Transport Coordinator

**Company Description**
Following years of accelerated growth Culina Group is now a £2.2billion+ turnover business, employing over 22,000 staff, with a fleet of more than 5,000 vehicles. Culina Group operates from over 100+ depots across the UK and Ireland, serving more than 1,000 clients over its framework of chilled, ambient, contract packaging solutions and fresh and baked goods.

**Company Overview**

**Stobart** (Part of the Culina Group) is a leading ambient transport and logistics business, providing services to many of the UK’s best known brands across core consumer and retail sectors

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thriveA place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired

**Shift Pattern: Sunday to Thursday nights - 9pm to 7am.**

**Salary: £26,770** Per Annum**

We looking for an experienced Transport professional to supervise the operation based at our **Rugby** Depot. This role will oversee the transport plans, meet customer demand and supervise transport planners to achieve SLA's.

**Job responsibilities of a Transport Coordinator include**:

- Effectively manage and plan driver and vehicle resources to achieve delivery/collection times and client SLA’s.
- Liaising with the shunting operation covering pre loading and unloading operation.
- Ensuring that service levels are achieved and maintained, in conjunction with other departments.
- Optimising resources and adhering to WTD and drivers’ hours legislation.
- Using the Driver rota, planning runs according to shift pattern and available hours, taking into account holidays and sickness.
- Controlling equipment through sign in/sign out procedure.
- Ensuring legal compliance regarding any defects, services, MOT’s, etc.
- Investigate all incidents of fleet damage, RTI’s, HPNM’s and escalate to line managers for further support.
- Carrying out disciplinary hearings, return to work meetings, substance misuse procedure, etc.
- Ensuring any risk assessments at the depot are organised and carried out accordingly.
- Ensuring all accidents/incidents/near misses are logged and reported in line with company procedures.
- Maintaining clear and effective communication with drivers, communicating accurate start times, load information, directions, additional shifts, etc.
- Ensuring adherence to all statutory and legal requirements, adhering to all health & safety/ safe systems of work.
- Pre Brief and Debrief of all drivers ensuring company standards are maintained and adhered to.

**Qualifications**
As a Transport Coordinator you will possess the following skill, experiences and qualifications:

- Significant knowledge & experience of tachograph/ driving rules and regulations.
- CPC National desirable but not essential.
- Previous management/ supervisory experience.
- Planning and organising skills, high level of numeracy.
- Negotiating skills, ability to influence and steer.
- The ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure.
- Have knowledge of Road Transport Directive and current drivers’ hours.
- Significant transport experience in FMCG environment.

**Additional Information**
As part of our drive to make** **Stobart 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:

- ** Annual Leave - **Competative Hoilday Entitlement
- ** Pension - **We want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a** **great contribution of 5**%** employee and 3**%** employer contribution
- ** Wellness -** Via our Employee Assistance Programme** **we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year
- ** Eye Care Vouchers -** We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses
- ** Reward & Recognition -** We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via referral bonus', special recognition and long service awards.
- ** Everyday discounts** - via our benefit platform you will have access to 100's of retailer discounts for everyday savings
- ** Fitness** - your wellbeing is important to us and being active is a great way to keep your body and your mind health. We have partnered with PureGym so you can save money on a no contract membership