Transport Team Manager
Are you an aspiring transport leader who thrives on delivering outstanding operational performance, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring KPIs, compliance, and service standards are consistently achieved?
Do you enjoy building strong relationships while leading and supporting transport teams to deliver safe, efficient, and best-in-class operations across a fast-paced logistics environment? Join our GXO Sainsburys team in Kettering as our Transport Team Manager!
Join us at the heart of a fast-paced transport operation where no two days are the same! As our Transport Team Manager, you'll help keep the wheels turning by leading and supporting a busy transport team, ensuring deliveries run smoothly, KPIs are achieved, and our customer receives a first-class service.
This is a full time, permanent opportunity working 42 hours per week. Shifts are 06:00 to 18:00 (2 off, 2 on, 3 off, 2 on, 2 off, 3 on).
Pay, benefits and more:
We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £38,188.80 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:
- Keep performance on track and ensure service levels consistently exceed client expectations
- Support the delivery of KPIs, budgets, and legal requirements while maintaining safe and efficient operations
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives that boost productivity, service, and operational excellence
- Work closely with clients, colleagues, and stakeholders to deliver a seamless, customer-focused transport service
- Support, motivate, and develop the transport team while promoting collaboration, compliance, and company values across all shifts
What you need to succeed at GXO:
- A confident transport leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, makes sound decisions under pressure, and isn't afraid to challenge the status quo
- A people-focused manager with experience leading and inspiring teams, empowering colleagues to deliver exceptional results
- A compliance champion with a good understanding of transport legislation, including tachographs, driver hours, and road traffic regulations
- A tech-savvy problem solver who can use systems, data, and operational insight to drive performance and efficiency
- A relationship builder and communicator who works collaboratively with stakeholders, builds trust quickly, and keeps a clear focus on continuous improvement
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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