Transport Manager

Transport Manager

Salary: £70,000 to £75,000 + Pension + 10% Bonus + Package

Location: Whitchurch

Monday to Friday Days based

Reference: Jo7203/NPH

The Company

An excellent opportunity has arisen with one of the globe’s leading FMCG distribution centres, owned and operated by this multinational group with over 25,000 employees globally. Benefiting from investment on new state of the art logistics processing machinery, which will in turn aid the further expansion of this already rapidly growing organisation.

Key Skills

* Previous exposure to a Transport manager within time critical distribution. (Class 1 vehicles)

* International CPC qualification

* Experience of managing full P&L, budget and cost control.

The Role

Transport Manager to provide strategic leadership and full operational ownership of our Whitchurch transport function. This is a newly created, high-impact role with the autonomy to shape long‑term transport strategy, modernise systems and ways of working, and deliver measurable improvements across safety, service, cost, and capability.

Reporting into the site General Manager, with a dotted line to the European Head of Transport, you will be accountable for building a best‑in‑class transport operation that is safe, compliant, scalable, and commercially optimised. You will lead a large, multi‑disciplinary transport team and play a pivotal role in transformation initiatives, including a major Transport Management System (TMS) rollout.

This role requires a visible, credible leader who can operate at both strategic and operational levels—setting direction, influencing stakeholders, developing talent, and driving sustained performance improvement.

Key Accountabilities

Strategic & Operational Leadership

Safety, Compliance & Governance

Fleet, Asset & Cost Optimisation

Transport Planning & Service Performance

People Leadership & Capability Building

Commercial & Strategic Development

Transformation & Systems Leadership

Qualifications

* CPC (National & International) – essential

* NEBOSH or equivalent – desirable

If you are interested in this role, please send a copy of your current CV using the details provided, interviews will be held locally, and the company is looking to recruit this role as soon as possible.

ETS Consulting Limited act as an employment business and employment agency and are registered in England and Wales as ETS Consulting Limited, registered no (phone number removed). Registered office address 7 Stamford Square, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, United Kingdom, OL6 6QU.

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