Shift Manager

Responsible for the 24/7 Transport operations, managing the Transport Supervisors and supporting the Transport Manager in ensuring that costs are controlled in line with budget / forecast expectations. Working hours: 40 hours per week Monday - Friday (nights) with shifts 22:00 - 06:00 KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES - Manage the Depot Transport staff to execute Traffic plans to enable delivery of products to customers within agreed service levels - Reduce non contract maintenance and damage spends through the use of vehicle passports, monitoring of defects being raised. - Ensure that all available fleet is on the road and declared to enable the Planning Team to plan the resource - Manage the resourcing for the site through effective planning of both core drivers and shift patterns through to daily and weekly resourcing of agency drivers - Manage holiday allocations of drivers ensuring there is enough resource to meet with customer requirements - Motivate and develop the team through engagement, training and personal development plans - Ensure all staff are fully trained and have the correct equipment - Manage any incidents and accidents and follow the process through investigations and the EOA system - Be responsible for Kronos monitoring and approving drivers clocking on and off shift - Ensure that the Transport team and drivers comply with all relevant regulations and site procedures - Ensure annual MOTs and service intervals on all fleet equipment are carried out on time and the relevant paperwork is obtained - Attend Monthly Customer review meetings in the absence of the Transport Manager - Support implementation of service improvements in conjunction with customers and other areas of the business - Generate and implement ideas with regards to staff and operational changes, which will help drive continuous improvement - Ensure a secure and safe environment for staff, both in your department and across the wider business - Manage and carry out monthly site audit ensuring that all processes are being followed in line with Culina Group policy Experience, Behavioural & Technical Skills - Previous supervisory experience within a busy transport environment - Good commercial knowledge of transport operations including experience of operating in a closed book, shared user environment - Previous supervisory experience within a busy transport environment - Planning and organising skills with a high level of numeracy - Excellent negotiating skills with the ability to influence and steer - Leadership and motivational qualities and proven experience of building a team - An effective communicator at all levels, good verbal and written skills - Personal motivation and confidence resulting in a positive impact - Genuine team player, a firm and confident manager who is skilled at setting clear objectives and motivating their team - Highly tolerant of change – able to work within an evolving organisation - Ability to challenge the status quo and drive changes in the business - Able to thrive in a highly competitive and demanding environment - Commercially focused, consumer orientated and customer service driven - Problem solving in a pressurised environment - National and International CPC qualification – desirable - Attend Culina group training courses to gain knowledge and experience