warehouse and transport Supervisor

The Warehouse Transport Supervisor is a permanent position and based at our clients site in Northampton. 

• Execute the 1-year Strategy & Business Objectives   

• Collaborate with Commercial Manager to ensure high utilisation of Warehouse Capacity & Vehicles

• Deliver resource plans by managing the safe and cost-effective utilisation of equipment, working to decrease Transport maintenance costs.

• Ensure all driver compliance is met, including required licence checks, and driver CPCs

• Manage Transport Team relations and run an engaged and motivated driver team & create and manage monthly Transport colleague liaison meetings.

• Assist to manage the departments financial budget with the Warehouse/Transport Manager

• Implement & improve the new Warehouse Management System to improve the critical KPIs

• Implement & improve a new Transport Management System to improve the critical KPIs

• Assist & closely monitor progress against key KPIs ensuring company achieves its set breakthrough objectives. 

• Closely monitor daily operations to ensure customer requirements achieved 

• Review operations hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly and implement corrective action

• Implement Continues Improvement System to Reduce Cost, Improve Quality, Improve OTD, Improve Morale & Support Growth

• Implement the required polices to ensure the business complies with all H&S and other statutory regulations.

• Ensure the recruitment & retention of required numbers of motivated & trained staff to ensure the business objectives achieved all within the set budget

• Ensure integration of both Warehouse Operations & Transport Operations to ensure all customer requirements met 

• Manage, remotely the shunting team

Demonstrate the following:

• Visibly enthusiastic
• Open minded
• Encourage Team 
• Focus on the customer
• Relentlessly improve the process and system
• Do what we say
• Good communicators
• Be brave
• Strategic Mindset
• A positive “Can Do” attitude is essential with a capacity to deliver breakthrough change

It is the responsibility of the Transport Supervisor to ensure:

• The Quality Management System is implemented and managed effectively.
• Information gathering and review.
• Adherence to Internal, external & certification audits.
• Leading a team in a Transport Operation and achieving breakthrough objectives
• Transport Manager CPC Holder
• A strong understanding on vehicle maintenance
• Awareness of continuous improvements.
• Awareness/training in Health and Safety
• Computer Literate with knowledge of Microsoft office programmes and Warehouse & Transport Management Systems
• Implementation of Transport Management System
• Day to Day Set Up & implementation of Transport Operations.
• Want to develop skills, capability & progress 
• Help to Increase profitability of the operations
• Hard working and conscientious. Can lead a team and work within a team
• A good level of inter-personal and communication skills.
• Good decision-making skills

Salary upto to 33k plus benefits