Transport Change Manager - Birmingham
1 day ago
Job description
This is a genuinely exciting time to join us. We're part of the M&S family, providing the logistics that keep M&S Food moving.
As Marks & Spencer continues to grow, we're expanding our network to support those ambitions — and that growth brings real opportunity.
We value individuality, different perspectives and fresh thinking, and we want you to bring your authentic self, do meaningful work, and make a real impact.
England - Midlands Region - frequent regional travel (Barnsley, Bradford, Daventry, Bedworth, Crewe and Milton Keynes) | Monday–Friday | 37.
As part of our transformation journey, we're modernising our transport operations to improve efficiency, compliance, service and cost. To support this, we're strengthening our regional change delivery capability.
We're looking for experienced Transport Change Managers to lead and embed change across our regional transport operations.
In this role, you'll work closely with senior site leadership teams to ensure new processes, systems and ways of working are successfully adopted in live, fast-paced environments.
This role offers the chance to make a tangible difference to how our transport network operates every day.
The opportunity
You'll Benefit From
End-to-end ownership of regional transport change initiatives
Exposure across a complex, multi-site operational environment
Close collaboration with senior operational and central teams
The opportunity to influence how transport change is delivered nationally
Alongside This, We Offer
20% M&S discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food
25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (rising with service)
Annual bonus linked to M&S performance and personal objectives
Competitive pension and life assurance (up to 4x salary)
Discounted healthcare cash plan
Well-being support and Employee Assistance Programme
Ongoing development opportunities
Your impact
You'll play a key role in shaping and embedding transport transformation across your region.
You'll
Lead structured change management across multiple DCs
Secure buy-in from General Managers and Logistics Managers
Translate site-led ideas into scalable network initiatives
Deliver change projects to time, scope and benefit
Use data and insight to measure impact and drive improvement
Champion consistency, resilience and best practice
About You
You're an experienced change professional with strong operational credibility.
You'll Bring
Experience delivering transformation or change within transport or logistics environments
The confidence to influence General Managers and senior operational stakeholders
Strong project and change management capability
The ability to balance strategic intent with practical, site-based delivery
A structured, collaborative and outcome-focused approach
Flexibility to travel regularly across your region
Desirable
Change management or Lean Six Sigma qualification
Project management qualification
International CPC
Why Gist?
At Gist we are united by our core values; with safety and people at the heart of everything do, we are progressive, accountable, collaborative, and ethical.
Our objective is to establish a performance-focused environment that is fair and inclusive, where everyone can develop, and connect meaningfully to their manager, the Gist vision, and M&S.
We are fiercely protective of everyone's health, safety, and wellbeing, and align firmly to M&S's sustainability commitments in Plan A.
Gist will play an integral part in the M&S journey as it pushes boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring era.
Gist aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers, and suppliers.
If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share.
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