Branch Manager in Knutsford

Location: Knutsford

Salary: Hidden

Recruiter: Speedy Freight

Job Hours: Full-time

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Branch Manager

We are a successful National organisation providing logistics solutions. Part of one of the UK’s leading supply chain, transport and logistics businesses truly offering end-to-end supply chain solutions. Speedy Freight provides dedicated, same day transport solutions to local businesses. We specialise in delivering time sensitive shipments from commercial businesses throughout the UK and Europe.

Our mission is ‘To be the first choice to deliver every single time. To always be there for our customers and our team’

Our Customer Service Advisors are an integral part of our business as they assist and manage new bookings in line with company procedures.

Role Purpose

To develop effective transport plans and control resources ensuring customer and business requirements are achieved. Manage BSM’s and set targets in line with company objectives, advise and guide employees to achieve financial and operational objectives whilst complying with company and transport legislation.

Responsibilities & Objectives

To manage the sourcing and booking of vehicles in line with company procedures.

To develop and control an agreed amount of resources (vehicles, drivers) ensuring all legal constraints are adhered to (Weight limits, Working Time Directive and EU drivers’ hours regulations)

Negotiating prices with subcontract drivers

To build a reference portfolio of vehicles and drivers

Produce effective transport plans guided by the operating model

Effective management of drivers through on-going communication supplemented using Navigator analysis screen

Ensure that internal tracking system housekeeping is completed to the required standards

Understanding and achieving specific targets regarding required margin, costs per mile and utilisation

Ensure BDM targets are set in line with company objectives, manage BDM activity and KPI reporting to ensure delivery of these targets.

Review allocated customers making sure that work is planned to time, and correct equipment is efficiently utilised

Constantly communicate with customer services and drivers to ensure customer KPI targets achieved and maintained

Managing the office day to day

Qualifications

Core

Full Driving License.

IT Literate including Microsoft, word, excel and outlook.

Written, oral English and Mathematics to GCSE standard

Desirable

Awareness of Legislation

Excel / PowerPoint presentations skills.

Experience

Significant experience (minimum of 3 years) with the transport sector within the UK, and business development skills within this market

Knowledge and understanding of the budgeting process and delivery of service levels to budget, including cash collection and cost controls

Management of a team, motivation and objective setting

Awareness of the UK van market

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About Speedy Freight

speedyfreight.co.uk

We’re Speedy Freight, dedicated 24-hour same day UK & EU courier specialists, offering cost-effective end-to-end business logistics and transport solutions to companies of all sizes across all industries.

With over 60 branches nationwide and access to over 4,000 vehicles, including everything from small vans to artics, we deliver what you need, whenever and wherever you need it, 365 days a year.

We’re speedy, reliable, and efficient, as evidenced by our 5-star Trustpilot rating from our customers who have entrusted us to safely and securely deliver all types of consignments.

Our experience allows us to oﬀer a range of bespoke solutions to logistical challenges, such as linking with manufacturing systems, shipping, warehousing and ﬁnal mile delivery across multiple industries, from retail to industrial.

We specialise in urgent, delicate, fragile, heavy and time-sensitive deliveries, including high-value, abnormal and difficult to handle loads.

If you have a last-minute emergency delivery request, we aim to pick up your consignments within 60 minutes of your booking and deliver them anywhere in the UK on the same day.

Discover our range of specialist same day courier services and freight solutions, including same day delivery, next day delivery, express delivery, overnight delivery, two-man delivery crews, warehousing, freight forwarding, import/export services and more on our website.

Contact us or use our branch finder to find your local Speedy branch to find out how we can deliver your way and go the extra mile for you.

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