Transport Team Leader

Company Description

Culina Logistics - We are proud to be an award winning 3PL service specialising in chilled warehousing. Offering clients total supply chain solutions by providing an excellent platform for world class clients providing day one for day one picking capability and complete coverage of the UK and Ireland via eight strategically located warehouses, providing over 100,000 pallet spaces, with a massive 1.5m cases delivered daily.

Our Market Drayton site are now recruiting for a Transport Team Leader** **on a full time or basis.

Salary**:£32,448 per annum

Working hours: Holiday Cover - *Need to be flexible to meet business needs*

**Job Description**:
Key Duties of a Transport Team Leader:

- To allocate both drivers and vehicles to loads in the most efficient way, taking into account holidays and sickness, drivers hours and WTD regulations.
- Effective communication with the planning team and other depots to optimise resource across the network and achieve the most efficient plan
- Planning driver start times to meet the sites despatch KPI
- Proactively communicate with third party hauliers to ensure collection times are adhered to from site.
- Liaising with the shunting operation covering pre loading and unloading operation.
- Maintaining clear and effective communication with drivers, communicating accurate start times, load information, directions.
- Ensure orders are despatched and delivered in the right condition in line with customer specifications.
- Communicate with the collection or delivery points to advice of any delays.
- Ensuring that service levels are achieved and maintained, in conjunction with other departments.
- Plan, allocate and book all special transport in accordance with instructions provided by the customer and communicate to required depts.
- Allocate equipment to meet maintenance / service intervals as instructed by the maintenance planner.
- Controlling equipment through sign in / sign out procedure.
- Adhere to the business Health & Safety policy, ensuring that all accidents are reported including near misses to promote a good Health & Safety culture on site.
- Maintaining good morale, reporting any driver’s issues or concerns to management.
- Manage the integrity of the transport system functionality (housekeeping).
- Conduct investigations in line with company procedure.

**Qualifications**:

- Ability to work without direct supervision
- Adaptable and methodical approach to work / training
- Excellent communication skills
- The ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure
- Able to work as part of a team or individually
- Be professional, approachable and helpful to ensure smooth running of the general operation
- Knowledge & experience of tachograph / driving rules and regulations
- CPC National desirable, but not essential
- Attention to detail / accuracy
- Planning and organising skills, high level of numeracy
- Good IT skills including Microsoft office packages
- Effectively prioritise work load in order to meet set deadlines
- Transport experience in FMCG environment
- Excellent Customer Service skills

Additional Information

As part of its Drive to make Culina Logistics a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

- Competitive salary
- Competive holiday entitlement
- Pension scheme
- Life Assurance
- Retail discounts via our benefit platform