Transport Supervisor - Nights

Description

Role: Night Transport Supervisor

Location: Birmingham

Salary: Competitive salary & excellent benefits

?Working Hours: Sun - Thu 23:00 - 08:00 (available to work alternate Fri night/Sat morning shift)

MVP is partnering with a fast-growing business with ambitious future plans to recruit a Transport Supervisor to lead activities across its night transport operation at its delivery operation in Birmingham.

Reporting to a Depot Manager, you'll be responsible for ensuring all orders are delivered to the company's customers at the correct time and at the correct quality. Supervising a team, you'll have a range of responsibilities, ensuring the successful and compliant running of the Transport operation.

The successful candidate must be comfortable taking a hands-on role from the outset-working alongside the team to help deliver day-to-day operations while also contributing to the foundations for future expansion.

Main Responsibilities:

Ensure that vehicles are loaded correctly to company standards and dispatched on time.Ensure that orders are delivered on time and at the required quality.Ensure planned routes are checked and any necessary changes are made and clearly communicated to delivery drivers.All Road Traffic Accidents are recorded and relevant paperwork completed.Act as a direct contact for all delivery drivers, providing leadership and monitoring employee progress.Ensure that fuel card receipts are collected and filed correctly and in a timely manner.Ensure all vehicles are road worthy, report any vehicle that requires VOR to the fleet supervisor.Organise couriers and collections when necessary.Be proactive in reducing costs and improving delivery systems.Ensure drivers carry out both start of day and end of day checklist for the fleet of vehicles.Ensure that drivers comply to EU Regulations and Working Time Directive Candidate Requirements:

Previous supervisory experience gained within a fast-moving transport / distribution environmentNatural leadership abilities - able to inspire, motivate and delegateExcellent communication skillsExcellent decision-making skillsGreat planning and organisational skillsAttention to detailIT skillsCurrent Forklift licence/s MVP Recruitment Solutions has been placing Supply Chain, Logistics and Distribution professionals for over 40 years. For more information on what we do, or to view our current portfolio of vacancies, please visit our website.

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Ad ID: 5417121898