Transport Team Leader

Description:

Join Keelings! You will be part of a passionate team of people and a growing business. Come on the journey with us where you will grow and develop and truly feel a sense of belonging. At Keelings, we don't just grow quality fresh produce, we also nurture people and their professional development. The Keelings family always employ the best people for the job, the key to our success is the quality of the people we employ.

Our Strategic Priorities

Better Food - We make our products better and inspire more people to enjoy produce.

People - We support our people to learn, be at their best, contribute and deliver on their commitments, using One Keelings' standards.

Better Ways - Every year we improve our competitiveness, efficiency and delivery through insight, technology and One Keelings.

Better World - We improve our environmental and social impact to make a positive difference in our world.

Partnerships - Working with Keelings creates value and long-term relationships with our customers & suppliers.

Growth - We invest in and deliver insight led, focused, profitable growth into the future.

Keelings Values

People Matter - We support and treat each other in a clear, fair and respectful way. We all learn, develop and encourage everyone to contribute

Teamwork - We inspire and help each other to deliver our ambitions together as One Keelings

Integrity - We do the right thing and deliver on our commitments

Passion for Achievement - We motivate ourselves and each other to achieve our ambitions with energy, knowledge and courage. We are always striving to be better.

Purpose of the Role

The person will be responsible for supporting the management team in the smooth running of the transport department on a daily basis.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
 

• Organising driver and vehicle routes.
• Completing daily schedules.
• Completing driver’s rosters and agreeing same.
• Recording drivers house on spread sheets.
• Ensuring that vehicle maintenance is carried out as schedule and in line with company guidelines and keeping to statutory requirements.
• Ensuring that current standards of health and safety are met and exceeded.
• Undertake incident control and investigation as required in line with company procedures.
• Dealing with all relevant customers’ requirements.
• To identify and implement increased efficiencies in order to maximize our service offering.
• To work in partnership with customers (both internal and external) to ensure optional service levels at all times.
• To act as the interface between the transport function and other functions as necessary to ensure a seamless provision of service.
• Ongoing review of the transport function in order to devises and implement optimal transport solutions.
• To ensure that all drivers and truck, trailers and buses are well presented and that drivers skills in relation to performance and customer care reflect the correct image of the company.
• To assist the inbound department where necessary.
• Cover in both transport inbound and warehouse were necessary
• Complete weekly figures and KPI as required by the business.
• Recording driver’s hours, hauler costs and extra costs incurred by the business each day.
• Recording all customers DOT and completion of the end of shift in a timely manner.
• Any other duties / tasks as outlined by your Manager.
• Responsible for training Drivers.