Contract type
: Full time, permanent
Location
: Suffolk Park (IP32 7FQ)
Hours
: 40 hours per week, 22:00-06:30
Salary
: £32,470 per annum, 30 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
Closing date for applications:
30th October, 2024
About the Role
Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You'll have an important part to play overseeing an established team of drivers.
We don't just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level. You'll have a key role to play in helping your team go ‘From Gate to Great', with all the opportunities that go with it.
We're a fast paced business, always delivering amazing quality and results for our customers, and this warehouse location is no exception. As night shift Transport Supervisor, you'll report directly to the Transport Manager ensuring the effective and timely delivery of products in line with customer SLA's.
As part of your key responsibilities you'll:
- Manage drivers to ensure duties are carried out in a timely manner to meet KPI's
- Ensure quality standards are maintained in line with OTIF measures
- Ensure full compliance with all relevant legislative and corporate requirements relating to transport
- Be first point of contact for any supervisory staff queries
- Asset track to ensure vehicles and trailers are available for scheduled servicing and maintenance
- Manage and deliver the despatch and cage return plan
- Ensure compliance to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Liaise with the Warehouse teams to ensure all loads are completed accurately and loaded on time
- Communicate, apply, and enforce company policies
- Compile reports as necessary for the business
- Direct the daily activity to ensure a safe, secure, clean and fair work environment for team members
- Liaise collaboratively with customer services to improve customer satisfaction levels in line with agreed business targets
- Take accountability for employee satisfaction levels by applying good leadership and employee engagement practices
- Conduct Return to Work interviews and disciplinary investigations as required
- Communicate and support the implementation of the Unipart Way
About You
We'd love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you'd be able to perform well in this role!
- Experience as a Transport First Line Manager
- Experience of working in a fast-paced operation
- Capability to plan, manage your own workload and communicate effectively to others
- Knowledge of transport legislation, Working Time Directive, Drivers hours
- Experience in employee relations and dealing with HR cases
- Experience of dealing with accidents/incidents and overseeing the reporting and investigating
- Computer literate in the Microsoft Office package, with the ability to learn in house systems
- CPC (International) qualified would be advantageous but not essential
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.
You may have experience in the following roles: Transport Supervisor, Transport Manager, Transport Team Leader, Logistics Supervisor, Night Operations Supervisor, Fleet Supervisor, Distribution Supervisor, Transportation Coordinator, Transport Operations Manager, Transport Compliance Manager, Warehouse Supervisor, etc.
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