Are you an experienced transport leader who thrives in a fast paced, operationally critical environment?
Do you enjoy leading drivers, managing compliance and keeping deliveries moving on time and in full?
Are you confident motivating teams, resolving issues in real time and maintaining high safety and service standards?
Here at GXO, we're recruiting for a Transport Shift Manager to support our Wickes operation at Portbury. This is a full time, permanent role, working Tuesday to Saturday, 08:00 - 16:00, where you'll be responsible for the day to day leadership of drivers and transport operations, ensuring safe, compliant and high performing service delivery across the contract.
Pay, benefits and more:
We're looking to offer a salary of up to £33,000 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, life assurance and access to our benefits platform, including retail discounts.
What you'll do on a typical day:
* Lead, motivate and support drivers both on site and remotely to achieve planned targets and service KPIs
* Ensure transport operations comply with drivers' hours, WTD, tachograph and road traffic legislation
* Deliver daily driver briefings and debriefs, communicating performance, safety updates and operational priorities
* Manage absences, agency resource and driver conduct, including performance and people management actions
* Promote safe driver behaviours, near miss reporting and a strong health & safety culture
What you need to succeed at GXO:
* Previous experience in a transport or fleet management role
* Strong knowledge of transport legislation, drivers' hours and compliance requirements
* Confident people management skills with the ability to lead, engage and challenge teams
* Excellent communication and organisational skills
* A flexible, proactive approach with strong attention to detail
GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.
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