Overview

Transport Supervisor – Birmingham, West Midlands

Join us as a Transport Supervisor and you’ll be a key part of the Greggs team making sure that our tasty products are delivered to our shops on time for our loyal customers.
You’ll be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the distribution of our products, as well as effectively executing the transport plan, including scheduling routes and drivers, vehicle availability, meeting cost and customer KPIs.
You will be leading a great Transport team, making sure Driver training is up-to-date and health, safety and food hygiene standards are followed.
You’ll support the Transport Manager; driving departmental improvements and developing proactive transport approaches.
We’ll provide you with the best training including annual CPC, Tachograph, DVWC, Slow Manoeuvre and The Highway Code.
Greggs will also pay for the ongoing costs of your Driver CPC, medicals and Tachograph card renewals.
 
We can offer you 
  • Competitive pay
  • Colleague discount allowing you and a family member to enjoy up to 50% off your favourite Greggs products 
  • Free hot drinks for you to enjoy while on shift
  • Paid breaks allowing you to recharge your batteries 
  • We share 10% of all our profits with our colleagues 
  • Health and Wellbeing App providing Remote GP and Physiotherapy services
  • Holiday entitlement that grows as your career grows with us 
  • Colleague share plans to help you invest and save for your future 
  • Pension scheme to help you plan for your future. We’ll match your contributions up to 7% 
  • Confidential employee assistance app and helpline to help with your wellbeing 
  • Long service awards celebrating key milestones in your career 
  • Savings and discounts for your everyday shopping, leisure and wellbeing 
About you 
Ideally, you’ll have previously worked as a Transport Supervisor, you’ll also need:

  • Experience in managing, developing and motivating teams
  • A Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) Category C+E/Class 1 or Category C/Class 2 driving licence for at least 1 year (with a maximum of 6 penalty points)
  • An understanding of vehicle legislation, Drivers’ hours and Tachograph legislation
  • Knowledge and experience of chill chain, temperature-controlled delivery operation and daily fresh operations
  • Prioritisation skills enabling you to effectively manage a fast and evolving workload for yourself and your team
  • Be supportive of an inclusive culture – recognising and valuing that difference is good
If you’re enthusiastic, reliable, comfortable with working shifts that could include nights, weekends and bank holidays, apply now to start your career at Greggs!
About us 
Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes us so special is our culture – how we behave and support each other. Everyone’s welcome at Greggs. Whatever their background, preferences or beliefs we want all of our colleagues to feel welcome and able to be themselves at work. You can read more about us here: Greggs Careers | About Greggs. 

 

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