Night Loading Manager - Salford, United Kingdom - Smart Recruit Online Limited

Smart Recruit Online Limited

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Salford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

If you are an experienced Despatch Manager with excellent organisational and communication skills, we want to hear from you.

Here at Birtwistle's we pride ourselves on being a people-focused business. Our goal is to support our team in achieving their career goals. We do this by providing a working environment that offers opportunity, support, scope, and pace of change. Our cultureis the foundation of our business and is reflect in our Mission, Vision, and Values statements.

The Night Loading Manager reports into the Transport Manager and the main purpose of the role is to ensure the smooth day to day running of all aspects of transport and goods despatch.

Core working hours are five nights a week Monday to Friday, 20:00 - 06:00. Hours may need to be flexible and occasional Sunday night working may be required.

To be successful in this Night Loading Manager role, we require someone with a friendly personality and the ability to be able to develop good working relationships across the business and manage and develop their team.

Main Responsibilities of the Night Loading Manager

To organise, oversee, and load vehicles, prioritising routes and workload.
Day to day management of the night loading team including rota planning, holiday management, staff training and development, team building, and disciplinaries.
Communication with colleagues regarding any incidents relating to vehicle accidents, incidents, and breakdowns.
Daily reporting to the Transport Manager.
Overall responsibility for the security of the despatch bays, rear yard, and all vehicles.
Work closely with the order makeup department to continually improve vehicle despatch times.

Benefits:

Discounted staff sales
Free car parking
Employee of the month bonus
Birthday vouchers

Essential Skills:

Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to develop good working relationships with managers in other areas of the business, to deliver the common goals of the business in terms of profitability and provision of agreed service levels tocustomers
Experience of team management and development
Absence management
Good organisational skills
Willingness to embrace change and the ability to work to tight deadlines

Desirable Skills:

A background in FMCG or working in chilled meat/poultry environment is preferable but not essential
A current FLT license (both Reach and Counterbalance)

About Company Birtwistle's started life as a family butcher over 100 years ago. Since then, the business has changed dramatically and none more so than in recent years.

In 2003 MJ Birtwistle & Co Ltd was established and marked the start of a new era in our history.

Since then, growth has been dramatic, with the business expanding from one site at Worsley to eight sites across the UK.

We're always looking for great people to come and work with us.

If you've got the right passion, drive and will to succeed then we'll nurture it and give you the opportunities to forge a successful career at Birtwistle's.