Transport Nights Team Manager Full Time 5 in 7 rota
Job description
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About the role
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.
What is in it for you
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. For more information about our colleague networks please click here.Â
- Click here to read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues
You will be responsible for
- Analysing data and information, establishing root cause and putting in lace 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
You will need
- 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 when times are tough. I know how to be at my best and inspire confidence in those around me.
- I am aware of what our competitors are doing and continually identify ways to improve our Distribution Centre for customers. I am keen to build and deliver new initiatives, providing feedback on how they could be further improved.
About us
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.Â
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome.
We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.
Please note
Tesco will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age. To find out the school leavers age for your country please click hereÂ
We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, counters, bakery and driving roles.
On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end dKey skills
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Application advice
5 AI-generated recommendations to maximise your chances.
⭐ Open your CV with a Personal Statement that explicitly references transport operations management and night shift leadership, as the advert prioritises these at the top of the responsibilities section.
📊 Quantify your KPI achievements: e.g. 'Reduced vehicle turnaround time by 18%, consistently hitting 97% on-time delivery across a 50-vehicle fleet for 12 months'.
🎯 Highlight experience with transport management systems (TMS) by name — Tesco references 'Transport systems' as a core tool; naming the platforms you've used (e.g. Paragon, SAP TM) will strengthen ATS matching.
🤝 Include a bullet on resource planning and rota management, as the advert specifically calls out leading team resource planning across a 5-in-7 nights rota.
🌐 Demonstrate experience with continuous improvement or corrective action plans — reference a specific initiative you led, the root cause identified, and the measurable outcome achieved.
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- •Managed night shift transport operations for a 120-colleague team across a 5-in-7 rota, achieving 96% KPI compliance over 18 consecutive months at a regional distribution centre.
- •Led root cause analysis programme identifying 4 recurring loading bay inefficiencies, implementing corrective action plans that reduced vehicle departure delays by 22% within 3 months.
- •Owned resource planning and rota scheduling for a 45-person transport team, reducing unplanned overtime spend by £38,000 annually while maintaining full store service levels.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Tesco's Aylesford Distribution Centre is exactly the environment where my transport operations and night shift leadership experience can deliver immediate impact — which is why I am applying for the Transport Nights Team Manager role. I bring hands-on expertise in KPI delivery, root cause analysis, and resource planning across complex logistics operations, all of which are central to this position.
My background in distribution centre management includes leading night shift teams through operational improvement programmes, building colleague capability, and using transport systems to drive measurable efficiency gains. I have consistently delivered against financial budgets while maintaining legal compliance and high operating standards across all shift routines.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Which transport management systems have you used, and how did you use data from them to improve operational efficiency?
- ›How do you approach building and managing a resource plan for a night shift team operating a 5-in-7 rota?
- ›Describe your process for conducting root cause analysis when a KPI is missed on your shift.
- ›How have you managed a Distribution Centre financial budget, and what controls did you put in place to stay within target?
- ›What methods do you use to track and report on KPIs across a transport operation, and how do you escalate underperformance?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you led a team through a significant operational change — what was your approach and what was the outcome?
- ›Describe a situation where you identified an opportunity to improve transport efficiency. What steps did you take and what were the results?
- ›Give an example of when you had to balance the needs of your team with the demands of the wider Distribution Centre management team.
- ›Tell me about a time a colleague in your team was struggling. How did you support them while maintaining operational standards?
- ›Describe a situation where you had to make a quick operational decision on shift without full information. What did you decide and what happened?
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Describe a situation where you identified an opportunity to improve transport efficiency. What steps did you take and what were the results?
Tell me about a time a colleague in your team was struggling. How did you support them while maintaining operational standards?