**Located in Canberra**:
- **Full-time leadership role with a national distribution company**:
- **Competitive salary + great employee benefits!**
From the ground up, PFD Food Services have grown and cultivated our national business to be the brand we are today, renowned for our extraordinary customer focus, reliability, and excellent service.
If you're ready to bring your skills, positive attitude, and appetite to work with a food service company that puts you first, we can't wait to meet you!
**The Role**
As our new Transport Manger at the Canberra branch, you will lead the entire transport function in achieving common objectives each day.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Ensure all deliveries are made in correct manner and time frame and monitor driver credits
- Maintain vehicles ensuring services are carried out when and as required
- Undertake staff evaluation, recruitment and training
- Follow company procedures relating to any issues raised regarding drivers
- Ensure wages, budgets and freight charges are kept within guidelines
- Involve and receive feedback from supervisors daily/ongoing
- Co-ordinate effective and efficient routing of all trucks and staff to ensure maximum delivery and service
- Regular discussion with Sales Representatives in regards to customer requirements and driver feedback
- Attend daily credit meeting. Identify credits, daily collection of invoice to be presented
**Key Competencies, Skills and Qualifications**
- Proven experience in people management
- The ability to communicate at all levels
- Ability to work under pressure with good time management skills
- Be a problem solver externally and internally
- Knowledge of the food service industry
- Possess AFM accreditation
- A solid knowledge of HACCP and OH & S regulations including BFM legislation
- Sound knowledge of routing systems and MFG PRO
- Good product knowledge and new customers
- MR/HR truck licence is preferred
We are offering competitive remuneration, superannuation and other staff benefits (such as discounts on staff purchases, discounted accommodation, health insurance and banking).
As part of our recruitment process, we conduct pre-employment checks, which may include a medical assessment (including a drug/alcohol test and a Flu Vaccination), National Police History Check, Working With Children/Vulnerable Groups Check, Licence Validation/Demerit Point Check.
**Salary**: $85,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
**Benefits**:
- Employee discount
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
Work Authorisation:
- Australia (preferred)