Transport and Warehouse Manager - Davies Turner : Job Details

Davies Turner have an exciting opportunity for a Transport and Warehouse Manager to join the team in Manchester.

Location: Trafford Park, Manchester

Salary: £50,000 including Company profit related pay and Branch commission schemes

Vacancy Type: Full time, Permanent

Hours: Monday - Friday (37.5 hours per week)

About Us:

Davies Turner Plc is a British based multimodal freight forwarder specialising in logistics, e-commerce and warehousing. As one of the largest independent freight forwarding companies in the UK we manage freight from around the world, by road and rail, through the air and across the oceans. The business remains family owned and was founded in 1870 with 18 branches across the U.K. Our turnover is in excess of £250 million and rapidly growing with nearly 1,000 colleagues.

Transport and Warehouse Manager - The Role:

We are looking for a Transport and Warehouse Manager of our branch in Trafford Park to plan and co-ordinate the day-to-day transport operations and to manage the domestic transport fleet to ensure a compliant, cost effective and on-time service to our customers whilst maximising profitability.

As our Transport and Warehouse Manager, you're not just managing vehicles; you're managing a team of supervisors, administration staff, drivers and warehouse staff. You'll ensure compliance, optimise routes, and maintain the high standard of service our clients have come to expect. It's a role where your expertise and leadership shine contributing to our reputation of trust, respect and continual improvement.

A typical day looks like lots of variety, including everything from routine team management and daily operational responsibilities to process improvement and wide-scale operational contingency tasks. You’ll also be a role model and mentor to your team.

Transport and Warehouse Manager - Key Responsibilities:

- Engage and motivate your team with a culture of ownership and high performance

- Involvement in transport routing

- Improve and streamline processes, whilst creating best practices with your colleagues

- Use your analytical skills to find practical and simple solutions to complex problems

- Promote Davies Turner’s Health and Safety standards, including Group HSE Compliance reporting

- Act as the responsible and accountable person in respect of the Operator Licence (O Licence)

- Accountable for Insurance claims management

- Ensure fleet and driver compliance through active monitoring and reporting

Transport and Warehouse Manager - You:

For this Transport and Warehouse Manager opportunity, if you have the following skills and experience, we want to hear from you:

Basic Qualifications:-

- Holds Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) National

- Proven experience in management of a fast-paced traffic office and freight warehouse

- Excellent knowledge of transport and warehousing methods, costs and benefits

- Strong leadership skills and experience managing people; experience of people management

- Committed work ethic demonstrating drive and initiative

- Passion for delivering continuous improvement with strong problem-solving ability

- Knowledge of good practice relating to Health and Safety

- The ability to accept criticism and to remain calm, working well under pressure

- Ability to communicate effectively and a good level of business English

- Good Administration and IT Skills

Preferred Qualifications: -

- Experience of being named on an Operator’s Licence within the Transport industry.

In addition, you will need the right to work in the UK - we cannot sponsor work permits.

Transport and Warehouse Manager - Benefits*:

- Up to 25 days holidays plus Bank Holidays

- Life Cover

- Profit related pay

- Defined contribution pension scheme

- Discounted store/shopping benefit scheme

- Private Healthcare

- Branch commission

- Training opportunities

* Some benefits are subject to a qualifying period

To apply for this exciting Transport and Warehouse Manager opportunity, please click 'Apply' now.