Transport Team Manager

Do you have a passion for people and operational safety? Are you looking for a fast-paced operation, that will utilise your transport technical expertise?  Are you keen to shape the future of transport operations for one of the UK’s largest retailers?

Here at GXO, we our recruiting for a Transport Teams Manager to join our team in Daventry, for our customer Sainsburys. In this role, you’ll provide strong leadership across the transport department, combining proactive people management, with technical expertise to ensure our site-based fleet remains legal and safe

to operate. Reporting into Transport Operations Manager, you’ll lead a diverse team, including Transport Administrators and Drivers, while building strong customer relationships and supporting growth within a large-scale operation.

The role is being offered on a full-time, permanent basis. Shift pattern of 4 on 4 off, with a choice of (days/nights mixed or fixed shift).  

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £37,506.42* per annum (where applicable, premium may apply for night shift) and 24.5 days annual leave (inclusive bank holidays). In addition to generous remuneration, we really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment, along with other benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits include, online discount platform, onsite parking and much more.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead and manage daily transport operations, including admin, shunting/driving colleagues, ensuring optimal resource allocation and utilisation
• Deliver consistent performance and safety standards, achieving KPIs and driving operational efficiency across the end-to-end transport function
• Develop and motivate your team, fostering a culture of care, health, safety, and continuous improvement through engagement and progression
•  Collaborate across departments and with external customers, ensuring seamless delivery of operational requirements and promoting technology adoption
• Identify efficiencies and improvement opportunities, balancing service and cost while ensuring compliance with legislation, policy, and process

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Proven transport leadership experience, with the ability to inspire, engage, and empower colleagues to deliver results
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders while confidently making time-sensitive decisions and driving continuous improvement
• Solid technical knowledge, including basic understanding of driving legislation (tachograph policies, driving hours, Road Traffic Act) and strong IT skills to leverage systems for operational efficiency
• Adaptable and results-driven, with the courage to challenge the status quo and a proactive approach to improving processes in a dynamic, ever-changing environment

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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