Home Delivery Depot Manager

Home Delivery Depot Manager

Are you an experienced manager with effective communications skills and the ability to cope in a fast-moving environment?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Home Delivery Depot Manager to join our Fleet team in Daventry on a full time, permanent basis; working 40 hours per week Monday-Friday.

As our Home Delivery Depot Manager, you will oversee the management of the company owned/leased fleet for Home Delivery based at our Daventry Depot.

You must be self-motivated with a can-do approach as this is an operational role where you will be the first point of contact for drivers.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities of our Home Delivery Manager include;

• Management of the Home Delivery vehicles assigned to the Daventry Hub, ensuring adequate vehicles are available to meet delivery requirements.
• Responsible for vehicle maintenance through implementation of procedures to record and monitor vehicle defects, completing periodic checks to ensure compliance.
• Provide supervision, mentoring and pastoral care to your Hub/Driver Management Team.
• Support Driver/Hub Supervisor’s with the recruitment of staff to the Home Delivery Team
• Support the Hub/Driver Supervisor’s to ensure their teams are motivated, focussed and adequately trained to carry out their responsibilities.
• Hold regular 1:1’s with the Hub/Driver Supervisor’s and support them to ensure that all staff they manage receive regular 1:1’s.

Our ideal Home Delivery Manager will have the following skills / experience;

• Whilst previous logistics experience and experience of Transport Management Systems is desirable, it is not essential, as training can be provided.
• CPC is desirable but not essential.
• Previous experience using Microsoft office, Excel, is essential.
• Effective communicator with the ability to develop good working relationships with the customer, drivers, and senior managers.
• Ability to cope in a fast-moving environment with a flexible can-do attitude.
• Understands and can respond to customer needs.

What’s in it for you?

Our Home Delivery Manager opportunity is offered on a on a full time, permanent basis in return for a competitive salary plus excellent company benefits including;

• 33 days annual leave per year including bank holidays
• Day off for your birthday
• Contributory Pension scheme
• Employee discounts on electrical products
• Cash health care plan
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life Cover (Death in Service Payments)

About us

our Client is a privately owned, dynamic business, focused on providing home appliance solutions to retailers, consumers and business to business customers.

We take care of the complete supply chain from product sourcing and factory management to home delivery and everything in between.

If you would like to be considered for this Home Delivery Manager opportunity then please click ‘Apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you.