Transport Team Manager - Back Shift

Closing date: 27-01-2026

Transport Team Manager - Back Shift - Plymouth

£35,650 - £39,215 per annum - inclusive of shift premiums, plus great benefits

Full-Time, 39 hours per week

Back Shift - 2pm to 10pm, 5 over 7 days (including weekends)

 Plymouth LSC, Newnham Ind Est, Bell Close, Plympton, PL7 4JH

** Please check you can reliably commute to the warehouse before applying*
* We’re looking for a transport team manager to join our depot in Plymouth.

In this role you’ll be responsible for leading a team of drivers to make sure that our products are despatched from the depot and are delivered on time, safely and securely. You’ll inspire, coach and lead your team to meet a variety of performance measures and mentoring your team to perform at their best at all time.

What you’ll do:

lead a team of drivers

work towards critical success transport measures

mentor, engage and develop your team to be high performing at all times

conduct performance reviews and manage performance for your  team

manage sickness and absence

review and log driver infringements

manage driver tachographs

engage and build positive working relationships with various internal and external partners

This role would suit someone who have:

previously managed a team, preferably from a logistics or FMCG background

the ability to work at pace and accuracy

a great track record of reaching and exceeding critical performance measures

an understanding and have relevant knowledge of transport compliance

great planning skills and able to organise your own and teams workload

an understanding of how poor service can impact stores and customers

strong and confident communication skills

excellent IT skills

At Co-op you’ll do work that matters, and you’ll be rewarded for your hard work with a competitive salary (including additional shift allowances) and a benefits package which includes holidays starting from 31 days per year (including bank holidays), 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores, a pension with up to 10% employer contributions, plus:

Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it

Free employee assistance programme with extensive health, financial and wellbeing support

Access to credit unions for loans and savings, plus rental deposit loans and season ticket loans

Free eye tests every 2 years

On-site facilities including a subsidised canteen and free parking

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

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We reserve the right to remove a vacancy before the scheduled closing date