Transport Shift Lead

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Location: Amesbury Depot
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Shift Pattern: Monday-Friday

We’re looking for a motivated and experienced Transport Shift Leader to lead our team at the Amesbury Depot. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in driving performance, developing talent, and ensuring operational excellence.

As Transport Shift Leader, you’ll be responsible for:

• Driving continuous improvement through Operational Excellence (OE) initiatives.
• Creating a high-performance culture using PMS principles, KPI tracking, and effective handovers.
• Coaching and developing team members, managing performance reviews, and handling employee relations.
• Ensuring compliance with legal, audit, and safety standards.
• Acting as the escalation point for customer service issues.
• Promoting a culture of safety and leading incident investigations.
• Supporting succession planning and personal development across the team.
• Collaborating with cross-functional leaders to enhance business performance.
• Managing contractor control and permit processes.

• Experience in a similar transport or logistics leadership role (preferred).
• Strong people management and coaching skills.
• A proactive, self-motivated attitude with a commitment to excellence.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• CPC in Transport Management (desirable but not essential).

We value our people and offer a competitive package, including:

• Up to 10% annual bonus
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme with Müller matching up to 4%
• Life assurance – 4x your annual salary
• 23 days annual leave plus bank holiday
• Access to the Müller Rewards discount scheme offering over 800 discounts online and in-store and the potential to make savings across grocery and clothes shopping, holidays, insurance, gifts and more