Evening Transport Supervisor

We are looking for an experienced Transport Supervisor – £29,000pa to assist the Transport Manager with the smooth running of the clients Tewkesbury Distribution Centre.

We are currently looking for an experienced Transport Supervisor to join our Tewkesbury team on our evening shift – 1.30pm – 10pm

Daily responsibilities include:

• Allocate fleet and crews for home delivery to correct routes to ensure legal compliance
• Ensure pre brief & de briefings are undertaken at start of shift and end of shift for all transport movements
• Manage on road issues and the delivery failure process to a high standard of compliance
• Manage driver performance to achieve high standards of customer service, ensuring a high lever of NPS is achieved.
• Ensure a high level of PDA compliance is achieved
• Ensure all product returns procedures are adhered to
• Confirmation all deliveries are completed for order bank management
• Ensure all relevant information is recorded for transport KPIs
• Liaise with other Transport Managers within the network to plan inbound trunking movements of de-mount bodies
• Liaise with stores to resolve any customer issues
• Liaise with warehouse and admin departments to achieve effective running of the DC operation
• Help to Organise service and maintenance of vehicles in line with legal requirements
• Help to Manage driver hours in line with working time legislation
• Assistance with transport documentation that records are managed in line with relevant legislation in preparation for transport audits
• Investigate driver incident reports
• Undertake investigations as and when required
• Assist health and safety within legal requirements
• Undertake any tasks as reasonably requested by management
• Attend daily & weekly team’s meetings to discuss performance, plans & targets for the network

You will need:

We are looking for an experienced Transport Supervisor with the following skills, experience and Transport legislation e.g. drivers hours, compliance on vehicles (desirable).

Experience within a transport office.

Good communication skills.

Works well in a team.

Ability to complete tasks under strict timelines.

Great organisational skills.

Be able to manage people and drivers with the correct manner.

Proficient with excel and using a computer.

Flexible with shifts for holiday cover.

Good office manner with the ability to improve the mood of others on hard days.

Benefits when permanent

In return for your contribution to the team’s performance, we offer a competitive base salary £29,000pa plus all these extra benefits:

• *Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
• *Medicash – cashback options for Health and wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other healthcare services and more)
• *Unum Income Protection – for peace of mind if you’re off work long term due to illness
• *Pension scheme – provided by Legal & General
• *Discounted Gym membership
• *Cycle to Work scheme
• *Annual leave buy & sell scheme – you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you
• *Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
• Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
• Career progression – access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds
• *Long service awards and ‘Love to Shop’ voucher rewards to spend as you like (*qualifying periods apply)

Please send your cv in confidence for an immediate response.

RE acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers.

RE Recruitment would like to thank you for applying for the above role. We do try to come back to all applications however if you have not heard from a consultant within 5 working days, this unfortunately means that you have been unsuccessful.

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