Shift Manager

Company Description

Contract Type: Permanent 40 Hours Per Week

Salary: circa £40400 plus bonus

Location: DPD Dunstable, Unit 4, Humphrys Road, Woodside Industrial Estate, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU5 4TP

Days of Work: Tuesday to Saturday

Hours of Work: 07:00-15:30

Join us on our journey as we aim to be the UK’s most sustainable delivery company, whilst ensuring our customers continue to receive a world class service. You will be in a busy and fast paced business, with a turnover of nearly £2 billion, that can offer you great benefits and plenty of opportunities to progress your career

DPD are passionate about creating an environment that is open, ethical, inclusive and socially responsible. Along with job security, the tools to do the job and a competitive salary, you’ll receive fantastic benefits starting on day one, including never working on your birthday ever again!!!

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Shift Manager, to help strengthen our depot operations management team.

In this role your key responsibility will be to achieve depot objectives in terms of operational, compliance, financial, customer service and HR tasks and responsibilities, through the effective management of employees, maintenance of company operating standards and ISO operating procedures specific to own areas of accountability.

Other key accountabilities will be;

Ensure company target for Premium Service is achieved

Ensure there are zero Exceptions

Ensure company target for Collection Service is achieved

Ensure company target for Delivery ETAs is achieved

Qualifications

What we’re looking for;

You will have experience in a fast paced operation with proven and demonstrable people management experience, involving direct accountability and responsibility for motivating and leading a high performing team, ideally within a Transport Setting. We would also expect:

You will have strong communication skills with the ability to inspire, motivate and manage a team.

Decisive and effective decision-making, problem resolution and time management skills.

Demonstrate high levels of resilience, self-motivation and flexibility.

Excellent computer skills with the ability to use Google chrome applications

The ability to do comprehensive reporting, alongside analysis of data is a key requirement for this role.

You will be highly vigilant to any unscrupulous activity taking swift and appropriate action.

Demonstrate the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Caring and Accountability.

Additional Information

About our Benefits

We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…

Holiday trading

Enhanced maternity and paternity package

Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme

Health Kiosks visiting every location

Vitality at Work

Free On Site Parking

Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping

Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends

For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.

If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today