Vacancy Information
We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Transport team at Greggs as a Transport Safety and Training Manager. This is a new role where you can shape the future of transport training and transport safety within the business.
We can offer you:
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25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day
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Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 12.5% of your salary
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Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
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Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants
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Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme
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You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages
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Defined contribution management pension scheme
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Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary
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Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
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Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits
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Career progression and learning and development
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Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing
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Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
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Cycle to Work scheme
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A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge
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Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another
About the role
- This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
- We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
- The base location for this role is Great Britain. Regular UK travel is required as are regular visits to Head Office in Newcastle
What you'll do
- Set strategic direction for the driver training function nationally, ensuring we have a forward thinking program to recruit, develop and retain the drivers we need.
- Define Organisational Structure for Driver Training function, to enable their vision for Driver Training
- Develop, implement and maintain a standardized system of driver training and associated record keeping nationally, to include SSOW and recorded training for all transport activities and vehicle types
- Support site operations as SME for Driver Training, and Transport Safety
- Develop, implement and maintain an MVI reduction strategy
- Develop, implement and maintain an incident investigation, RCA and future prevention strategy
- Lead the Delivery Point Assessment function, including national level audit.
- Lead Training and Safety teams
- Sets, Maintains, and Audits Driver Training records from national to site level.
About you
You will fit right into this role if you:
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Have a proven track record in leading a Safety and/or Training function in a Heavy Goods Transport environment.
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Are a leader with a proven track record in people management and people development
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Have a track record of forming and strengthening trusted relationships with business stakeholders
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Have excellent written & verbal communication skills and the ability to present ideas and opportunities (including using known presentational tools)
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Have Project Management experience
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Can demonstrate excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail
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Have the proven ability to work cross functionally and collaboratively
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Have experience of influencing cross functionally
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Can demonstrate commerciality
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Can demonstrate a proven ability to provide excellence in customer service
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Can multi-task and work with multiple priorities at pace, delivering results within tight timescales
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Have advanced IT skills including Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams
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Are self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and using own initiative
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Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal, and celebrating results together
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Are supportive of an inclusive culture – recognising and valuing that difference is good
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Want to develop and are ready to work alongside some great people and have lots of fun on your Greggs journey!
About Greggs
Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.