Transport Team Manager

There’s every chance you’ll have eaten our food, so why not share our success and come and work for us? Bidfood is a leading wholesale food distributor and the preferred supplier for over 60,000 customers across the UK, ranging from pubs to schools, from restaurants to care homes and everything in between.

From Lands End to John O’Groats, whether our customers want just a teaspoon or a full range of catering supplies, we’ll supply their needs. We work as a team to provide every food option from quality ingredients to finished meals, including a number of own brand ranges as well as all the big brands and regional specialties. We believe in our food, and we know that our people behind the scenes are so very important in our success.

The role:

We are excited to be recruiting for a Transport Team Manager to join our team in our Nottingham depot. We are looking for a dynamic and passionate individual to bring fresh leadership concepts to our team. We want the role to drive forward improvements in order to provide the best service possible to our customers, coupled with high levels of employee engagement. We need an individual who thrives on working within the best team and embracing new ways of working. This job is all about people skills, as it requires positive management of productivity and maintaining good levels of morale within our driver force.

This is a great opportunity for individuals wanting to influence change and embed new processes and procedures.

Skills and experience required:

· Managing the day to day running of a busy transport operation – dealing with internal and external customer requirements

· Managing an effective team and responsibilities for regular people activities

· Understand and implement Transport legislation

· Reviewing and creating fit for purpose workforce levels aligned to business requirements

· Managing costs in accordance with budget

· Embedding realistic processes to robustly manage company assets

· Ambassador for Health & Safety including training and risk assessments

· Implementing learnings from audits

· Drive engagement through your people and always work to improve ways of working

· Experience of routing/planning within a multi-drop environment

· Work with and monitor third party VMU.

· Flexible approach to working pattern as the position will involve morning shifts, afternoons and potentially weekend working.

· Ability to work in a pressurised environment.

· Ability to work autonomously and unsupervised.

The role will be on a 5 over 7 days working pattern and flexibility will be required within the role.

Benefits to you:

4%/4% matched pension scheme rising to 6%/6% with service, 33 days (including bank holidays), funded healthcare cash plan for you and your family, digital GP, life assurance, personal accident scheme, employee discounts, employee helpline and counselling, free onsite parking and flexible benefits including buying holiday, critical illness cover and dental plan.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discount
• Wellness programme

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Langley Mill: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Do you have transport legislation knowledge?

Experience:

• people management: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 30/04/2023