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Transport Manager

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
South East / South Coast UK
Salary
£40,000 - £45,000
Closing date
27 Nov 2018

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Job Details

Transport Manager

Job ref: 61873 | £40,000 - £45,000 | South Coast UK

The company

Established 40 years ago, the business has undergone tremendous success and is now one of the leading processors and suppliers in their market sector. From their BRC Grade A facility, the business supply over 400 fresh and ambient products all over the UK.

The job

The main aim of this role will be to provide and manage a safe, efficient, reliable and cost-effective delivery and collection service for a wide customer base.  In addition, you will lead, coach and motivate a team of drivers promoting a customer centric ethos whilst taking the lead role in planning; costing and allocating routes and vehicles’, ensuring sufficient flexibility is in place to meet the varying and changing needs of customers. 

You will ensure that all vehicles are compliant with all legal, regulatory and contractual requirements and where necessary escalating any identified issues and recommending solutions to the Factory Manager and Group TM.  You will also be responsible developing and implementing a proactive, planned and structured approach to the maintenance of fleet vehicles, keeping with budget and ensuring all vehicles used are fit for purpose and the customer experience is of a high standard.

Your experience

You should have good transport management (including people management) experience and whilst not vital, a management qualification and a CPC certificate would be ideal.  You must have know-how of tail lift, fork lift and manual handling operations, experience of managing budgets and contracts, experience of EU transport regulations, legal requirements and Working Time Directive, and also experience of heavy goods vehicle maintenance.  A full UK driving licence and good geographical knowledge of South Coast are both prerequisites.

More details

The Transport Manager job is based in the South Coast UK region and is paying £40,000 - £45,000 according to individual skills and previous experience. The working hours are 40 between Monday and Friday, with some flexibility required.

How to apply

If this really sounds like you and you want to be considered for the Transport Manager job, please click the Apply button.

Or, alternatively you can apply directly for this job by emailing me, Etienne Robinson-Sivyer, etienne@b3jobs.co.uk quoting job reference 61873.

What happens next?

On applying for this job, you consent to b3 jobs ltd holding your details on file to be able to contact you about your job search, for full details of our GDPR policy, please refer to the b3 jobs website. We aim to contact you within 24 hours on the assumption that your credentials fit the requirements for the role.

b3 jobs is a professional, friendly and progressive food recruitment consultancy established in 2000 dedicated to the food manufacturing industry. We are a market leader for permanent jobs within food and drink manufacturing throughout the UK. All of our consultants have considerable experience in recruitment so you can be confident that they will have your best interests at heart when finding the perfect job for you.

We deal with food jobs covering product development / NPD, quality assurance / QA, technical, process, production, operations, planning, supply, sales, account management, engineering, microbiology, food technology, specifications, marketing, logistics, purchasing, hygiene and auditing. We cover all job levels including Assistants, Technologists, Technicians, Supervisors, Team Leaders, Managers and Directors.

Alternative job titles

Food Industry Transport Jobs | Logistics Manager | Transport Team Manager | Supply Chain Manager | Food Manufacturing Jobs | Hampshire

Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

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Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB

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