Transport Manager

Contract: 12-month Fixed Term Contract
Hours: 40 hours per week 14:30 - 23:00, Late Shift
Location: Appleby Magna (DE12 8AA)
Salary: £47,250, plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme

About the Job

Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have an important part to play in automotive success that spans nearly 50 years. Unipart Logistics (UL) has secured a contract to run the new, custom-built Jaguar Land Rover Global Parts Logistics Centre at Appleby Magna in Leicestershire. The operation is housed at Jaguar Land Rover’s new Mercia Park campus, one of the largest UK warehouse developments for a single customer. We would like you to join us now!

Here at Unipart, 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, through Unipart's ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.

As a Transport Manager you will manage a team who co-ordinate and control the inbound and outbound movement of Aftermarket Parts globally to specific markets across all transport modes, achieving this through executing the processes and procedures required in an accurate and timely manner to minimise any delay to the customer.

As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:

• Lead a team of first line managers to ensure they are effective leaders
• Ensure Health & Safety standards are achieved and maintained throughout your team
• Recruit exceptional people into the business and develop colleagues using succession planning
• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, service providers, customer, and colleagues across all levels
• Maintain all aspects of stock integrity and ensure ownership of activities and resolutions
• Ensure quality requirements are met, identifying, and supporting any performance improvement opportunities
• Manage and plan for operational requirements against forecast and demand

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!

• Competent and confident in dealing with multiple stakeholders across a range of levels
• Customer service driven
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good understanding of transport and/or distribution
• Experience of disciplinary and grievance procedures
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast paced, ever-changing environment
• Proven leadership skills
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience of working within a busy transport/distribution environment in the logistics and supply chain industry
• Proven problem-solving skills and evidence of continuous improvement
• Understanding of environmental regulations would be advantageous

We are very open to flexible working patterns and part time hours - please let us know what your preference is when you apply, and we'll do our best to accommodate.

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: Logistics Coordinator, Distribution Supervisor, Operations Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Fleet Manager, Warehouse Operations Manager, Logistics Operations Manager, Transport Operations Supervisor, Freight Manager, Dispatch Manager, etc.

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