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• Contract Type: Permanent / 40 Hours Per Week
• Salary: circa £36,600 plus Bonus
• Location: DPD Eurocentral - Holytown Motherwell ML1 4XL
• Days of Work: 5 out of 7 to include weekends

Join us on our journey as we aim to be the UK’s most sustainable delivery company, whilst ensuring our customers continue to receive a world class service. You will be in a busy and fast paced business, with a turnover of over £2 billion, that can offer you great benefits and plenty of opportunities to progress your career

DPD are passionate about creating an environment that is open, ethical, inclusive and socially responsible.

Along with job security, the tools to do the job and a competitive salary, you’ll receive fantastic benefits starting on day one, including never working on your birthday ever again!!!

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer

We are looking for experienced and motivated Shift Managers to help strengthen our depot operations management team. You will be someone who;

• Thrives working within a pressured, fast paced and time-bound environment
• Are comfortable working to strict KPI’s with some budgetary requirements
• Can effectively manage and motivate their teams of drivers and/or warehouse operatives
• Are passionate about delivering a quality service

DPD operates across 7 days so you will need to be flexible to work 5 shifts from 7 to include weekends. The roles on offer include

Shift Manager Dispatch - Hours of Work - 07:30 to 16:00

• Ensure depot target for Core Routes is achieved
• Ensure depot target Stops Per Route (SPR) is achieved
• Ensure company target for CITO is achieved
• Ensure Depot Clear is achieved

Shift Manager Sortation Nights - Hours of Work - 03:00 to 11:30

• Ensure company CAD % is achieved
• Ensure depot Throughput target is achieved in line with targeted tip time.
• Ensure company target for Saturations is achieved.
• Achieve depot PPMH target

What we’re looking for;

You will have experience in a fast paced operation with proven and demonstrable people management experience, involving direct accountability and responsibility for motivating and leading a high performing team, ideally within a Transport Setting. We would also expect:

• You will have strong communication skills with the ability to inspire, motivate and manage a team.
• Decisive and effective decision-making, problem resolution and time management skills.
• Demonstrate high levels of resilience, self-motivation and flexibility.
• Excellent computer skills with the ability to use Google chrome applications
• The ability to do comprehensive reporting, alongside analysis of data is a key requirement for this role.
• You will be highly vigilant to any unscrupulous activity taking swift and appropriate action.
• Demonstrate the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Hard Work and Accountability.

About our benefits:

We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…

• Holiday trading
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
• Free onsite car parking for all employees
• Health Kiosks visiting every location
• Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
• Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
• Free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.

If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today.