Transport Officer

6 months ago

Newry, United Kingdom S&W Wholesale Full time

**Role**: Transport Officer

**Location of Role**: Carnbane, Newry

**Role Purpose**: To support and add value to the compliance function for the transport department.

**Hours**: 45 hours per week

**Accountable to**: Transport Operations Lead

**Key Relationships**: Department Managers, Trading and Sales Team, HR, H&S, Customer Service, External clients and customers and 3PL partners

**Our Vision** - to be a successful business, growing our presence across the island of Ireland as a wholesaler and retail partner of choice.

**Our Mission** - we go above and beyond to support those who trust in us to keep their business thriving. We serve our customers better than anyone else due to our flexible way of working. Our customer focused approach allows us to react quickly, communicate effectively and deliver our products reliably, time after time.

**About The Role**

**Responsibilities**
- Lead recruitment & onboarding of new HGV driver and Helpers.
- NTD, manage Driver/Helpers holidays, monitor holiday requests, balance to reduce operational risk.
- Key function to support Driver’s hours & Tachos, ensure drivers hold the correct entitlement (driving licence & CPC). Maintenance of vehicles, Overloading prevention, Speed limits, Control of authorised operating centres, to ensure only authorised centres are used, fleet are maintained with the legal margin as per licencing.
- Driver/Helper Payroll, BSC, spend tracker for transport, support Operational Lead yearly Budget.
- Support Compliance, Fleet & Planning departments for alignment of legal undertakings whilst setting weekly KPIs.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement and cost reduction to maximise efficiency and effectiveness with reducing unnecessary over time, balancing fleet working time directive.
- Lead and drive key transport initiatives to improve customer support whilst minimising costs, utilising internal fleet and reduction of 3PL usage, this is evidence-based reports weekly.
- Improve the operational performance of the fleet, whilst minimising the operative downtime.
- Monitor & Lead supplier invoices, PO’s, 3PL Charges, Fuel accounts, Easy trip, Maintenance invoices whilst seeking opportunities for cost reduction in each field.
- Sample audit Compliance department weekly for transparency and accuracy, provide operations lead with detailed analysis. Monitor Vision & ORBCOMM for effective management.
- Sample Audit Fleet for the following: Taxed, Insured, Licenced, scope of PMIs, PSV, LOLER +Testing, service planning, defect rectification, Pre checks, Wheel management programme, First Use inspection reports, monitor R2C, audit maintenance reports for inconsistencies.
- Sample auditing of Planning: Optimisation, route planning, allocation of runs aligned with consolidation for effectiveness.
- Scheduling of DCPC.
- Build & deliver company polices.
- Support a compliance & Health & Safety comes first culture.
- Collaborate with other departments to optimise S&W operations.
- Display continuous improvement throughout all areas of transport operations.
- Act in a positive and constructive way to help develop and maintain the company brands.
- Demonstrate flexibility to enhance operational requirements.
- Support & Co-ordinate analytical planning using supply chain software.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement and cost reduction to maximise efficiency and effectiveness with reducing over time, balancing fleet working time directive.
- Supporting Transport Operations Lead at a supervisory level of driver and helper fleet including people management e.g. performance management, absence management etc.
- Lead RTC investigations, provide accurate documentation of records, tracking reports, CCTV/ Camera Matic’s evidence based to challenge claims, building a strong relation with our insurers.
- Monitor drivers daily (ORBCOMM), audit drivers card alignment with drivers manifests for efficiency, detailed tracking reports vs manifest to establish lost hours, reports forwarded weekly to operations lead for review.
- Support (Ad-hoc) planning and drive key transport initiatives to improve customer support whilst minimising costs, utilising internal fleet and reduction of 3PL usage, this is evidence-based reports weekly.

**Required Criteria**
- Must be TMCPC certified.
- Least 5 years experienced in similar role in transport.
- Must be competent in TMS.
- Flexibility (Overtime) in fulfilling operations requirements.
- Previous experience in supervisory / Management role.
- Must have sound geographical knowledge of NI/ROI.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel & Word.
- Excellent understanding of planning & control systems.
- Identify areas to further improve operational performance.
- Experienced with delivering accurate KPI reports.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Excellent People & communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work individually or as part of a team.

**Desired Criteria**
- Operat

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