GXO Logistics
Transport Team Manager
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Are you looking for that next step into Transport management to grow your career? Perhaps you are already acting in a supervisory role but want a new challenge. Whatever the reason, this may be the role for you!
We are currently recruiting for a Transport Team Manager to support the operation at our Screwfix site in Stafford. This is a chance to be part of a fast-paced and challenging area of work to assist the Transport Operations Manager.
This is a full-time, permanent position, working weekly rotating shifts including 06:00 till 14:00 & 14:00 till 22:00, Monday to Friday. However, we do ask for some flexibility, this is logistics after all!
Pay, benefits, and more:
- You’ll be paid a salary of up to £33,100 per annum and receive 31 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays.
- Your benefits package includes a company pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, extensive retail discounts across all the big retailers including supermarkets, fashion, technology, travel, days out, hair & beauty, sports, and much more, continuous training and development opportunities, and extensive wellbeing programmes and initiatives accessible to all employees.
What you’ll do on a typical day:
- Manage a team of up to 120 Drivers and administrators, overseeing the delivery of cost-effective daily transport plans and supporting driver despatch through TMS to ensure efficient operations.
- Maintain high operational standards by overseeing vehicle defects and reporting, ensuring accurate documentation and strong operational control across transport activities.
- Drive a proactive Health & Safety culture by monitoring compliance, identifying risks, and taking timely corrective actions to ensure a safe working environment for all colleagues on shift.
- Lead on people and service delivery, including investigations, disciplinary processes, absence management, and stakeholder engagement to ensure a smooth, high-quality transport operation.
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What you need to succeed at GXO:
- Having pre-existing management experience is advantageous alongside having any existing Transport knowledge.
- As well as this, you will be an organized, driven individual with the ability to work alone and as a team effectively.
- You’ll also be an effective communicator and able to develop good working relationships at all levels within the Transport Team and able to converse confidently with our customer.
- A levelheaded attitude is needed in this pressurized environment as well as being computer literate.
- Transport Management CPC (national and international) preferred.
We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains. 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.
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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.
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