Great Bear (Part of the Culina Group) provides distribution services to FMCG clients. Customer centric service focus is delivered through a site-level empowered culture.
At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!
Job Description
Due to continued growth, our Lutterworth site is now recruiting for a Senior Transport Coordinator on a full-time permanent basis.
Salary: £35,500 per annum.
Working hours: Monday to Friday, 2pm-10pm.
As a Senior Transport Coordinator, you will be responsible for managing and overseeing the transport operation, ensuring that service levels are achieved and maintained, as well as planning driver and vehicle resources to achieve delivery/collection times.
Key Duties of a Senior Transport Coordinator:
* Optimising resource and adherence to WTD and drivers’ hours legislation.
* Creating an effective transport plan to achieve on-time delivery and collection performance expectations.
* Providing 24/7 communication transport link with Customer Services and Sales Order Processing.
* Monitoring retailer arrival and departure times, ensuring deliveries are made within the specified windows.
* Providing the admin team with a collection arrival schedule to maintain and achieve KPIs.
* Arranging deliveries using nominated contractors for special instruction deliveries, re-deliveries, or LIW.
* Liaising with pallet staff to ensure the depot has sufficient pallet balances.
* Ensuring any investigations and disciplinaries are carried out in the correct manner.
* Ensuring all accidents, incidents, and near misses are logged and reported.
Qualifications
* Significant knowledge & experience of tachograph/driving rules and regulations.
* Planning and organisation skills.
* Good IT skills including Microsoft Office packages.
* Effectively prioritise workload in order to meet set deadlines.
* Be professional, approachable, and helpful to ensure smooth running of the general operation.
* Significant transport experience in an FMCG environment.
Additional Information
As part of our drive to make Great Bear a great place to work, we are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hardworking performers.
Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.
Our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:
* Pension scheme: We want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement, so we offer a great contribution of 4% employee and 4% employer.
* Life Assurance: x2 your annual salary.
* Wellness: Via our Employee Assistance Programme, we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
* Eye Care Vouchers: We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
* Reward & Recognition: We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the Month and Year, special recognition, and long service awards.
* Everyday discounts: Via our benefit platform, you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!
If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity, please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!
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