Transport Manager

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Pay Rate: £40,000
Grade: RCS L
Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time)
Shift patterns: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Location: Stoke on Trent - ST1 5PG

DHL, an award-winning leading supply chain business is seeking a Transport Manager to play a vital role coordinating our daily warehouse and distribution requirements.

WHAT DOES THE ROLE ENTAIL?

As part of your normal duties, whilst maintaining excellent health and safety practices, you will:

• Leading Transport through effective leadership, communication and development of the wider team. Driving a culture of high performance, safety and compliance.
• Have clear understanding of Objectives & KPIs applicable to your role and to your team
• To be a 21st Century Manager leading and managing a Transport Team
• Be the point of escalation for operational issue management and resolution for transport and with local warehouse
• Accountable for driver and fleet compliance in line with legal and DHL standards

WHAT DO WE NEED FROM YOU?

We'd love to hear from you if you have the following experience but don't hesitate to apply if you don't tick every box on this page - we're great at spotting talent and potential in everyone:

• Previous Transport Leadership experience is essential, Ie, Transport Manager, Transport Ops Manager, Transport Shift manager
• IT Literate with Microsoft office packages
• Experience with Transport systems, ie Microlise, Tacomaster

WHY CHOOSE US?

As well as competitive pay rates, you will be entitled to an award-winning range of benefits including:

• On-site benefits: mention if site offers free parking, free transport to site, canteen provisions etc.
• Free confidential 24/7 GP service
• Hundreds of discounts (including retail, childcare + gym)
• Affordable loans & enhanced pension scheme
• 24/7 employee support service for you (+ family) with access to free counselling and much more: https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/dsc-benefits

OUR APPROACH TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We will ensure that all our resourcing activities are fair, transparent and consistent across the UK. Find out more about our global approach to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging: https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/diversity

BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE

DHL is the global leader in Supply Chain management and we keep the world moving. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more, so they can deliver to their customers.

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