PM Transport Supervisor

KEY DETAILS

Hours: 11am-8pm, 40 hours a week, across 5 days including weekends

Location: Dartford, DA2 6QB

Reporting to: Transport Manager

Salary: £31,496

We are Albion fine foods a fast-growing wholesaler supplying some of the finest chefs across London & the southeast with ambient, chilled and frozen produce.

Work life balance is important to us here at Albion and we want you to spend more time at home with your family or doing the things you enjoy, so in addition to 30 days holiday you will also get an additional 22 days off a year worked into your rota, meaning you will work just 238 days in a year but still earn a full-time salary. Sounds too good to be true doesn’t it, but it’s not!

Our Transport leadership team consists of our Transport Manager, 4 Transport Supervisors and 80+ drivers, it’s a busy team and it just keeps growing!

We are looking for an experienced Transport Supervisor to join our transport leadership team. You will be jointly responsible for a fleet of 90+ vehicles (a mixture of 3.5T, 5T, 7.5T and 12T) and 130+ drivers/drivers mates, ensuring the safe and efficient day to day running of the busy department.

You will need to be a natural leader, being able to lead by example with excellent communication skills and be confident using your initiative and working in a highly pressurised environment. You will drive best practice and support and develop your team whilst managing an organised and cohesive team. You will take a proactive approach to problem solving, mitigating disruption to our customers and boosting and maintaining team morale

Reporting to our Transport Manager, you will ensure the smooth operation throughout your shift. Your key responsibilities will include.

• Ensuring all drivers have the correct and relevant paperwork
• Demonstrating best practice ensuring adherence to procedure
• Provide guidance and support to drivers and drivers mates
• Deal with general queries from senior management, customers and drivers throughout the course of their day
• Manage drivers and ensure deliveries are made with excellent customer service, abiding traffic/road laws etc.
• Liaising with drivers and office staff, redirecting routes and mitigating disruptions
• Conduct interviews, supporting recruiting needs and inducting new team members
• Overseeing performance and probation reviews
• Monitor and complete absence procedures in line with company policies and procedures
• Supporting the drivers, completing deliveries when operationally needed

We are looking for someone who has experience in a Transport/Logistics role as well as the following requirements:

• Effective communicator across all levels and departments
• Positive and proactive approach, motivating the team to succeed
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Ability to manage and delegate changing workloads
• Excellent problem-solving skills, working well under pressure and responsive to change
• Computer literate – specifically MS Outlook, Excel and Word
• Exposure to Transport Management Systems (TMS)
• Full UK driving licence

What to expect in return:

• Salary of £31,496 per annum
• Generous annual leave entitlement - 30 days holiday plus an additional 22 days off across the year
• Subsidised staff restaurant
• Discounted staff purchase scheme across over 4,000 products
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave policies
• Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme
• Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with regular retail discounts
• Free parking

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