Transport Manager

The Role

We have a great opportunity for a conscientious Local Transport Manager to join our team at Jewson, based in Coventry, 5 days a week, 45 hours 7:30 - 17:00 Mon - Fri. To deliver the best customer delivery service at the lowest cost to serve possible, whilst operating within all transport related processes and policies and ensuring OTIF performance to meet our customer value proposition.

At Jewson we pride ourselves on our ability to provide a great welcome to our customers, being proactive when helping them, being trusted, and recognised for our 'customer first' approach. If you enjoy working with people and you think you could help our customers feel welcome, then we would love to hear from you

What are we looking for?

Transport Legislation and Transport planning, route scheduling and network improvement
Literate and numerate
Financial and commercial awareness
Resource (specifically driver) Management
Able to provide feedback on process improvement
Understanding of EHS standardsWhat would I be responsible for?
(but not limited to…)

Ownership of DMS across the Business Units, supporting and challenging where required.
Management of DX loading for hire drivers across the Business Unit
Development and implementation of local transport strategies across the Business Unit in line with national and regional strategies
Management of the servicing schedule and any additional vehicle requirements
Support the Business Unit Director with Transport KPI's and KPI improvement within the Business UnitWhat will you get in return?

A defined contribution pension scheme
Competitive salary
Access to 100's of high street and leisure discounts, as well as a state of the art rewards system
Automatically covered by the Saint-Gobain Life Assurance scheme.
Plus, plenty more!Are Jewson and Saint-Gobain an Inclusive employer?

We're working hard to be, and we're keen to hire talented people regardless of their background, abilities, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, what football team you support, taste in music, fashion sense or anything else that makes you, you!

And what about flexibility?

The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. We understand that everyone has different needs and commitments. Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexible requirement or need that you may have for this role. We can't guarantee to meet all requests for flexibility when we are recruiting. But, we promise to listen.

Do you want to make the world a better home?

Our purpose at Saint-Gobain is to Make the world a better home. Our purpose sets the course for our common future. Together with and for our customers, we design, manufacture and distribute materials and solutions that have a positive impact on everyone's life and provide well-being, quality of life and performance, while caring for the planet. If you want to join a company that cares about making the world a better home - then please apply, we would love to hear from you