Transport Manager

4 days ago

Chesterfield, United Kingdom DFDS Full time

We’re looking for a Transport Manager to lead our Transport Team based at DFDS Chesterfield. We work on behalf of major frozen food retailers, with close links to other DFDS sites and contracts based throughout the UK. Our aim is to operate a high performingteam who deliver great service to our customers in the most cost-effective solution possible.

Working 5 days from 7, the role itself will be varied but there will be a focus on managing the daily performance. This will require you to plan, co-ordinate, manage, review and report upon the work activities of the team, to ensure we meet the expectationsof our employees and customers. We need you to assist team members in problem solving, carrying out root cause analysis and driving improvements. Alongside the day-to-day tasks, we’ll want you to understand vehicle availability and investigate optimum waysof working, reducing costs. We welcome new ideas and innovation, so we are hoping you’ll come with lots of energy to engage with our existing team and customer.

Leading by example, its essential you possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal as you will be involved in driver recruitment and direct communication with our customers, listening to their needs. A well organised approach, with theability to prioritise tasks, whilst remaining calm under pressure is a prerequisite for working within a fast-paced operation. You will have responsibility for the compliance of the Health & Safety on site and our existing team, ensuring all legal requirementsare met, hence, we require you to hold an international CPC and a relevant H&S qualification or experience. We’ll expect you to safeguard our audit performance set against regulatory, legislative, and business requirements and that these are maintained andcompleted.

It’s a fantastic role for you to showcase your skills and experience of managing and running a successful transport team. You’ll naturally need to have good IT skills covering Microsoft packages and an ability to understand external systems such as Tachomaster.This alongside the skillset to obtain an understanding of DFDS IT systems such as Velocity & Mandata in a short time frame. Working closely with the Regional Operations Manager for the Region, we’ll require you to be reactive to the needs of the business,flexing what the priorities are on any given day.

So, if you have an adaptable and flexible approach, are customer focused, combined with experience of working within Transport operations, we would love to hear from you.

Now about what we can give you. You’ll be able to access some fantastic benefits such as:

- Life assurance cover
- Contributory company pension scheme
- Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Free ferry travel for up to 4 guests between Dover and Calais / Newcastle and Amsterdam with no limit on trips
- Full employee assistance programme including:

- Proactive financial, emotional, mental, and physical health care support including face to face counselling, fast 24/7 access to a GP, a second medical opinion and legal support for colleagues and their family
- Huge range of retail discounts from high street and online retailers
- Cashback on health care including dental, optical, physiotherapy, prescriptions, specialist consultations and much more
- Access to Thrive, our award-winning Wellbeing platform
- Access to mental health first aid and opportunity to join support webinars with a focus on all areas of positive wellbeing

**Who We Are.**DFDS provides shipping and transport services in Europe, generating annual revenues of EUR 1.9bn. To over 8,400 freight customers, we deliver high performance and superior reliability through shipping and port terminal services,and transport and logistics solutions. For six million passengers, we provide safe overnight and short sea ferry services. Our 10,000 employees are located on ships and in offices across more than 20 countries. DFDS was founded in 1866, is headquartered inCopenhagen, and listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen. In the UK, DFDS prides itself on having signed the Armed Forces Covenant and membership of the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network. We have just been added to the CILT top 30 Logistics Providers List

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