Transport Optimisation Manager

at  Greggs

About the role

• This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
• We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
• This is a National role, balancing time spent on our supply sites and at home, with regular travel to Greggs House in Newcastle.

What you’ll do

• Act as a key and effective member of the Central Logistics team, driving efficiencies and continuous KPI improvement.
• Utilise your knowledge of primary trunking operations, to optimize routes, improve delivery times, and ensure the smooth and cost-efficient flow of goods between distribution centres and regional hubs.
• Identify and Implement best practices including load consolidation and backhaul opportunities to optimise efficiency.
• Ensure that all plans delivered are fully legally compliant and also comply with our internal standards to reduce driver fatigue which are over and above the legal minimum.
• Provide support and analysis with our telematics and tracking systems
• Communicate with and influence regional teams and head office colleagues with respect to cost opportunities and performance.
• Ensure there is a clear focus on giving our customers the best level of service we can, both internally and externally.
• Drive change initiatives through the logistics organisation and liaise with relevant stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of projects.

About you

You’ll fit right in at Greggs as a Transport Optimisation Manager if:

• You’re experienced working in the transport and distribution industry.
• You’re able to demonstrate your specialist knowledge and experience in a logistics operation and environment
• You have experience of managing people in operations or planning, preferably both.
• You have strong experience route planning and modelling with Paragon
• You have experience with transport and warehouse management systems.
• You have good knowledge of industry telematics solutions and process automation.
• You’re proficient in using Microsoft 365
• You’re skilled in managing data, data analysis and solving problems and have an excellent working knowledge of transport and logistics systems
• You’re able to diagnose and implement practical process improvements with a strong customer focus
• You’re self-motivating and results focussed, with a desire for continuous improvement
• You have good planning and organisation skills
• You’re comfortable communicating both verbally and in writing with a wide variety of stakeholders
• You have a good understanding of the UK and EU legislation relevant to the road transport industry.

About Greggs
Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We’re hard-working, but above all else we’re family; and it doesn’t matter who you are, where you’re from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.
Vacancy Information
Are you an experienced Transport Planner, using Paragon to create transport models and strategies?
Have you got experience with peer level influencing?
We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Transport Solutions team at Greggs and really help to shape our exciting and dynamic team.

We can offer you:

• 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day
• Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 10% of your salary
• Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
• Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants
• Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme
• You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages
• Defined contribution management pension scheme
• Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary
• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
• Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits
• Career progression and learning and development
• Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing
• Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
• Cycle to Work scheme
• A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge
• Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another

About the role

• This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
• We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
• This is a National role, balancing time spent on our supply sites and at home, with regular travel to Greggs House in Newcastle

What you’ll do

• Act as a key and effective member of the Central Logistics team, driving efficiencies and continuous KPI improvement.
• Utilise your knowledge of primary trunking operations, to optimize routes, improve delivery times, and ensure the smooth and cost-efficient flow of goods between distribution centres and regional hubs.
• Identify and Implement best practices including load consolidation and backhaul opportunities to optimise efficiency.
• Ensure that all plans delivered are fully legally compliant and also comply with our internal standards to reduce driver fatigue which are over and above the legal minimum.
• Provide support and analysis with our telematics and tracking systems
• Communicate with and influence regional teams and head office colleagues with respect to cost opportunities and performance.
• Ensure there is a clear focus on giving our customers the best level of service we can, both internally and externally.
• Drive change initiatives through the logistics organisation and liaise with relevant stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of projects