Transport Manager
Posted 4 hours 10 minutes ago by MVP Search and Selection
Transport Manager - Gloucestershire - commutable from Berkeley, Chepstow, Tetbury, North Bristol
Up to £50,000 + benefits
MVP is partnering with a progressive, multiple-award winning logistics business to recruit a Transport Manager to join their growing operations team at one of their distribution centres in Gloucestershire.
This newly created role comes as a result of continued growth and a new contract win, offering the opportunity to make a real impact within a successful, expanding 3PL operation.
As Transport Manager, you'll oversee the day to day transport operations across the site, ensuring safety, compliance, and efficiency, while driving continuous improvement and supporting a high performing team. You'll work closely with the Operations Manager and wider site leadership to deliver excellent service to customers and maximise operational performance.
What you'll be doing:
- Manage daily transport operations, ensuring KPIs, budgets, and customer requirements are met.
- Lead, motivate, and develop your team, promoting engagement, recognition, and career growth.
- Drive a culture of safety excellence and compliance with transport, H&S, and HR regulations.
- Own and optimise the transport P&L, working with divisional managers to meet financial targets.
- Implement and improve transport strategies, processes, and systems to enhance efficiency.
- Collaborate with operations, planning, and commercial teams to drive integrated solutions.
- Embody and promote the company's core values.
- Build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
What we're looking for:
- Proven experience managing a site based transport operation, ideally within a 3PL environment.
- Strong people leader with experience developing high performing teams.
- Commercially astute with P&L responsibility experience.
- National CPC holder with sound knowledge of transport legislation.
- Skilled in using Transport Management Systems and other operational tools.
- Excellent communicator, proactive, and hands on.
- Experience driving continuous improvement and operational innovation.
- IOSH/NEBOSH or Safe Systems of Work training desirable.
If you're a proactive, results driven transport leader who thrives on creating safe, compliant, and efficient operations while developing people and processes - we'd love to hear from you.