Transport Manager

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Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, GBR
In-Office
Junior
Healthtech
The Role
Manage depot transport operations, driver and vehicle compliance, scheduling, routing, incident investigations, training, audits, performance management, recruitment, health and safety, supplier coordination, and customer service rollouts. The role leads drivers and liaises with internal teams, external stakeholders, and senior management while ensuring efficient collections and regulatory compliance.
Summary Generated by Built In
Sharpsmart Transport Team is at the very centre of our business providing an essential service to our Healthcare Customers. We are now expanding our team in Stoke on Trent have an opportunity for an experienced Transport Manager to join and lead this growing team. 
 
The Transport Manager will undertake depot responsibility for the management of Driver and Vehicle compliance. You will deliver an efficient and effective collection service taking the lead on the integration of new services and customer roll outs demonstrating commercial awareness and the ability to liaise with key internal and external stakeholders.

Your role will involve:

  • Operational transport compliance
  • Scheduling, analysis and planning and out of hours responses
  • Incident investigation and assist in the disciplinary processes, accident and incident investigations, driver training and auditing
  • Performance management, absence management, KPI setting and 121s and Interviewing
  • Support with vehicle and supplier procurement and supply. 
  • Liaison with internal department and external third parties
  • Submit Transport updates and reports to Senior Management Team
  • Transport Employee Recruitment & Development
  • Health and safety 

Candidate Profile

  • CPC Qualification/ADR Knowledge
  • Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar transport management role with strong understanding of Transport Compliance
  • Experience of vehicle routing and excellent geographical knowledge for the North East region
  • Experience of building relations and working with drivers on a daily basis
  • Strong organisational skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritise
  • People Management, including hiring, performance management, absence management, disciplinary actions
  • Excellent PC skills including Microsoft packages with Intermediate Excel skills
  • Full UK Driving License 
  • 45 hour working week

Skills Required

  • CPC qualification
  • ADR knowledge
  • At least 2 years of experience in a similar transport management role
  • Strong understanding of transport compliance
  • Experience with vehicle routing and excellent geographical knowledge of the North East region
  • Experience building relationships and working with drivers daily
  • Strong organisational skills and ability to multitask and prioritise
  • People management experience, including hiring, performance management, absence management, and disciplinary actions
  • Excellent PC skills, including Microsoft packages and intermediate Excel skills
  • Full UK driving licence
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The Company
HQ: Spennymoor
114 Employees
Year Founded: 1986

What We Do

If you could make your healthcare facilities even safer - would you? From peer-reviewed sharps containers to waste minimisation systems and tailored collections, Sharpsmart’s safety-driven solutions have helped healthcare facilities across the UK to: • Protect staff and patients • Reduce CO2 emissions • Meet sustainability targets • Prevent and contain infection • Stay compliant • Reduce costs Part of the Daniels Health group which has operations in Australia, USA, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Europe and South Africa; Sharpsmart is widely regarded as a leader of innovation in the clinical waste space. Our flagship product - the Sharpsmart collector, was launched in 1999 and is now used in thousands of healthcare facilities around the globe. It has been peer reviewed in numerous medical journals with findings that indisputably assert it as the safest sharps collector in the world. Through education, innovation and service, we are committed to make the healthcare industry safer for the people who work in it and continually drive the development of ecologically sustainable solutions to reduce the environmental impact of clinical waste. Find out more at: www.healthcarewaste.sharpsmart.co.uk

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