and agency induction paperwork/packs
- Communicate routes to and liaise with other Menzies Depots when needed through phone call and email
- Record trailer information on all inbound/outbound deliveries and stand trailers daily and upload to OSS
- Manage shunters and strappers on loads for departure
- Manage Reels being tipped in warehouse
- Manage Waste loads and waste loads from Blunham depot
- AGR paperwork and collation of returns
- Confirmation of Reels arrival on site
- Manage all comms on Haulage Hub for day 1 plan. Regular check of HH inbox to see capture 3rd party subbie issues on the road.
- Support Ops Manager by providing all day 1 operational issues across all site contracts for daily calls and business updates
- Complete the required daily updates for
- Fully understand and communicate agreed customer KPI's for all site contracts
- All other transport office related duties
- Completed Load slip from CBS - ex DS Smith
- Remove and work that's doesn't fit the load from CBS
- Add any additional work in CBS for loading slip updates
- Manage the CBS system for special deliveries etc
- Manage trailer utilization in and out of bays
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Key Experience and Qualifications:
- People management skills
- Experience of working in a busy Transport office
- Knowledge of Drivers Hours, Tachograph and WTD legislation
- Knowledge of Continuous Improvement
- Strong negotiating skills
- Good standard of education
- IT literate
- Knowledge of Health & Safety
- Commercial understanding
- Knowledge of transport systems
Technical skills and behavioral competencies:
- Leading and engaging people
- Develop self and others.
- Self starter who works on their own initiative.
- Team builder
- Ability to prioritise
- Team Player
- Good communication skills
- Lateral thinker
- Works well under pressure
- Able to develop relationships with others (both internal and external)
- Problem solving and decision making skills.
- People management skills
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Benefits
- Time For You: Relax with 20 days of annual leave.
- Give Back: Receive a paid day to volunteer for a charity of your choice.
- Appreciating You & Others: Celebrate special moments with Value Awards! Driver of the Year Awards, with 3 days paid leave for our finalists, including a fun filled day out for you and your partner and attendance to the awards ceremony with guest speakers.
- Your Future: Join our contributory workplace pension scheme for financial security.
- Exclusive Discounts: Through your Healthcare Cash Plan you will have access to a discount portal, where you can make savings on travel and hotels, cinema tickets, days out and much more. We also offer 20% off your mobile line rental at EE!
- Progression & Training: Unique Industry Training such as: LST, Moffett, Manual Handling, Double Decker & Load Security. A paid day leave per year for your periodic CPC Training provided by us.
- Health & Wellness: Healthcare Cash Plan, allowing you to claim cash back on a range of healthcare products and services including dental, optical, chiropody, and specialist consultations, tests, and scans. In addition to this there is Virtual GP access, On-Demand Physio, Gym Discounts, Online Health Assessments & 24/7 Counselling.
INCLUSION
Menzies Distribution Solutions is committed to creating a fair and inclusive environment where employees feel safe, proud and valued. We encourage ways of working that treat everyone fairly and with respect, and we look to create opportunities to improve the diversity of our workforce across all areas of the business. We seek to attract and recruit people from the widest talent pool, who reflect the society in which we work. And we aim to encourage an inclusive culture where people can feel empowered to be the very best they can be, and to reach their full potential creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.
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