Transport Manager (Temporary) – Bradford – Highly competitive salaryElevation Recruitment Group's Procurement & Supply Chain division are working exclusively with a key client in Bradford as they look to recruit a Transport Manager to support their team on a temporary contract.

Key Skills & Experience required:

• Transport Manager CPC required

Key duties of the Transport Manager will include: 

• Management of the transport team within the office and ensuring they are carrying out duties correctly and identifying any training requirements
• Driver recruitment and management including any additional training which requirements identified
• Overall responsibility for the planning, reviewing and improving delivery schedules to ensure route optimisation
• Ensure that the entire team including drivers are professional when dealing with customers
• Work with other departments to ensure we manage to service our customer requirements
• Make decisions on vehicle operations during adverse weather to ensure safe running of the fleet
• Ensure subcontractor relationships are in place for different regions to cover work going to destinations where it is not efficient to send our own fleet
• Identify and negotiate with agencies to ensure we can source reliable drivers at short notice when required
• Review the costs of vehicle maintenance and identify any recurring issues causing additional cost
• Ownership P&L of the transport department, ensuring costs are monitored and any areas of overspend are identified and corrected
• Monitoring cost recovery on jobs and flagging up any potential routes where it is not cost effective to deliver at current rates to sales/finance
• Work to improve department KPIs and identify any additional KPIs which could improve understanding of performance
• Manage the company’s Operator’s licence to enable us to run a fleet of HGV Vehicles
• Ensure that all vehicles are compliant and work with the mechanic to resolve any issues identified

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