Transport Nights Manager
Location: Warwick
Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday (Nights)
Overview
An established logistics operation is seeking a Transport Nights Manager to lead and oversee all transport activities during the night shift. This is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient delivery performance, while driving operational standards across a fast-paced environment.
You will take full ownership of the night operation, leading drivers, planners, and office-based teams to deliver a high-quality service to customers, ensuring OTIF performance, strong compliance, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the night shift transport operation, ensuring all deliveries and collections are executed safely, on time, and in full
- Oversee routing, planning, and real-time execution, adapting to operational challenges as required
- Drive a strong health & safety culture, ensuring full compliance with Driver Hours, Working Time Directive, and transport legislation
- Manage and develop a team of drivers and transport staff, providing leadership, coaching, and performance management
- Monitor KPIs including OTIF, vehicle utilisation, cost control, and service levels, taking corrective action where needed
- Ensure effective communication between day and night operations, maintaining a seamless handover process
- Work closely with fleet, warehouse, and customer service teams to deliver operational alignment
- Lead investigations into incidents, service failures, or compliance breaches, implementing preventative measures
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to optimise efficiency, reduce cost, and enhance service delivery
Skills & Experience
- Proven experience within a transport management or supervisory role, ideally within a high-volume logistics or distribution environment
- Strong understanding of UK transport legislation, compliance, and fleet operations
- Experience managing teams within a night or shift-based operation
- Commercially aware with the ability to manage costs alongside service delivery
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage teams
- Experience using transport management systems (TMS) and operational reporting tools
- CPC qualification
What's on Offer
- Opportunity to take ownership of a critical night operation within a growing logistics environment
- Autonomy to drive performance, standards, and improvements
- Stable Monday-Friday night shift pattern
- Competitive salary and benefits package
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