Contract Manager

Job Description

Our continued success and business growth has opened up an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic Contract Manager to join our successful team at JD Sports based at their distribution centre in Rochdale. This is an excellent opportunity to work as part of a management team that promotes culture, performance, and engagement with its talented team. 

Reporting to the Regional General Manager the successful candidate will be responsible for the day to day running of the contract, ensuring key stakeholder and customer requirements are met to a high standard. 

Salary: Competitive (+car/car allowance & benefits)

Duration of contract: Full-Time, Permanent

Hours: 37.5 per week

How will you contribute?

• Responsible for ensuring that the nationwide transport operation is effective, and efficient, including managing the relationship with Wincanton outbase locations in Scotland & Dunstable, ensuring that the ongoing operations consistently meet the customer’s requirements in terms of service, budgeted financial goals and other KPI’s. 
• Build and maintain a positive and interactive partnership with key members of the customers’ management teams. 
• Provide leadership and motivation of the management team ensuring they consistently achieve day-to-day excellence on an ongoing basis.
• Continued development and succession planning of the team through performance reviews and structure meetings / reviews.
• Effectively contribute as part of the contract managerial team to support and promote positive behaviour and culture.
• Bring expertise in the area of transport, driver and vehicle compliance, legislation and practice to the operational team. 
• Excellent communication skills in order to be an active part of the overall contract employee engagement climate in a unionised environment.
• A proactive approach to meet customer requirements, ensuring opportunities are identified, and exploited and the day-to-day excellence in operations is achieved. 
• Be proactive in seeking out initiatives to ensure the contract is able to support the customer’s business plan and supply chain strategy.
• Operate in a “Open Book” environment where decisions and performance are discussed at regular formal internal and customer reviews.
• Promote the use of safe working practices in line with all relevant Health and Safety Legislation
• To adhere to and follow Company policies/procedures, including Quality, Health, and Safety to ensure compliance to statutory obligations.
• Demonstrate an effective working relationship with the customer, representing a collaborative, pro-active approach to problem-solving.
• Any other duties considered necessary to fulfil the role.
  
  

What will you bring?

• A proven track record of operating at managerial level within a demanding environment.
• Must demonstrate proven track record of managing transport operations.
• Accuracy and attention to detail, with a focus on high productivity and experience in a diverse and service orientated environment.
• Knowledge and experience of transport systems
• Excellent leadership, influencing and communication skills to maximise the effectiveness of your team ensuring they are well informed and motivated to achieve performance goals and the KPI’s of the Contract
• Above will be supported with effective / structured process management ensuring effective delegation and accountability.
• Possess the above skills and proactively engage with the senior team to support the business strategy as a key member of the high-performance team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to establish effective communication channels with employees ensuring they are well informed about the site and the wider business of both Wincanton and the customer.
• Ability to demonstrate/provide the budgetary and financial controls and operate effectively in an “Open Book” environment involving regular detailed and comprehensive customer reviews.
• Must have the energy, determination, and commitment to operate in an environment where regular customer contact and collaborative working is the norm; effective customer communication is essential.
• International CPC holder would be beneficial for this role, or a proactive drive to work towards gaining this qualification.
  
  

Our Culture & Benefits 

In addition to a generous salary, we really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment, along with other benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits include, online discount platform, onsite parking and much more.

Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That’s why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.

Be a part of our values; Excellence, Integrity, Passion, Proactivity, Togetherness & Trust.

Our Commitment

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. We want to create an environment where all colleagues feel safe, supported, and valued, whilst feeling they can be their whole selves within our workplaces. We are proud that our colleagues represent us and our successes. Attracting diverse teams, we believe in creating an inclusive, respectful organisational culture for our colleagues and future talent. 

Find out more:  Wincanton champions a diverse workforce

Wincanton champions a diverse workforce

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of Wincanton's people strategy

About Us

Wincanton is a leading supply chain partner for British business, providing supply chain solutions up and down the country. Through a wealth of experience and knowledge Wincanton provides business critical services including storage, handling and distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer ‘dark stores’; two-person home delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of the UK’s best-known companies.