An informal, no-nonsense and ambitious culture
Personal development through our Academies and other training courses
Colleagues who like to share their passion and knowledge with you
We work For the Future of Farming. Would you like to join us?
Based in the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom
Key Responsibilities
* Responsible for the daily transport operation, ensuring scheduled deliveries are made on time and in full in line with customer SLAs.
* Managing a team of people to oversee the ‘in flight’ operation to ensure OTIF performance is achieved in line with company targets and post journey analysis through live debriefing of drivers – capturing relevant data and ensuring communication to the respective stakeholders.
* Ensuring resource levels are set in line with requirements taking into consideration contractual hours, local arrangements, WTD and EU driver’s hours legislation.
* Working cross functionally with key stakeholders to meet company objectives and drive continuous improvement.
* Ensuring the daily plan is within the agreed parameters, being achievable, cost effective and in line with industry protocol.
* Proactively managing VOR and downtime through solid working relationships with local service agents/national dealerships and effective management of service schedule and closed loop defecting.
* Working in conjunction with the Driver Trainer to actively facilitate driver improvements, identifying training needs, infringement/DCRS and DCPC management.
* Actively promoting the safety culture through appropriate behaviours - hazard evaluations, behavioural observations & near miss reporting.
* Working closely with approved third party hauliers ensuring consistent service standards are maintained and cost control managed.
* Escalating non-conformance reporting and investigating & managing complaints within an agreed timeline.
* Managing the data input and maintenance of appropriate systems – Tachomaster, Paragon, Fleetboard, Integrum, SAP, TUs & Work Day.
* Ensuring O Licence administration via the central fleet team & VOL and management of OCRS.
* Effectively managing the training requirements and personal development of the team.
* Other projects as required.
Health and Safety, Environment and Quality Systems
* Ensuring a safety first culture providing a safe working environment for all employees, protecting all visitors to the premises and meet all legal requirements and that all company rules are adhered to.
* Ensuring all employees are trained accordingly.
* Ensuring all drivers comply with Health and Safety regulations while on other premises.
* Encourage consistent Health & Safety practices on site and customer premises, as well as the public highway.
* Ensure Drivers complete on-farm delivery DRA and point hazard evaluations.
* Brief all drivers on the Workplace Transport Plans on site.
* Working in conjunction with the Driver Trainer to facilitate driver improvements, identifying training needs, infringement/DCRS and CPC management.
* All drivers should be briefed on the Environmental Management Systems, UFAS and Company procedures.
* Ensure all requirements / protocols and procedures are adhered to e.g. The Safe Transport of Feeds Protocol.
Transport Operations
* Working cross functionally, adopt a flexible approach to actively strive to meet the company objectives.
* Effectively manage capacity on a 7 day rolling basis and by exception.
* Oversee an effective rota management - manage resource in line with demand taking into consideration contractual hours and local arrangements.
* Ensure drivers comply with the legal obligation of the EC drivers’ hours’ rules governed by EC regulations.
* Review and validate the daily plan within agreed parameters ensuring the schedule complies with legislative requirements of the O licence/ drivers Working Time Directive / Road Transport Directive and Company protocols and procedures.
* Ensure the management of the ‘in flight’ operation delivers an OTIF performance in line with the target and customer SLAs.
* Proactively managing VOR and downtime through solid working relationships with local service agents/national dealerships.
* Effectively manage service schedule, closed loop defecting and associated administration of vehicle files.
* Ensure post journey analyses are completed through live debriefing of drivers – analysing relevant data and communicating to the respective stakeholders.
* Ensure master data is maintained on respective systems - Tachomaster, Paragon, Fleetboard, Integrum, SAP, TUS & Work Day.
* Maximise operational efficiency through every opportunity – raw material loading, inter-mill movements.
* Develop & maintain cross functional relationships through effective communication.
* Manage complaints in line with agreed standard.
* Cascade communications to relevant stakeholders.
* Escalate non-conformances and business critical information accordingly.
Operations
* Maintain effective communication between the transport department and operations to ensure maximum efficiencies for both teams.
* Improve the fleet utilisation by increasing our own fleet raw material haulage.
* Support site across the UK as required.
Finance
* Achieve Cost per tonne in line with target.
* Actively participate in the formulation of budgets and management thereafter demonstrating proactive cost control.
* Understand how to use the company systems such as SAP, TUS, and Fleetboard to manage KPIs.
* Present monthly position on finance call & site review.
About ForFarmers
Do you ever stop to wonder where your Sunday morning poached egg came from? Or the milk in your café latte? Or what about the sausage and bacon served with full English? It will come as no surprise to you that the animals which produce these products need to eat themselves too. And that’s where ForFarmers comes into the equation.
ForFarmers produces feed for cattle, pigs and poultry in both conventional and organic livestock farming. And that probably sounds a great deal simpler than it actually is. Make no mistake: an awful lot of knowledge, research and innovation has gone into one of those seemingly simple-looking chunks of animal feed. And these are the kind of things we, as a company, invest a great deal in.
What are the benefits of working for ForFarmers UK?
* Employee Assistance Programme (offering support on a range of topics).
* Private Medical Insurance.
* Options to enhance your pension after 12 months service (increased employer contributions).
* Opportunities to grow personally and develop within the business.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* B&Q Trade card offering 10% discounts in-store and online.
Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the role by assessing their circumstances against the relevant criteria on the Gov.UK website.
Please make us aware if you need any reasonable adjustments to participate in this process.
We encourage you to submit your application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.
What is ForFarmers’ job application process?
Interested in the vacancy above? Click apply to begin your application! We will ask you to upload your Cover Letter and CV (in one file) and provide us with some personal details too. We will subsequently contact you to inform you whether or not we will be progressing your application.
Online application: Make sure you have your Cover Letter and CV to hand.
Initial Informal Conversation: An initial informal introduction to explore the role in more detail.
Interview: You will be invited to a first stage interview with the hiring manager. Here we will provide you with more information on the role and our company whilst exploring what you can bring to the role should you be the successful candidate.
Assessment: For some roles we may ask you to complete a short assessment style activity (such as a presentation on a given topic or an online activity). This may be incorporated into the first or second interview.
Second interview: Where necessary, a second interview may be required.
Offer proposal: If all goes to plan, we will inform you verbally that we would like to offer you the position and summarise the proposed offer! Congratulations, you’ve got the job. Once we have verbal acceptance, we will issue you a formal contract and work towards a start date that works for you. Once you join us, you’ll be contributing to the Future of Farming!
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