Transport Operations manager - 6 month contract

Summary And Purpose Of Position:

Wincanton is a leading British supply chain solutions company. The Group provides business critical services including storage, handling and distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer 'dark stores'; two-person home delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of the UK's best known companies. 

It is active across a range of markets including food and consumer goods; retail and manufacturing; eCommerce; the public sector; major infrastructure; building materials; fuel; and defence. With almost 100 years' heritage, Wincanton's 19,600-strong team operates from more than 200 sites across the country, utilising 3,500 vehicles. 

Duties And Responsibilities:

• Ability to understand transport networks identifying areas of improvement through analysing and interpreting KPIs and create plans to delivery improvements
• Understand and implement prescribed transport initiatives across multiple locations
• Support the management of the team to ensure process and standards are being achieved to support achievement of contract KPIs
• Delivery of continuous improvement and change management initiatives in a fast paced transport environment with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• To utilise transport systems, processes, procedures, and training related to all sites in scope
• Driving improved consistency of transport operational practice and performance, enabling collaboration and cross functional best practice
• Seek to make continual improvements to core standards, processes, and practices 
• Working in partnership with cross functional team to deliver required service & initiatives
• To support the management and optimisation of all key transport management KPIs relating to delivery, compliance, H&S, and cost management 
• Support the delivery of the transport budget and ensure that all transport costs are maintained through the management of transport KPI’s
• Support the delivering best in class health & safety, wellbeing & sustainability standards
• Leading project work to support initiatives and growth
• Accountable for project deliver across multiple sites/customer operational performance.
• Identify and implement transport improvement plans and optimisation projects
• Supports change management and operational improvement activities through analysis, mapping and documentation of benefits and action plans
• Support the development strategic plans for efficient deployment of resources achieving business and customer needs
• Captures and communicates changes in process

Typical Outputs:

• Transport modelling and transport modelling approval with solutions design, clearly documenting assumptions and modelling parameters
• Delivery of operational improvement with plans documented and tracked
• Site assessments identifying areas of improvement
• Financial performance reporting
• Support with people activities i.e., investigation and disciplinary

Experience, Skills And Attributes:

• Extensive Transport experience & background, with an excellent understanding of the challenges, risks, opportunities and legislation
• Driven and motivated with a desire to add value
• Demonstrate ability to engage at all levels
• Excellent customer relationship management skills with a proactive approach to problem solving
• Proven experience in delivering results, creating opportunities for innovation and managing change
• Strong leadership and communication skills for training and motivating teams, creating the vision for the future of the company 
• Proven track record of delivering key transport initiatives
• Strong commercial capabilities and contract knowledge and understanding 
• Comprehensive operational knowledge gained within a large complex 3PL environment
• Experienced transport operator with experience of closed and open book activity
• Multi sector experience beneficial
• Transport CPC National and International beneficial
• Previous budgetary experience for planning and control of financial expenditure
• Previous planning experience with paragon, Ortec or similar systems 
• Experience within project and change management environment
• Continuous improvement experience and/or training beneficial
• Competent IT user with adaptability to IT systems and Microsoft packages
• Able to engage and communicate with all levels of the business stakeholders

Our Commitment:

Our people are our most important asset and as such we are continuously expanding our capability programs to provide you with opportunities to build and extend your professional, functional, and management skills. Your development through coaching is our priority. Continuous learning takes place through a broad variety of opportunities and types of engagements. Access to the latest technological innovations in the logistics and supply chain industry, as well as Wincanton’s deep knowledge and expertise in our field, constitute a superb platform for your professional development.