Job description
We are currently recruiting for a Transport Operations Manager to create a culture to deliver, empower and optimise performance across our Bridgwater Distribution Site. You will be responsible for the inbound and outbound operation in this high volume, 24/7 operation.
Your challenge
- Embed Muller excellence and deliver high performance through PMS principles and KPI management
- Collaboratively work with cross functions and maintain industry relationships to maximise performance and identify synergies
- Support preparation of annual budget following GO principles and in line with timescales set, and monitor and investigate significant deviations for all areas of ownership
- Lead change and projects effectively through high level problem solving capability and facilitation skills
- Demonstrates Health and safety leadership and commitment through embedding the Müller safety culture, promoting engagement across all levels
- Responsible for process confirmation, legal and audit compliance
- Creating succession pathways both up through and across organisation to enable potential and growth
- Commercially focussed, drives volume growth and movement to function cost centre
Key Tasks
- Develop a culture of aspiration & excellence to enable the site to deliver the OGSM
- Creates a culture and enables team to create and deliver OE opportunities, improving the way we do things, focussing on value, customer service and best practice
- Accountable and ownership of actions
- Demonstrates leadership capability through strong coaching, mentoring and people management skills that enables their team to deliver high performing results
- People management including delivery of performance review, development and coaching of team, dealing with employee relations issues
- Responsible for contingency planning and incident control
- Promotes and instils MMID behaviours across all levels of the function.
- Responsible for process confirmation, legal and audit compliance
- Creating succession pathways both up through and across organisation to enable potential and growth
- Drives a best in class service model by reviewing, understanding and addressing adverse impacts to customer service
The Ideal Candidate
- CPC holder
- Experience of managing a budget of £15m + per annum
- Managing 3rd Party Subcontractors
- Experience managing large operational teams
- Driver Agency Management
- Fleet management of over 200 assets
- Strong operational knowledge of planning and Scheduling that operates 24/7
- Experience of working in large scale transport network and direct to customer deliveries
- Knowledge of transport management systems & vehicle telematics
- Strong numeracy and IT literate with good Excel and data handling skills
- Knowledge and understanding of transport KPI’s with understanding of financial management / performance of the operation.
- Experience in a unionised environment
- Ability to coach, train, develop direct reports
- Good decision-making skills, able to analyse, prioritise and plan as well as responding to quickly changing workloads
- Driving a culture of high performance, safety, compliance and Continuous Improvement
The Process:
If you have the skills and experience in the above areas and would like to be considered for this role please apply at www.mullercareers.co.uk
Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller
muellergroup.com/karriere
Fischach, Germany
Ronald Kers, Rob Scholte, Henrik Bauwens
Unknown / Non-Applicable
10000+ Employees
Company - Private
Food & Beverage Manufacturing
1896