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Logistics Supervisor

Warrington, UK
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Company: GLOBAL FREIGHT SOLUTIONS

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: Negotiable

Job Title: Logistics Supervisor

Department: Operations

Contract: Permanent

Hours 37.5, Monday - Friday

Reporting to: Operations Manager

Location: Warrington

Duties to include:
  • Accountable for delivery of a sustainable, effective profitable collection and sortation operation.
  • Reporting to Operations Manager, ensuring delivery of the GFS service using the GFS fleet; 3rd Party suppliers; the GFS depot and hub locations throughout the UK
  • Co-ordination of transport operations to ensure optimal utilisation of resource, equipment and technology
  • Regularly meet with the Operations team to set tasks, re-define priorities and review progress.
  • Working with Operations Manager, seek improvements in current reporting mechanisms to automate and stream-line Operational and financial metrics
  • Manage all GFS operational activities to achieve department and business KPI's
  • Controlling the operational cost as a % of customer revenue
  • Controlling the operations' cost per parcel
  • Controlling cost of collection service as defined by customer SLA
  • Ensuring 3rd party suppliers and GFS fleet maintain the agreed collections performance
  • Ensure all 3rd party and GFS collections are carried out within the agreed target-time
  • Ensure all operational costs are budgetary constraints, identifying and addressing variances to budget
  • Ensure the Operations support team adhere to agreed % of correspondence is completed on time and in-line with at month-end.
  • Ensure all services outside of the agreed customer SLA are agreed in advance with the customer or senior manager.
  • Implement efficient processes and drive a culture of continuous improvement across the team and working collaboratively with cross-functional and commercial teams
  • Ensure compliance with local and international laws (e.g. data protection GDPR)
  • Mentor and motivate direct reports and existing team to achieve productivity, engagement and savings supporting their development and Business succession-planning
Education and Experience:

Essential:
  • Operational / Planning management experience in logistics industry
  • Ability to carry out analysis to develop and interpret data for reporting purposes
  • Experience of developing, implementing and managing change
  • Excellent leadership skills to lead and drive a team through a period of change
  • Ability to engage and influence internal stakeholders and suppliers to effect best in class
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to travel to geographical sites
  • Good level of English & Maths
  • Strong IT skills - Microsoft Office
Personal:
  • Excellent interpersonal understanding and excellent communication skills
  • Listens to and values the opinions of others
  • Tolerant and tenacious
  • High level of integrity, trust and respect
  • Ability to make decisions
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Adaptable and flexible with a positive 'can-do' approach
  • Challenges assumptions and encourages change
  • Reliable
  • Self-motivated with an ambition to succeed
  • Ability to work on own or as a team
  • Good time management skills and well organised
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