Night Transport First Line Manager

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Pay Rate: Earn up to £41,318.a45 - including a strong base salary of £36,565 plus a 13% shift premium
Grade: N
Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time)
Shift patterns: Sunday to Thursday, Nights, 10pm to 6am
Location: Will be based at Daventry from July

Think you know DHL? Think again.

We're about so much more than delivering parcels. As the world's leading logistics company, DHL Supply Chain keeps industries moving and the country running - powered by the dedicated people behind the scenes who make it all happen.

Now, we're looking for a Transport First Line Manager to take the lead, drive performance, and keep operations running at their best.

If you're a proactive, hands-on leader with a passion for logistics and making an impact, this is your opportunity to step up and be part of something bigger.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Take leadership responsibility for managing a safe and efficient transport environment.
• To maximise the performance of drivers and supervisors by directing the nightly, weekly and monthly activities.
• Analysing and understanding health and safety related risks for our colleagues, take action to reduce or eliminate these risks according to a prioritized plan
• Implement actions as directed to reduce or eliminate health and safety related risks
• Leverage Behavioral Based Safety (BBS) program as a daily way to confirm behaviors and processes
• Report and investigate incidents within the work place and respond to or escalate issues of non compliance to safety regulations and procedures
• Implement and supervise the adherence of up to date processes, work instructions, standard operating procedures and associated forms to achieve prescribed outputs
• Continuously contribute to the improvement of procedures to better achieve the prescribed outputs
• Liaise with suppliers based on business requirements, monitor performance and where necessary, propose improvements to line manager and implement agreed improvement actions
• Participate in customer, regulatory and internal operational audits as required and work with the team to implement the agreed action plan
• Conduct regular reviews on operational performance and delivery against the agreed KPIs
• Escalate any areas of non compliance or failure to line manager and where applicable escalate to the senior team
• Management of Subcontractorand help implement agreed processes to review performance,
• Leads regular operational performance reviews with colleagues with focus on H&S and Legal Compliance, overall efficiency of the operation in line with targets and performance via Performance Dialogs
• Foster Collaboration: Build a strong team culture that values communication, accountability and teamwork. Together, we'll achieve great results!

THIS ROLE WOULD SUIT PEOPLE WHO

• 2 to 5 years operational experience
• Transport Management
• Continuous Improvement
• National and International CPC Desirable
• IIRSM Risk Assessor (desirable)
• IIRSM Risk Management (desirable)
• CSCS Foundation (desireable)

WHY JOIN US?

• Join our generous pension scheme and benefit from an 8% employer contribution, alongside a 4% employee contribution
• Free confidential 24/7 GP consultations
• Hundreds of retail and lifestyle discounts
• Affordable loans, savings schemes and free mortgage advice
• Visit https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/working-at-dhl-supply-chain to learn more

WHO WE ARE

We're the global leaders in supply chain management with 188,000 people in over 50 countries. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more.

BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE

At DHL, we're all about creating a workplace where everyone's skills and experiences matter, and where you can be your true self every day.

As proud supporters of the Armed Forces Covenant, we value the skills and experience of ex-service personnel and are dedicated to helping our veterans find jobs.

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