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What you will be doing

Who are we?
MWI Animal Health UK: Founded by veterinarians, for veterinarians. MWI Animal Health, part of AmerisourceBergen (within the Fortune Top 10) has a wealth of experience delivering a quality wholesale service, a secure supply chain and business continuity for customers across the UK. Combined with marketing-leading, innovative practice technology and one of the largest group purchasing organisations, we work in partnership to support veterinary practices, animal owners, manufacturers and retailers.

Position Summary:

The role of the Regional Team Manager is to support the National Transport Manager in the effective and compliant running of the UK transport operation. This includes managing the day to day operational activity to meet customer and cost demands, ensuring SLA’a and KPI’s are met and/or exceeded.  The individual will hold an international or national CPC and be named on the relevant o license with the responsibility to visit UK locations on a routine basis ensuring requirements are fully met.

An integral part of this role is the leadership of team members across the transport department. As a strong capable leader, your experience as a professional people manager will enable you to effectively motivate a team both onsite and remotely, ensuring they work to the highest professional standards.  A strong and capable decision maker who can pull on experience to make sound judgement calls and implement continuous improvement initiatives in a controlled, measured and clearly communicated way.  Collaboration is key too, with strong allegiances to our Warehousing team members, including the distribution center managers.

Alongside people management skills, the individual is compliance savvy in line with MHRA regulations, GDP regulations, GDPR requirements and driving laws.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Ability to oversea the complete employee lifecycle for team members.Ability to effectively performance manage team members to create an effective team.Carry out annual reviews and regular 121 check in with team members, develop talent and be mindful of succession plans.Complete managerial day to day tasks – from holidays, timesheets, absence management, investigations, disciplinary meetings.A continuous improvement mindset – ability to challenge the status quoWork with the national transport manager to develop yearly budget and ensuring management of Direct and Indirect costs in full compliance with approved budget Manages depot costs through focus on areas within their sphere of influence.Manages operation in accordance with O Licence requirements and audits fleet files on a regular basis.Ensures all legal compliance requirements for vehicles are met. Forms a strong link with local maintenance provider to minimise hire requirements. VOR’s vehicles where necessary. – Uses secondary suppliers to audit standards.Ensure full compliance from all team members, from good distribution practice to health and safety (and everything in between)Ensures all MHE checks are carried out and any faults reported for rectification.Ensures all controls regarding visitors, fire requirements, first aid and training are met in accordance with company policy.Ensures correct levels of trained personnel are on site regarding fire and first aid. Raises all training needs with Transport Office and see’s through to completion.Effectively manages all vehicle RTI’s and damages. Focuses on driver training and pride in vehicles. Utilises the de-brief process to deliver the highest standards and operational efficiencies.

The above list is not exhaustive, and you may be required to carry out any other reasonable task as requested, appropriate to the scope of the post.

What your background should look like 

Experience, skills and knowledge requirements:

Transport Manager CPC holder (essential)Regular travel to other sites owned or associated with MWI as required A people person – a desire to grow and develop individualsOrganized and structured in their workGood time management skillsGood attention to detailKnowledge of driver’s hours and of maintenance compliance.Proficient with MS packagesA person, who develops great relationships, fosters collaboration with other functions & departments, at all levels would be a key candidate.Can approach current ways of working with an open mindset and professionally challenge the norm.Manage KPI performance.Inspires people towards positive achievement of common goals.Empowers and connects effectively with others through involvement, delegation, and trust.Open to giving and receiving feedback.Networks to learn & share from others.Looks outside areas of interest/expertise for opportunities.Highly motivated and able to work to deadlines

Company Compliance:

Support, engage and ensure you are compliant with the companies Environment, Health and Safety policies and procedures.Our people managers and leaders are required to:Take responsibility for driving performance and engagement through their teams, ensuring that the Right People are in the Right Place at the Right Time.Understand the Quality Regulatory framework and the impact of this for their specific business unit.Assure compliance with all organisation policies and procedures.Establish and implement a continuous improvement plan.Our associates are required to assure compliance with all organisation policies and procedures and fully support the delivery of their functional continuous improvement plan.

What Cencora offers

All team members globally are provided with basic life insurance, personal accident insurance, business travel accident insurance, and EAP resources at no cost. Additional country-specific benefits such as healthcare, sick leave, death and disability, retirement, as well as perks and allowances may be provided. Details of programs vary by location.

Schedule

Full time

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned