Transport Team Manager

Tesco UK
• Belfast
• Permanent
• Working hours 36
• Apply by 09-Jun-2026

Part of the Distribution Centre Management team that provides great service to our stores ensuring customers have great availability and standards of product by being a Manager that leads my team of colleagues who feel safe and love working at Tesco whilst operating an efficient and legal operation.

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:

• Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus Bank holidays)
• Request flexible working from day one
• Get 10% off and 15% at pay day weekends - save up to £2,000 a year with your Colleague Clubcard with an additional card to share with family outside your home
• Access to free wellbeing services with a range of resources to support your mind, body, and life
• Life cover of five times your pay and an award-winning pension with matching contributions up to 7.5%
• Benefits to suit you, choose what you use - from discounts and shares to cycle to work schemes
• Uniform provided and policies to support you for all of life's moments, big and small
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds
• Read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues

• Analysing data and information, establishing root cause and putting in place corrective actions.
• Delivering exceptional operating standards and ways of working across all areas in my shift.
• Using the Transport systems to fully realise our operating routines and associated efficiencies.
• Deliver the Transport improvement plan to and build capability where it is needed most.
• Use my knowledge to identify opportunities to improve the Transport operation efficiency and performance, engaging and supporting my team to deliver these.
• Deliver all Transport plans, KPI's and resource to ensure delivery and sustainable improvements on all KPIs, whilst achieving our Distribution Centre financial budget.
• Champion change, share ideas and experiences to deliver results.
• Taking an active role in our Distribution Centre community plan, generating and delivering ideas and encouraging my team to do the same.
• Leading my team's resource planning activities so that all hours are worked when and where we need them to effectively service our stores.
• Meeting the needs of the colleagues in my team by using our people routines and delivering great leadership.
• The delivery of all operational routines and making decisions that have our customers' needs at the heart of what we do.
• Operating in partnership with the Distribution Centre Management team, balancing shared objectives and needs, working together as one team and being a great role model.
• Data analysing information, establishing root cause and putting into place corrective improvement measures.
• Delivering exceptional standards across all operational areas of the Delivery Service function.
• Leading and managing my team to make sure we work productively and coach/support/manage any colleagues not achieving targets.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and Data Protection Law, always acting with integrity and due diligence

• I connect with my colleagues, sharing knowledge, experience and best practice. I understand the importance of what I do and work collaboratively to deliver results. I make time to build strong relationships, reaching out across the business to network with colleagues and find new ways to improve what matters.
• I am warm and welcoming in every interaction with customers and colleagues. I respond to people appropriately and ensure they feel seen, heard and recognised. Through listening and taking appropriate action I gain commitment from my team.
• I use my energy and resilience to keep momentum going when working in challenging environments, keeping focus on my objectives. I act quickly, making decisions based on what is right for customers and colleagues to ensure my Distribution Centre standards are maintained at all times.
• My colleagues see me doing the right thing both when things are going well and…