Our Gadbrook Park site has an exciting opportunity for a Transport Team Leader to join our team on a permanent, full time basis.
As a Transport Team Leader you will be responsible for the supervision of the Transport Operations Team and the driver team, including the daily planning of company and third-party resources, ensuring that all vehicles and drivers get clear precise instructions and are fully utilised.
Shift: 4 on 4 off NIGHTS 18:00 - 06:00
Salary: £32,600 per annum
Key Duties of Transport Team Leader:
- To allocate both drivers and vehicles to loads in the most efficient way, taking into account holidays and sickness, drivers hours and WTD regulations.
- Planning driver start times to meet the sites despatch KPI.
- Proactively communicate with third party hauliers to ensure collection times are adhered to from site.
- Liaising with the shunting operation covering pre loading and unloading operation.
- Maintaining clear and effective communication with drivers, communicating accurate start times, load information, directions.
- Ensure orders are despatched and delivered in the right condition in line with customer specifications.
- Communicate with the collection or delivery points to advice of any delays.
- Ensuring that service levels are achieved and maintained, in conjunction with other departments.
- Allocate equipment to meet maintenance / service intervals as instructed by the maintenance planner.
- Adhere to the business Health & Safety policy, ensuring that all accidents are reported.
Apply on company website Gadbrook Park On-site Contract GBP 32,600 / year
Culina Group is hiring a Transport Team Leader
About company
We are a market leading ambient and chilled food & drink 3PL specialist, providing warehousing, distribution, contract packing and a bonded division with extensive expertise in relation to dutiable goods across the UK and Ireland. We have recently added both Fresh and Food Manufacturing divisions and are looking towards the future and the continuation of being one of the leading logistics companies within the UK.
Using modern IT infrastructure, including warehouse management systems, satellite tracking and client interfaces we are able to offer unrivalled customer support, ensuring that you always know where your products are. Online up to date data is always available through customer web portals allowing you to track your goods from anywhere, while a significant investment of over £2.5m in customer service infrastructure over the last five years ensures that we exceed customer expectations not just once or twice, but every single time.
Working hand in hand with some of the globe's leading brands and manufacturers is an everyday event at Culina Group, plus with a multitude of own-label producers and developing companies, all are catered for with an efficient and flexible infrastructure. Importantly, our strategic focus is on food & drink logistics within a shared-user environment, which is driven by volume and critical mass. This ultimately delivers an efficient and cost effective solution for clients of all sizes.
We are committed to future proofing our business by investing in teams, network, systems, sector and the environment, which will ensure we continue to provide clients with a robust supply chain platform which performs beyond expectations every day. The latest two service additions of Fresh and Food Manufacturing are testament to this ethos, ensuring that we continue to become a leading light within the logistics industry.