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Location: Warth Park, Raunds, Northamptonshire
Shifts: Monday to Friday 06:00-14:00 or 14:00-22:00
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £37,500 per annum
Benefits: 22 days rising holiday plus bank holidays, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme

About the Job

Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have an important part to play delivering a high standard of performance across safety, compliance, service and cost.

Here at Unipart we don’t just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.

As a Transport Supervisor you will provide effective leadership and support to a team of drivers and administrators.

As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:

Promote and maintain a safe working environment, in line with Unipart’s Health, Safety and Environmental policies
Ensure our customer promise is delivered, engaging with our customers and promoting the Unipart brand values
Ensure the legal compliance of transport operations under your control
Manage cost and service in line with agreed Key Performance Indicators
Ensure quality standards are maintained in line with OTIF measures
Ensure the team achieves the performance targets required and contributes to the achievement of service levels
Liaise with the Warehouse teams to ensure all loads are completed accurately and loaded on time
Accountability for employee satisfaction levels by applying good leadership and employee engagement practices
Ensure compliance with the organisations health, safety and security procedures and contribute to risk assessments and the development of safe systems of work
Promote and behave in a way consistent with Unipart’s vision, values, and principals
Facilitate effective communication, between your team, peers, and the management team
Communicate and support the implementation of internal continuous improvement tools and techniques

About You

We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!

Experience as a transport manager with transport planning
Experience of working in an operational/transport environment
Proven experience of delivering excellent customer service
Capability to plan and manage your own workload and communicate effectively to others
Knowledge of transport legislation, Working Time Directive, Drivers hours
Working knowledge and experience using digital transport systems (Microlise, TruPac, Paragon or similar)
Desirable but not essential Certified Transport Manager (refresher/qualified)

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.
 
You may also have experience in the following: Transport Supervisor, Transport Manager, Transport Team Leader, Supply Chain Supervisor, Supply Chain Manager, Supply Chain Team Leader, Transport Planner, Logistics Supervisor, Logistics Manager, Logistics Team Leader etc.
 
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