Transport Shift Manager
Can you lead, motivate and develop a diverse team of drivers and transport colleagues, while ensuring full legal compliance, high safety standards and on‑time delivery performance in a fast‑paced transport operation?
Are you passionate to build strong working relationships, colleague morale and successfully deliver as a team for operational plans? If so, we want to hear from you!
Join us as our Transport Shift Manager, based in our Sherburn-in-Elmet depot for our customer Wickes. You’ll utilise driver resources, manage performance and will be a key asset to our operation running efficiently, whilst focusing on compliance, H&S and collaboration.
This is a full time, permanent position working Sunday to Thursday (10:00 to 18:00, although flexibility is required).
Pay, benefits and more:
We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £36,312 per annum (dependent on level of experience), 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:
- Ensure Health & Safety and Safe Systems of Work are followed, including timely and accurate reporting of accidents, incidents and near misses
- Build strong teamwork, morale and trusted relationships across drivers, transport colleagues and internal stakeholders
- Lead, motivate and manage full‑time and agency drivers and support staff to meet site and customer objectives and deadlines
- Oversee weekly planning, driver telematics performance, and on‑time departures to maintain operational efficiency
- Manage legal compliance, audits, and people‑related matters such as absence and disciplinaries in line with company procedures
What you need to succeed at GXO:
- Proven supervisory experience within a transport environment, with strong understanding of legal requirements, operational processes and customer needs
- Confident in priotising and adapting to an ever-evolving operation
- Effective time‑planner with the ability to balance workloads, meet deadlines and demonstrate strong commercial awareness
- Able to build strong, professional relationships with internal and external customers by demonstrating integrity, credibility and clear operational knowledge
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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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