Job Summary
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious and driven individual to progress their career within one of the largest independent family-owned timber and builder's merchants in the UK and Ireland.
Key Responsibilities
* Maintaining best practice transport principles, policies, and processes to continuously improve operational safety and compliance.
* Ensuring the Transport departments throughout the Group operate in a safe and efficient manner whilst being fully compliant with all legislation.
* Delivering solutions to meet future legislative or industry developments in relation to safety and compliance while maintaining strong budgetary controls.
* Creating an environment where safety and compliance is embedded in the core principles of the transport function.
Fleet & Driver Management
* Assisting in procurement deals with Operations Director.
* Driver Training Management.
* Management of Maintenance Costs (Planned, Preventative, Breakdown, Damages).
* Maintaining detailed records for every vehicle (e.g., parts, service history, accident, and incident details).
Reporting and Budgeting
* Daily/Weekly/Monthly reports to be prepared and distributed.
* Forecasting / identifying issues reporting them in a timely manner to minimize risk to business function.
* Assisting Operations Director in Budgeting process including Capex additions to the fleet and disposal of assets.