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In order to optimize outbound transport to our stores, we will have a local transport team in place headed up by a Team Lead Transport. The Team Lead reports functional to the Logistics Service Manager (LSM) and the team lead reports operational to Regional Transport Manager who is responsible for the financial and operational performance in the region.
The main focus of the role is to organize the daily transport for delivering the stores out of the DC in the most efficient way, while keeping the agreed service level with the stores in combination with supporting the expedition and warehouse needs to ensure the efficient logistics in both ways . The Team Lead heads up a small team of Dispatchers and Customer Service / Admin employees and work closely together with the TSP’s (2 – 3).

Responsibilities

Process management

Leading the local transport team and the standard way of working: the processes that apply for transport execution and administration
Identify bottle necks in the transport operation.
Solve daily escalations,



escalate if needed and initiate improvements for structural mitigation.
Monitor available capacity of employees and transport partners

Execution

Participate in transport in implementing processes, together with RTM and Transport partners (TSP’s).
Participate and monitor the daily dispatch operation, where transport routes are dispatched to the different transport partners
Monitor timely departure and delivery and take corrective actions in case of process disturbances (e.g. warehouse delay, or late truck arrival)
Give support and monitor the administrative tasks in the team: way bill administration, where needed hourly states of drivers, admin of performance and operational data required for self-billing of transport partners and/or performance reporting
Monitor that transport partners comply with maintenance procedures for the use of Action assets: mainly Trailers.
Manage the team, by providing the right instructions, support training of

📌 Teamleader Transport (Italia)
🏢 Action Service Distributie
📍 Italia