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Head of Supply Chain & Manufacturing | Recruitment with a Personal Touch! Where Real People, Real Connections, and Real Careers Matter.
Senior Transport Manager
Scotland
Ready to lead a high-performing transport operation where people, safety, and operational excellence come first?
You’ll be stepping into a critical leadership role within a progressive, people-focused business where operational excellence and employee wellbeing go hand in hand. You’ll have the freedom to make a genuine, visible impact, backed by a collaborative leadership team and a culture that’s as ambitious as it is supportive.
We’re on the lookout for an experienced Senior Transport Manager to take the reins of a fast-paced, large-scale transport operation. If you thrive on driving results, developing people, and making complex operations run like clockwork, this is the one for you.
What You’ll Be Doing:
* Lead the Transport Function: Oversee day-to-day transport operations through your team, ensuring cost-effective, safe, and efficient service delivery.
* Champion Safety & Wellbeing: Own site safety performance, ensuring a positive, safe, and inclusive working environment for all employees, agency workers, and subcontractors.
* Drive Operational Excellence: Deliver on service, compliance, and financial KPIs. Manage legal O-Licence compliance, EU Drivers’ Hours regulations, and peak planning.
* Inspire and Develop Your Team: Provide engaging leadership, motivating and developing your management team to drive continuous improvement and operational success.
* Plan for the Future: Tactical resource planning and strategic peak management, ensuring resilience and readiness for demand surges.
* Partner with Customers: Build strong relationships with key contacts, handling escalations and ensuring service excellence.
* Champion Continuous Improvement: Identify and deliver operational efficiencies, using data and insight to drive smarter, leaner, safer ways of working.
What You’ll Bring:
* Proven leadership in a large, complex transport operation — ideally FMCG.
* A collaborative, people-first leadership style with a passion for team development.
* Strong commercial awareness and an analytical mindset.
* Experience managing Trade Union relationships (desirable).
* Flexibility to support a dynamic, 24/7 business.
What’s In It For You:
* Bonus Scheme
* Private Medical Healthcare
* 25 days’ holiday (rising with service) + Bank Holidays
* Generous staff discounts and perks
* Cycle to work scheme
* Tailored induction and ongoing personal development
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Distribution
* Industries
Truck Transportation and Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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