Transport Operations Manager

Transport Manager

Scunthorpe

£40k-£50k plus bonus

Are you a strategic and hands-on transport professional with a passion for operational excellence? Do you have CPC? My client is currently seeking an experienced Transport Manager to lead their transport planning and logistics operations, ensuring high performance, compliance, and customer satisfaction.

In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for managing vehicle routing, driver productivity, and transport efficiency, while also developing your team and driving continuous improvement across the operation.

Responsibilities

• Manage vehicle routes, delivery times and transport costs.
• Coordinate and control the order cycle, ensuring that orders are prioritised correctly and processed on time.
• Ensure customer expectations and transport efficiency targets are met on a regular basis.
• Safely manage drivers.
• Optimise transport efficiencies.
• Extract and analyse daily/weekly performance reports, evaluating the performance and quality of both internal and third-party logistics suppliers.
• Manage and improve office staff by creating KPIs and improvement plans if required.
• Develop business by analysing logistical problems and producing solutions.
• Continuously try to improve and develop business performance within the constraints of legislation, fuel costs and rising environmental pressures.
• Understand and implement company health and safety procedures.

Measures of Success

• Timely provision of KPIs.
• Efficient planning/routing.
• Optimum and efficient management of transport fleet.
• Fleet and drivers are legally compliant.
• Accurate weekly/monthly data provision.

Qualifications

• Certificate of Professional Competence - essential.
• Health and Safety qualification (NEBOSH/IOSH) - preferred.

If you are a results-driven professional looking to make a tangible impact, we want to hear from you!