# Transport Manager

**Company**: Biffa
**Location**: Southampton
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Waste Management
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4904749

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## Description

The Transport Manager will efficiently and effectively manage a fleet of 45+ vehicles at our Southampton Depot.

The role will also assist with managing the day-to-day operations of the Traffic Office, ensuring health and safety, environmental and operator licence compliance, while delivering first-class customer service.

**Your core responsibilities**

- Provide leadership and clear work instructions to traffic dispatchers, drivers and operatives, review depot KPIs and drive improvements in service, safety and profitability.

- Manage vehicle operations, ensuring vehicles are used safely, wheel security requirements are met and gross weight limits are adhered to, while liaising with the fleet team to ensure seamless operations.

- Ensure adherence to transport and environmental legislation, including the management of third-party insurance claims.

- Support cost control initiatives, drive operational efficiency and identify opportunities to reduce costs and exceed budget expectations.

- Enforce Health and Safety procedures, including near-miss reporting and emergency procedures, and review near-miss reports to maintain a first-class customer experience.

- Complete all role-related administrative tasks, including worksheets and tachograph records.

- Build and maintain strong relationships with both internal and external customers through proactive and effective communication.

**Our essential requirements**

- Proven experience in traffic or logistics management, including resource management, cost control and operational leadership within unionised, multi-shift environments.

- In-depth understanding of transport, environmental and health and safety legislation, with strong knowledge of lean methodology and KPIs.

- International CPC, strong commercial acumen, excellent communication and planning abilities.

- Familiarity with the local area and willingness to travel for business needs across the UK.

## Skills

### Required
- transport management
- logistics management
- health and safety legislation
- environmental legislation
- lean methodology
- KPIs
- International CPC
- commercial acumen
- communication skills
- planning abilities

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