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Junior Transport Clerk - Coleshill

Date Posted

17 April 2024

Employer

HFD Coleshill

Dept.

Transport

Location

Midlands

Job Type

Permanent

Closing Date

03 May 2024

Job Description

About the Company:

Headlam is Europe’s largest floor covering distributor, with a long 30-year heritage, with many of our market leading businesses and brands within the group having been established well before becoming part of Headlam.

Our purpose, vision and values set out how we want to make a positive difference for our industry and wider sector, how we want to be seen and how we work together.

• Our purpose is creating great places for our communities to live work and play.
• Our vision is being the leading, most trusted experts in flooring.
• Our shared strategy is to deliver success, together.

And we’ll deliver this by all our businesses working the Headlam Way – which are our shared values.

• Our shared value of always doing the right thing remains at our core – we treat people fairly and do business the right way.
• And our number one value is keeping each other safe and well.  It’s vital that we all work safely and get home safely at the end of each day.

People are at the heart of our business, and we have an unrivalled wealth of expertise and skills across the group, keeping our industry strong, relevant and rich with expertise and delivering for every customer.

About the Role:

Working alongside the Transport Management Team, the post holder will be responsible for providing on-site operational and administrative support. Responsibilities cover all aspects of the administrative and compliance duties of the transport office plus aiding with drivers from pre-departure to return and de-brief.

• To help and assist in the daily management of the transport office.
• To learn and undertake the completing all daily tasks for compliance purposes.
• To take and make telephone calls with Drivers, Sales Offices and Colleagues to maintain deliveries and real time information.
• Maintain information on the Transport Management System.
• Engage positively with the driving staff.
• Communicate with the Warehouse management Team, Sales office and Sales staff

Requirements:

Essential Requirements:

• IT literate
• Strong organisational skills and time management techniques.
• There is a strong requirement to be flexible, articulate and able to cope in an ever-changing environment.
• Written and oral communication skills
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft office
• good telephone manner

Desirable Requirement:

• Ability to prepare and analyse excel spreadsheets.

TO APPLY - YOU MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE UK.