Career Area: Manufacturing
Job Description:
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Job Title: Shipping Logistics Manager - Afternoon Shift
Salary: £39,900 - £48,000 depending on experience - plus 20% Afternoon Shift Premium
Hours: 37.50 Monday - Wednesday: 16:30-02:30, Thursday 16:30-02:00
Location: Desford, Leicestershire
The Opportunity
As a Shipping Logistics Manager, you will oversee shipping operations to maximise efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness while ensuring safety and motivating employees to meet targets.
What you will do
As a Shipping Logistics Manager, you are accountable for, but not limited to:
1. Ensure a safe and clean shipping environment by monitoring and eliminating unsafe operations.
2. Supervise daily activities of shipping workers, assign tasks, coordinate teams, and monitor performance.
3. Liaise with Caterpillar Transport Organisation to secure shipping capacity and meet contractual delivery dates.
4. Suggest improvements in working conditions and equipment usage to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
5. Communicate with freight companies, production departments, and customers to ensure timely product shipments.
6. Oversee staff training, development, timekeeping, task assignments, and adherence to organizational standards.
What You Can Demonstrate
1. People: Lead, motivate, evaluate, and recognise employees. Identify skill gaps and training needs to build high-performing teams and talent pipelines.
2. Safety: Proactively manage safety standards, ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations. Foster psychological safety and team engagement through open communication and collaboration.
3. Planning and Organizing: Plan and organise tasks and resources systematically to ensure timely and efficient completion of work.
4. Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve product quality and production methods to enhance processes, products, and services.
What You May Have:
1. Supervisory experience, ideally in a shipping or supply chain environment.
2. Strong interpersonal skills to build positive relationships within and outside the department.
3. Proficiency in Microsoft Office products.
4. Experience in strategic planning.
5. Familiarity with import/export processes, including customs and transit regulations, is a plus.
What you will get
Benefits: 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays - opportunity to buy and sell, up to 10% Bonus, Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution up to 10%, Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution, optional flexible benefits including access to dental, health & vision care plans, EV car lease etc.
Contract: Full time & permanent
Travel: Not required
Posting Dates: January 30, 2025 - February 13, 2025
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).
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