Transport Manager

Location: Northampton
Salary: £50,000.00
Hours: 40 hours per week (some weekend working)

Summary:
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Transport Manager to join a successful distribution operation at their new site in Northampton. This role will play a key part in establishing and leading a safe, compliant and high-performing transport function, supporting store delivery, inter-site trunking and third-party hub movements across a fast-paced retail network.

Key Responsibilities:
Reporting into the senior supply chain leadership team, the Transport Manager will be responsible for day-to-day transport performance, compliance, cost control and people leadership, ensuring the operation delivers excellent service levels while maintaining robust safety and regulatory standards.

• Lead the transport operation for the new Northampton site, delivering strong service, safety, compliance and cost performance.
• Ensure full compliance with Operator Licence, DVSA, Health & Safety and wider regulatory requirements.
• Manage and develop a mixed workforce of permanent, agency and third-party transport colleagues.
• Monitor transport KPIs, service performance, utilisation, fuel efficiency and productivity, using data to identify and deliver improvements.
• Control transport costs across agency spend, fleet utilisation, fuel, productivity and third-party providers.
• Work collaboratively with warehouse, planning, distribution and wider supply chain teams to ensure seamless end-to-end execution.
• Support resilience and disruption planning, ensuring the operation is prepared for peak trading and unplanned events.

Experience:
The successful candidate will be a confident and credible transport leader with strong compliance knowledge, proven people management experience and the ability to drive performance in a complex, fast-moving logistics environment.

• Transport Manager CPC qualification is essential.
• Proven experience managing transport operations and leading transport teams.
• Strong knowledge of UK Operator Licence obligations and transport compliance requirements.
• Experience managing agency labour, third-party providers, KPIs, budgets and operational performance.
• A background in retail, FMCG, 3PL or high-volume distribution would be highly advantageous.
• Previous HGV driving experience would be desirable but is not essential.

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All applicants must have an unrestricted right to work in the UK as our client will not support visa sponsorship for this role.