Transport Supervisor
As a Transport Supervisor you will ensure the day-to-day leadership of drivers at your depot, ensuring a safe and compliant environment delivering pharmaceutical products to the customers on a professional manner, on time in full to fulfil the delivery time requirements at the agreed cost. Ensure that GDP compliance is adhered to at all times. Primary Responsibilities: * Ensure that GDP compliance is adhered to at all times. * Ensuring delivery performance on daily basis according with your KPIs * Leading a Health and Safety culture within despatch; sets site safety best practices by demonstrating zero tolerance behaviour, continually challenging and raising Safety standards. * Ensure drivers adhere to vehicle compliance standards * Investigate any issue reported by drivers Secondary Responsibilities: * Ensure all team members adhere to SOP’s and comply with their individual responsibilities for GDP, to ensure there are no deficiencies * Manage and motivate the transport team to deliver on time in full; * Recommend improvements to the transport process and SOP’s to increase process efficiency and effectiveness. * Embrace continuous improvement activities. * Effectively manage the use of all transport resources (Vehicles, labour,). * Manage teams to minimise delays with delivery of consignments * Manage Vehicle reliability through effective and timely turnarounds vehicle maintenance Schedule * Reporting any vehicle damage/ vehicle accidents to the Transport manager * Ensure vehicles are roadworthy at all times. * Ensure ambient and cold chain chambers of the vehicles are checked to be within the correct temperature range by the drivers prior to loading. * Ensure consignments are validated by the drivers prior to departing from the depot. * Any missing parcels or errors during the delivery must be reported to the Transport Manager or authorised person immediately. * Ensure all deliveries are supported by a POD. * Ensure drivers maintain vehicles clean and tidy at all times. * All SOP’s and WI’s must be adhered to at all times. Essentials Experience, Skills and Abilities: * Full UK Driving license * Pallet stacker or counterbalance fork truck experience * Operational experience in a Transport / Dispatch environment * Supervision/management experience ideal * Proactive * Organised * Flexible