Operations Transport Manager - Stockport - ref. q8862515

Operations Transport Manager

Location: Stanlow, additional time spent at Bramhall

We are currently representing a leading transport and haulage company who have offices and sites across the UK and Europe. We are looking for an experienced transport manager to manage the process, support drivers and co-ordinate the operations within the team.

This is an amazing opportunity for someone who is looking to continue their career with a company that put their people first, and provide clear opportunities to learn, grow and progress.

• Support the Regional Operations Transport Manager to ensure that a positive, strong relationship with all clients is maintained, ensuring customer satisfaction is paramount for all Contracts.
• To successfully deliver the yearly SHEQ plan, and ensure that it's progress and effectiveness is robustly managed in their location.
• Maintaining positive Industrial Relations across all contracts, and ensuring all location colleagues are engaged and aware of the wider business goals. Constructive engagement with union officers and representatives on a local level is important to ensure operational service delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Full ownership of all Operational Profit and Loss accounts at their location.
• Rigorous control of all cost lines/drivers, to ensure all controllable costs are managed.
• The job holder has a responsibility to coach, manage and motivate their team in order to reach their full potential.
• Ensure that all processes are appropriate and implemented to manage and steward safety, customer service, regulatory compliance, industrial relations, resource provision, resource utilisation and other key efficiency parameters.
• Ensure that all legal and regulatory requirements are met, including but not exclusive to: operator's licence, drivers hours/ WTD regulations within the operational line.
• Maintain an awareness of long term customer forecasts and ensure that sufficient resources (assets and people) are in place in order to be able to meet customer requirements.

• Have performed a role where large single site operational teams have been led to ensure a safety first culture is embedded.
• Experience of delivering excellence and managing, constructive relationships with both SME's and larger blue chip clients.
• Full detailed ownership, and experience of managing operational P&L's.
• To ideally have had experience of working with Trade Unions at local levels.

If you are interested in the role, and want to know more, please apply or call the Leeds/Manchester Business Support Team for more information.

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