Join the Best

The additional Benefits of being part of the BEST team!

• 10% Tesco discount, which increases to 15% for 4 days every 4 weeks (all discounts apply to home delivery)
• 20% discount on F&F Clothing
• 10% discount at Tesco Café
• 10% Booker discount
• Pizza Hut Restaurants: 25% discount after 3pm, excludes buffet and deals
• 25% discount at selected Burger King restaurants
• Contributory Pension.
• 1 year life assurance for all colleagues; or 3 years if you join the pension scheme
• Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP for you and your family & the opportunity to join a healthcare cash plan.
• An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including cinema vouchers & a cycle to work scheme                                           

We are currently recruiting a Transport Manager to lead our Transport Department in Hoddesdon.

The objective of the role is to ensure that our large, fast-moving Transport operation runs smoothly and efficiently, by achieving optimum service levels across all contracts whilst working to specific KPIs.

Working Hours:

40 hours per week Monday - Friday however flexibility is required – 24-hour operation

We look forward to you joining the BEST team!

• Adhere to and ensure that colleagues follow Health and Safety policy and procedures 
• Comply with Ministry records, transport and health and safety legislation
• Effectively manage a team of 8 x managers and transport colleagues, ensuring they have the required skills and knowledge
• Provide guidance, leadership and motivation, promoting a positive and respectful working culture
• Ensure the department operates within the cost budgets laid out in the annual budget
• Ensure maximum routing efficiency, whilst encouraging fuel cost savings
• Ensure compliance with legal requirements with regards to transportation
• Monitor out of hours process
• Ensure timely completion of documentation in line with recognised time scales
• Ensure a consistent approach to people issues such as absence, grievance and disciplinary procedures
• Ensure all new colleagues receive a thorough induction/training
• Conduct regular 1-2-1’s with Managers and colleagues within the transport team, identifying career progression/development opportunities
• Optimise productivity and maintain customer service to our customers with flexibility, adapting to our customers’ needs
• Manage an efficient vehicle maintenance operation for approximately 100 vehicles
• Be aware of food standards agency and carry out due diligence
• Be cost effective and constantly review systems and efficiency
• Be aware of warehouse structure and cultivate a daily interface

• Certificate of professional competence in transport management
• Previous experience of leading a team in a similar distribution and logistics environment
• A strong grasp of both European and domestic tachograph legislation
• Excellent communication skills and be a keen problem solver
• Experience of performance evaluation, feedback and preparing development plans
• Experience of managing your own budget responsibilities

The additional Benefits of being part of the BEST team!

• 10% Tesco discount, which increases to 15% for 4 days every 4 weeks (all discounts apply to home delivery)
• 20% discount on F&F Clothing
• 10% discount at Tesco Café
• 10% Booker discount
• Pizza Hut Restaurants: 25% discount after 3pm, excludes buffet and deals
• 25% discount at selected Burger King restaurants
• Contributory Pension.
• 1 year life assurance for all colleagues; or 3 years if you join the pension scheme
• Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP for you and your family & the opportunity to join a healthcare cash plan.
• An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including cinema vouchers & a cycle to work scheme                                           

We are currently recruiting a Transport Shift Manager to join our Transport team in Hoddesdon.

The objective of the role is to ensure that our large, fast-moving Transport operation runs smoothly and efficiently, by achieving optimum service levels across all contracts whilst working to specific KPIs.

• Daily management of health, safety and colleague wellbeing
• Follow Company Health and Safety polices & investigate and report accidents/incidents whilst on shift
• Lead and develop a team of Assistant Shift Managers and Drivers
• Lead a busy shift ensuring operational compliance and customer satisfaction
• Achieve department KPI’s set by the business
• Problem solving, overcoming obstacles that arise during the shift
• Maintain professionalism, and promote a positive and respectful working culture when interacting with colleagues and business departments 
• Ensure all colleagues follow Company policies and procedures to ensure compliance
• Ensure all legal compliance is adhered to
• Monitor and control finances within the department
• Drive business standards, ensuring headcount achieves customer demands and deliver on objectives set by the business
• Be familiar with all aspects of legislation relating to commercial vehicles including tachograph and Driver’s hours regulations
• Deputise for Transport Manager as and when required
• Analyse systems and data to effectively to determine root causes    
• Monitor depot temperature control system

• CPC qualification
• Tachomaster and Microlise experience
• Office and administrative experience at management level
• A high degree of confidentiality, accuracy & effective communication
• The ability to lead an effective team
• Have the technical capability around systems and process flows
• Intermediate level of all Microsoft packages
• Ability to build effective relationships within & across departments
• High level of problem solving

The additional Benefits of being part of the BEST team!

• 10% Tesco discount, which increases to 15% for 4 days every 4 weeks (all discounts apply to home delivery)
• 20% discount on F&F Clothing
• 10% discount at Tesco Café
• 10% Booker discount
• Pizza Hut Restaurants: 25% discount after 3pm, excludes buffet and deals
• 25% discount at selected Burger King restaurants
• Contributory Pension.
• 1 year life assurance for all colleagues; or 3 years if you join the pension scheme
• Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP for you and your family & the opportunity to join a healthcare cash plan.
• An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including cinema vouchers & a cycle to work scheme
• A great holiday package – 29 days pro rata                

We operate the UK’s ONLY flexible multi-temp, shared customer delivery logistics network.  We buy, warehouse, pick and distribute products to the nation’s best loved food and drink brands every single day and provide the best experience to our customers.

Our LGV Drivers do more than a ‘driving job’.  Our Drivers are the ‘face’ of our organisation, leaving everyone they meet with a positive impression of them and Best Food Logistics.

This is a demanding but rewarding role which involves manual handling and multi-drop deliveries.  You should therefore be confident to drive and deliver to various outlets throughout the UK.

Working Hours:

48 hours per week which may include Saturdays and public holidays. Potential Overtime available.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Deliver products to our customers, intact, on time and in full as per the delivery schedule
• Completion of documentation such as delivery notes, credits, and collections
• Adhere to all Driving Legislation and Working Time Regulations
• Follow Health and Safety procedures and be responsible for your own and other’s Health and Safety
• Full compliance of Food safety Legislation and Chill Chain Standards
• Ensure LGV is maintained and safe e.g., safety checks and completion of defect book
• Collect all empty equipment from the customer
• Cooperate fully with the driver debrief procedure and undertake any other duties as directed by the Shift Management team

It is essential that you hold a current LGV Class 2 driving licence and a valid CPC card.

Applications from newly qualified Drivers welcome. We look forward to you joining the BEST team!