Transport Supervisor

Are you a confident people‑leader who thrives in a fast‑paced transport environment, keeping drivers, vehicles, and customers moving safely and smoothly?

Do you enjoy taking charge, solving problems on the fly, and delivering standout customer service—whatever the shift pattern throws your way? If so, join us as our Transport Supervisor!

Join our Home Delivery Network, based in our Doncaster depot as our Transport Supervisor, leading a team of 14 drivers. You will be responsible for leading and managing a team of drivers to ensure the transport operation is run efficiently and effectively. You’ll provide exceptional customer service and support to colleagues and clients in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

This is a full time, permanent position with contracted hours of 40 per week. You’ll be working any 5 days out of 7 with a rotating shift of 04:30 to 13:00, 09:30 to 18:00 and 12.30 to 21.00.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £31,772.04 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, life assurance and access to our benefits platform, including retail discounts

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead the transport team with confidence and positivity, setting clear goals, encouraging teamwork, and creating a culture where everyone takes pride in doing a great job
• Keep drivers supported, skilled, and motivated, through hands‑on leadership, regular check‑ins, coaching, and timely feedback that helps people perform at their best
• Look after the fleet from bumper to brake light, making sure vehicles are maintained, road‑ready, and compliant through smart planning and strong supplier relationships
• Be the go‑to problem solver for customers and colleagues, handling queries and challenges with a calm, customer‑first mindset and a focus on quick, practical solutions
• Use data, insight, and common sense to keep things running smoothly, tracking KPIs, improving performance, managing risk, and working closely with other teams to keep operations flowing

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Proven transport experience and inspiring colleagues, keeping operations running efficiently and compliantly
• People‑first manager who motivates, develops, and brings out the best in drivers and support teams
• Organised and solutions‑focused, confident juggling priorities, analysing issues, and driving continuous improvement
• Strong communicator and collaborator, building great relationships with customers, colleagues, and stakeholders
• Safety‑ and customer‑focused, comfortable using data and KPIs to deliver reliable service in a fast‑paced 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.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.