About the role

As a Night Shift Transport Section Manager, you will lead a team of LGV Drivers in Magna Park, Primary Transport.

You will be responsible and accountable for managing Partners, and Agency across the Transport operation within a 24 hour a day, 7 days a week operation.

Ensuring achievement of productivity and agreed key customer service levels within cost targets through a motivated team. Ensuring Health and Safety, EU Driving Regulations and all legislative and operational procedures are adhered to and Partners are treated fairly and with respect.

Key responsibilities include

• Managing the Transport operation, delivering to Branches and other customers in line with the agreed service level

• Ensuring all Legal, Health and Safety, EU Driving Regulations and Operational procedures are adhered to at all times, ensuring the safety of self and others

• Maximising productivity and managing the usage of overtime and agency to improve costs

• Effectively communicating operational and business plans and changes to all Partners

• Ensuring all Personnel policies and procedures are followed, enabling Partners to be treated fairly and with respect

• Ensuring information is recorded accurately on all Transport and Personnel Management Systems

Essential skills you’ll need

• CPC National, LGV1 ( C+E qualification on licence )

• Excellent Transport knowledge of current EU and Working Time regulations

• Experience of working in a management role in a Transport / Distribution environment

• A good understanding of Health and Safety legislation

• Experience of dealing with full disciplinary procedures according to ACAS guidelines

• Previous experience of leading a team and developing others

• PC and numerically literate

Desirable skills you could bring

• Is a confident communicator in a team and one to one environment

• Has strong organisational and planning skills

• Proactive,results orientated and deadline driven

Benefits of the Partnership and the role

• You will enjoy 25% discount in John Lewis and 20% in Waitrose

• The Partnership has a competitive pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay)

• Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave policy

Find out more about the extensive range of exciting benefits that you could enjoy when you join us on our website under About the Partnership; Benefits.

Next Steps

• The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications and see further guidance on the PDW under "Internal application process").

• Once you've submitted an application the next steps of the process, if successful, are likely to include a face to face interview

• You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.

• Thanks for your patience in the meantime and for showing an interest in joining JLP.