Fleet and Planning Manager

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Company Description

Job Description

Salary competitive plus car allowance and great benefits!

Take your transport career to the next level with Sysco GB. We're home to some of the UK's leading food businesses including Brakes and Fresh Direct, and we've just opened a next-generation site in Hemel. Designed with colleagues in mind, the site has all the right ingredients to be an amazing place to work. Join us as a Fleet and Planning Manager and help us to keep even more people happy.

A satisfying role

Your knack for organising and scheduling resources will be key to your success in this challenging management role. Ensuring efficient customer deliveries and fleet compliance for multiple sites, you'll be responsible for budgets, attracting and retaining great people, motivating your teams, health & safety and VOR rates. Delivering to tight timelines, you'll build and maintain strong relationships with vendors, onboard new customers while looking after existing ones and make sure there are enough vehicles to deliver our products. Focused on ways to continually improve, you'll drive team performance by setting expectations, managing change, and consistently providing feedback and coaching.

What you bring to the mix

With strong commercial awareness and the ability to motivate everyone to achieve targets, you have everything it takes to succeed with Sysco:

• CPC License essential
• analytical thinking and the ability to create data-driven change plans
• experience coaching a team, and driving performance across multiple sites
• extensive experience balancing operational needs, customer and commercial expectations
• an understanding of fleet compliance regulations for HGV vehicles and Class 1 and 2 drivers.
• the ability to manage change within a team and influence others
• multiple stakeholder management skills that drive a culture of two-way feedback
• a focus on continuous improvement and using data insights, trends, and team input to improve processes
• experience using Microsoft Office, knowledge of SAP and route planning systems.

Bags of benefits

The amazing facilities and working environment at our Hemel site are not the only benefits of working here. You'll be able to take your pick from everything from a pension scheme and generous holiday to family-friendly flexibility and ongoing training. You'll get fantastic discounts on our delicious products too.

Tempted to join the team? Apply today!

Qualifications

Additional Information

At Sysco GB everyone is welcome. We don't want you to 'fit our culture' we want you to help define it and we actively celebrate the unique talents of each and every colleague. We don't just look at your CV, we're more focused on who you are and your potential. As part of our values, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone has a voice, is appreciated and has the same opportunities. We work hard to ensure that everyone feels part of our business, as we care for one another and connect the world through food and trusted partnerships. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone belongs and thrives at Sysco GB and we recognise that Sysco GB can only thrive when everyone feels they belong. We'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our resourcing team who will be happy to support you.