Logistics Lead
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Do you have a passion for logistics and fleet management, making sure vans get to where they need to go, keeping vehicles in good shape, and managing a team of drivers?
If this sounds like you, come and join the team at St Christophers where you will be responsible for a fleet of five vehicles and a driving team that are part of a successful retail operation all over the South East.
Whats the Job?
- Job Title:Logistics Lead
- Salary:£30,727 per annum
- Employment Terms:Permanent, 36 hours per week, (Monday to Sunday Flexible, out of hours and on-call included)
- Location:St Pauls Cray base with travel across SE London
Youll be the lead when making sure our vans are out on the road every day moving stock and supplies around our 24 retail stores and Hospice locations. This means overseeing all elements of a timely and flexible logistics process.
Youll be responsible for the vehicles, including preventative and reactive maintenance work, and all checks and compliance related matters, plus logging and monitoring the data.
This is a management role and includes overseeing a group of drivers, including training, performance management, handling rotas and attendance, and more.
In addition, youll be tasked with identifying areas for improvement in van related activity, ranging from best practice for driving routes to smart stock movement practice. Youll sometimes go out on the vans yourself and do some driving manual handling to maintain good oversight on operations.
Who are we Looking For?
- Youll have demonstrable experience managing people, ideally drivers and/or fleet, in an environment where a consistent daily logistics service is critical to business function
- Youll have experience in training and developing staff, and taking part in performance management and day to day supervision.
- Youll have extensive experience overseeing a logistics network with multiple vehicles
- Youll have experience in assessing operational requirements and adjusting working practice in the pursuit of efficiency and productivity
- Youll have experience controlling maintenance and compliance for multiple vehicles
- Youll have some personal experience driving a multi-drop delivery route
- You will have a Driving Licence Class B, B1 and be physically fit for manual handling
Who are we?
We are proud to offer world class palliative and end of life care to everyone who needs it, whenever or wherever that may be. We are also here for the people closest to you. However, as we often say, were more than just a hospice. We are proud of our community programmes that offer practical, emotional and spiritual support to over 7,500 people in the local area, most of whom we will help to continue living at home.
Being part of the retail and trading arm of the Hospice means raising vital funds to support this mission.
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Closing Date: 14th October 2024
In the event we receive a high amount of applications, we reserve the right to close the job earlier than the initial closing date.
Previous applicants need not apply
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