Job Description
Competitive salary plus benefits
Mon – Friday 05:00 – 14:30 1 week in 4 Tues - Saturday
Park Royal, England, United Kingdom
Fantastic opportunity for a Transport Shift Manager to join our growing team at our Premier Park Depot in Park Royal, London.
This is a key role within the distribution operation where you will have responsibility for ensuring our team of drivers are performing their role to the highest possible standards. Day to day you'll be involved in a wide variety of tasks from ensuring our drivers are adhering to all legislative requirements, company policies and ways of working to identifying & embedding new initiatives to improve the distribution operation.
To join us in this role, as well as having in depth transport operational knowledge and experience, you'll be a strong people leader - supporting the Distribution Manager in building a high performing team of drivers and administration colleagues. You'll have a solid understanding of key legislative requirements and ideally be CPC qualified or have a significant level of experience with a view to completing additional learning to obtain relevant qualifications. This is a varied job, where you will be not only be ensuring all costs are in line with the budgetary requirements but also taking a key role in creating the correct environment for our colleagues - leading by example and setting and maintaining standards in service, health, safety, and compliance.
In return we offer a great basic salary, generous holiday allowance plus the option to purchase more, pension plus huge discounts on award- winning products. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to further enhance your skills through our Learning & Development programmes.
People join us for the stability and security. But they stay for our fun and friendly culture that supports everyone to be the best they can be. Join us and discover all sorts of opportunities to develop your career with us, as well as a range of great benefits.
At Brakes everyone is welcome. We don't want you to ‘fit our culture' we want you to help define it and we actively celebrate the unique talents of each and every colleague. We don't just look at your CV, we're more focused on who you are and your potential. As part of our values, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone has a voice, is appreciated and has the same opportunities. We work hard to ensure that everyone feels part of our business, as we care for one another and connect the world through food and trusted partnerships. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone belongs and thrives at Brakes and we recognise that Brakes can only thrive when everyone feels they belong. We'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our resourcing team who will be happy to support you.
Brakes
Built on a passion for food and feeding the nation, we are the UK's largest foodservice supplier. Every day Brakes deliver the highest quality fresh and frozen food and ingredients from our nationwide network of distribution centres to some of the nation's most famous pubs and restaurants, as well as schools, caterers, care homes and hospitals. Our customers depend on us, and our 8,000-strong workforce is dedicated and proud to be part of this vital provision. And we're growing!