Transport Shift Manager – AM Shift

About the role

At a glance 

Role Title: Transport Shift Manager RDC

Position: This is a Permanent position

Hours of Work: Full Time, 35 Hours, working 6am to 2pm with occasional weekend working.

Salary: Up to £55,000, annual depending on experience 

Location: This is an Onsite role based at Aylesford (Regional Distribution Centre). However may require visit other distribution locations or sites as the need arises.

Key Responsibilities

As a Transport Shift Manager, your number one priority is to inspire and empower your team to create value for our customers and business. Your daya to day role responsibilities will include: 

• Managing a 24/7 transport operation that delivers to our branches and customers.

• Ensuring full compliance with all regulations, including EU driving and working time directives, and health and food safety guidelines.

• Managing and monitoring our vehicle maintenance program.

• Controlling departmental resources, including Partners, agency staff, and equipment, to meet Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement across the department.

• Managing the RDC (Regional Distribution Centre) when the General Manager and Transport Operations Manager are absent.

Essential skills and experience you’ll need:

• Senior management experience in a Transport / Distribution environment Extensive knowledge of Health and Safety and Transport legislation

• Experience of dealing with full disciplinary procedures according to ACA guidelines

• Experience of creating an effective culture of Continuous Improvements

Skills and experience you can bring:

• A Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) for National qualification with extensive knowledge of current EU regulations.

• Strategically minded, manages change with the ability to foresee potential issues

• Effective stakeholder management skills

The John Lewis Partnership values align with everything we do. We look for Partners who: do right, believe in "we not me," are themselves always, put in all or nothing, and give more than they take. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply

About The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.  

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.   

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. 

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. 

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.  

Important points to note:  

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.  

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.  

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.