First Line Transport Manager

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Job Title: Transport First Line Manager (Temp-to-Perm)</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Location: Greenford, West London (UB6)</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Salary: £40,000 per annum</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Contract Type: Temp-to-Perm (Full-Time)</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Hours: 37.5 hours per week</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Shift Pattern: 5 out of 7 days rota (includes some weekend work)</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Shift Times: Rotational shifts including 4:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, and 2:00 PM - 10:00 PM</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Sector: Premium Grocery Retail / Upmarket Supermarket LogisticsAbout the Client</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Our client is an iconic, upmarket supermarket brand renowned for providing the highest standard of quality and service. Operating out of their state-of-the-art logistics hub in Greenford, they keep London moving by ensuring their premium fresh, chilled, and ambient stock is delivered seamlessly.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">On behalf of this prestigious client, Surecall Recruitment is looking for an energetic, professional Transport First Line Manager to guide their distribution teams and lead their fast-paced daily shift operations on a temp-to-perm basis.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">What You'll Do</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">As a Transport First Line Manager, you will oversee the safe, legal, and premium execution of the daily distribution network across morning, afternoon, and evening shifts. Your core responsibilities will include:</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Operational Excellence: Manage the daily dispatch schedule, ensuring driver and fleet allocations flawlessly meet demanding delivery windows and premium brand standards.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Compliance & Safety: Maintain strict driver and vehicle compliance with UK legal standards, tachograph rules, EU working time directives, and safe warehouse operations.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">People Leadership: Lead daily team briefings, manage shift attendance and absence, and motivate a large, diverse team of drivers and transport staff.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Service Standards: Act as the first point of escalation for real-time delivery issues, ensuring high customer-satisfaction levels are never compromised.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">KPI Management: Support the Transport Operations Manager by tracking driver metrics, monitoring fuel efficiency, and keeping fleet asset damage to an absolute minimum.What We Are Looking For</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Experience: Proven supervisory or team leader experience within a high-volume transport, multi-drop delivery, or fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) environment.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Flexibility: Ability to work a 37.5-hour weekly rota across early morning, day, and late afternoon shifts, including weekends.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Leadership: A natural motivator with strong people-management skills who can calmly handle real-time operational pressures and HR processes.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Compliance Savvy: Solid working knowledge of transport legislation, vehicle safety checks, and driver hours regulations.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Tech-Minded: Comfortable navigating modern Transport Management Systems (TMS) alongside daily use of spreadsheets to keep track of schedules.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">What We Offer</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">A highly competitive salary of £40,000 per annum</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">A direct, proven pathway from a temporary assignment to a permanent contract within a leading retail brand</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Weekly pay during the initial temporary assignment phase</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Excellent career progression routes within an industry-leading supply chain network</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">How to Apply</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">If you are a driven logistics leader looking to secure a permanent career step with a world-class premium supermarket brand, apply today!</p>

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