Ambient Transport Manager
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Occupation Type
Managers in transport and distribution
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
Sponsorship Salary Threshold
£44,900
(£23.03 per hour)
Occupation rate applies
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Description
Ambient Transport Manager
Location: Kingston or Port Sunlight
Hybrid working: 3 days per week in the office
Fulltime
Key Responsibilities
Location: Kingston or Port Sunlight
Hybrid working: 3 days per week in the office
Fulltime
Key Responsibilities
- Fully accountable for multi-million secondary transport spend for all UKI ambient transport movements – encompassing 4 of the 5 Business Units (BUs) – Home Care, Nutrition, Personal Care, Beauty and Well being
- Alignment with strategic vision for BUs to ensure capability at optimal cost
- External focus and collaboration with industry bodies and similar industries to establish best practice
- Relationship owner of external transport partners, driving necessary governance meetings with key stakeholders to include focus on safety, service, cost and sustainability
- Contributing to and part of executing longer term plans for UKI ambient network, taking the lead on transport, loading and pallet solutions
- Working with procurement and operational teams for partner selection and supporting tender processes
- Responsible for ensuring robust transport processes and aligning on data roadmap with 3PLPs for the vision future fit ways of working
Business Operations – Planning, Customer Experience, Data and Analytics, logistics teams, Finance, procurement, sourcing unit teams
European contacts – BU teams, EU logistics transformation and performance teams, EU customs team, Regulatory, procurement, Engineering, legal
Customer Development
Skills Profile
- Essential for the candidate to have an operational background in transport management and be able to demonstrate that they have a working knowledge of Supply Chain End to End processes
Stay Three Steps ahead – to be ahead of the market i.e new technologies, new ways of servicing customers, representing Unilever at external events
Focus on what counts - ability to make tradeoff decisions to enable to most effective results, key presence in Business Unit forums and with customers to represent transport considerations
Deliver with excellence – ability to seamlessly deliver change through tenacity with customers and internal processes to trial and land the best outcomes
What We Offer
Not only do we offer a competitive salary, but also our pension scheme, an annual bonus, a free gym / discounts to a local gym, a staff shop and shares. You’ll get the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and agile environment. We strive to achieve a family-friendly culture and to, above all, create possibilities for all.
Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing in partnership for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.
Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing in partnership for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.