Transport General Manager - Leading 3PL Provider - Great opportunity to be part of a major growth journey
Client Details
Michael Page Logistics have exclusively partnered with an exciting client who are a 3PL business, supporting their search for a Transport General Manager, operating one of of their key contracts in the UK.
They are an easily recognisable, innovative, and growing company, attracting various blue-chip clients along the way. This role will give the successful candidate a chance to truly flourish within a challenging, demanding, but rewarding environment with lots of room to progress along the way.
Description
The Transport General Manager role will require the individual to:
- Report to the Head of Transport or equivalent.
- Manage a team of 300+ indirect heads through 6 direct reports.
- Own full budgetary responsibility for £50m+.
- Manage customer relationships end to end.
- Manage Safety, legal and policy compliance including fleet audit compliance, Ops Ex standards compliance and delivery of a safe operation through the achievement of H&S standards and KPIs.
- Accountable for people development and performance management within the operation.
- Be commutable to Northampton.
Profile
The successful candidate for the Transport General Manager role will have the following skills and experiences:
- A Logistics Distribution and Supply Chain background - Essential
- Been responsible for a budget of circa £50m - Essential
- Be Degree educated (or similar) - Advantageous
- Have worked in 3PL environment previously - Essential
- Managed Multiple customers previously - Essential
- Managed open and closed book contracts - Essential
- Been responsible for a fleet of over 300 vehicles - Essential
- Possess a high level of commercial acumen - Essential
- A minimum of 5+ years Logistics experience at an equivalent level previously - Essential.
- Have managed in excess of 400+ employees previously - Essential
- CPC - Essential
- Be results driven and commercially minded - Essential
- Be commutable to Northampton.
Job Offer
This role offers:
- Salary - £90,000 - £95,000
- Car allowance
- Plus a SLT package including bonus