Pay Rate: £40, 000.00
Grade: RCS M
Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time)
Shift patterns: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday Day Shift
Location: Trafford Park - M17 1TD
Join DHL Supply Chain at our Trafford Park site as an Assistant Transport Manager, where you'll play a key role in a small, multi-faceted transport operation. You'll be involved in a wide range of activities, supporting operational performance, compliance, and team development.
✅WHAT YOU'LL DO
* Support the day-to-day running of the transport operation at Trafford Park
* Play a key role in managing, coaching, and developing a small team of Class 1 drivers and a Transport Administrator
* Contribute to maintaining full compliance with O Licence requirements, fleet standards, and KPI/SLA performance
* Act as an escalation point for operational issues, working closely with the Transport Manager and both internal and external teams
* Promote high health and safety standards across the site, ensuring safe working practices are consistently followed
✅WHAT YOU'LL BRING
* Proven experience in a similar role within a Transport Office environment - International and National Transport Manager CPC is essential
* Solid understanding of transport compliance and O Licence responsibilities
* Experience overseeing fleet operations and delivering against KPI and SLA targets
* Ability to build effective working relationships, with a focus on mentoring and coaching team members
✅WHY JOIN US?
* Discretionary bonus based on performance
* Join our generous pension scheme and benefit from an 8% employer contribution, alongside a 4% employee contribution
* Free confidential 24/7 GP consultations
* Hundreds of retail and lifestyle discounts
* Affordable loans, savings schemes and free mortgage advice
* Visit to learn more
✅WHO WE ARE
We're the global leaders in supply chain management with 188,000 people in over 50 countries. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more.
✅BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE
At DHL, we're all about creating a workplace where everyone's skills and experiences matter, and where you can be your true self every day.
As proud supporters of the Armed Forces Covenant, we value the skills and experience of ex-service personnel and are dedicated to helping our veterans find jobs.
Please be aware that interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place during the week commencing 8th June. Applications received after this date may not be considered but will be added to our talent pool for future opportunities, subject to your consent. Please also be aware that we review applications continuously and where we have a large number of applications the application period may close ahead of the provisional interview date. To ensure your application is considered we recommend submitting it as early as possible.
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