Job Description

Job title:

Transport Team Leader

Department:

Operations

Responsible to:

Transport Supervisor

Salary & Benefits:

Competitive basic salary dependant on experience 25 days holiday plus public holidays Option to purchase additional annual leave (up to 3 days) Cash health plan (money back for dentist, opticians, physio etc.) Life assurance (4 x salary) Staff discount on ALL products Pension (3% employer and 5% employee)

Based:

Unit 7a, Odhams Trading Estate, St Albans Road, Watford, WD24 7RY

Hours of work:

40 hours per week (04:30 to 13:00) with a 30 minutes unpaid lunch break. However flexibility on these times is essential

About Vegetarian Express:

Vegetarian Express specialise in delivering plant-based ingredients, ideas and inspiration to chefs across the UK for eating out of home. With the astronomical rise in popularity of plant-based, vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets, Vegetarian Express are uniquely placed in Foodservice to meet with this demand, and as such are rapidly growing and expanding.

Nationally we supply more than 4,000 skilled chefs from customers such as

Compass, Baxterstorey and CH&Co

, as well as a ton of Independent operators and events such as

The Chelsea Flower Show

,

Wimbledon

and

Wembley Stadium

to name just a few.

Vegetarian Express work with customers to create plant-based menus that are enticing, better for consumers health, the planet and commercially for businesses.

Vegetarian Express are proud to be a certified B Corporation. This means they are part of a growing number of progressive businesses around the world that truly believe in the power of business to do good things and, more importantly, are doing something about it.

Main purpose of role:

To be responsible for directing, coordinating, support with planning of vehicle departures and liaising with the driver team on day-to-day vehicle and logistic issues within Vegetarian Express involving all transportation activities. Supporting the logistics and supply chain manager ensuring the legal requirements for transport are met.

To support where necessary the resource planning to maintain a stable distribution network across all the delivery scheduling. To be the focal point for all driver colleagues of all distribution processes and procedures providing consistent and robust advice, communicating clearly on requirements to our driver colleagues, and the supply chain and logistics manager.

Key Job Responsibilities:

Support, direct and monitor driver colleagues and the overall performance of the transport team to help increase efficiency and maximise service, performance, value and deliver an excellent service proposition. Ensuring that the transport team understands their duties and their role within the organisation Provide swift response to absences and ensure a seamless impact on our customer base. Support with delivery days in driver holiday or absence. Develop new initiatives and look for new ways to optimise the transport activities Meet your targets and those of the team. The smooth running of the vehicles and the team. Contribute to training and development of the team and department as a whole. Support the Logistics and Supply Chain Manager Ensuring that all drivers have the correct, up to date qualifications Maintaining and completing accurate records working collaboratively with the Distribution Planner and Transport Supervisor Support to all other departments with transport issues. Ensuring customers are receiving their orders on time and without any delays and increased cost. Collaborate with other departments such as Sales and Customer Service to identify vulnerabilities and close any distribution gaps Understanding pinch points and removing any obstacles From time to time you may be expected to be part of special projects as are reasonably required of your job role

Essential Requirements:

Full UK driving licence (no more than 6 points) No driving disqualifications within the last Three years Good knowledge of London and the South of England Good knowledge of transport methods, costs and benefits Strong awareness of people management and operations Transport and compliance standards having a high level of awareness. (will be checked via references) Experience of multi-drop environment Must be 21 years of age or older to comply with our insurance requirements May have to lift heavy products and be capable of climbing in and out of the Company vehicles
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Additional leave Casual dress Company pension Cycle to work scheme Discounted or free food Employee discount Free parking Life insurance On-site parking Private medical insurance Sick pay
Work Location: In person