Role: Transport Supervisor – Night Shift
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Competitive salary and excellent benefits available
Benefits: Include pension scheme, development opportunities, gym scheme, discounted car repairs, financial and well-being services
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 and an excellent workplace culture. The group’s logistics operations are integral to providing its clients with a seamless delivery service and, to further support its growth, the business is now looking to appoint a Transport Supervisor to lead all activities across its night transport operation at its Midlands -delivery operation in Birmingham.
You’ll be responsible for ensuring all orders are delivered to the company’s customers at the correct time and at the correct quality. Managing a small team to begin with, you’ll have a range of responsibilities, ensuring the successful and compliant running of the Transport operation.
This will be a small operation initially, with strong potential for rapid growth over the next 12 to 24 months. 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 / management experience gained within a transport / distribution environment (ideally within a food distribution operation)
* Natural leadership abilities – able to inspire, motivate and delegate
* Excellent communication skills
* Excellent decision making skills
* Great planning and organisational skills
* Attention to detail
* IT skills
* Current Forklift licence/s
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