Senior Transport Coordinator **INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY**

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!

We are currently seeking a Senior Transport Coordinator to join our Transport team at our Heywood site on a full time permanent basis! 

Salary: £35,700 per annum.

Shift Pattern: Monday-Friday, (06:00 - 14:00) Sunday-Thursday, (13:30-21:30) rotating shifts.

As Senior Transport Coordinator you will manage and oversee the Transport operation, ensuring that service levels are achieved and maintained. Planning driver and vehicle resource to achieve delivery / collection times.

Key Duties of a Senior Transport Coordinator:

• Optimising resource and adherence of WTD and drivers’ hours legislation.
• Signing off and overseeing an effective transport plan to achieve on time delivery and collection performance expectations.
• Overseing own and subcontractor resource to achieve delivery / collection times, creating and updating daily run summary.
• Effectively communicating with the Planning team, Customer service, other depots and when required, directly with customer.
• Monitoring arrival and departure times, ensuring deliveries are made within the specified windows.
• Finding the best fit solution for customer collections, adhering to collection times.
• Ensuring any investigations and disciplinaries are carried out in line with company process / procedures.
• Ensuring all accidents, incidents and near misses are logged, investigated and reported.
• Carrying out colleague reviews.
• Liaising and planning drivers in for meetings / courses as required.

• Significant knowledge & experience of tachograph/ driving rules and regulations.
• Previous management/ supervisory experience desirable. 
• Attention to detail/accuracy.
• Planning and organisation skills.
• Excellent communication skills in order to deliver accurate information.
• Good IT skills including Microsoft office packages.
• Effectively prioritise work load in order to meet set deadlines.
• Be professional, approachable and helpful to ensure smooth running of the general operation.
• Significant transport experience in FMCG environment.

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 hard working 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:

• Annual Leave – 28 days inclusive of the bank holidays. 
• 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 days, 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!