Transport General Manager Anz

Due to continued growth and success, a need has arisen for us to hire an experienced Transport General Manager ANZ. Reporting to the warehousing and distribution divisional director, this role will lead and provide direction to the division’s transport function to ensure we meet customer requirements and achieve financial and operational objectives. You will be accountable for the profit/loss of the transport function and will need to lead a team of managers towards sustainable success, whilst promoting business growth for the transport function.

 Key responsibilities:

• Responsible for profit and loss of the transport function, including reporting requirements, and taking corrective action as required to ensure financial objectives are met. 
• In consultation with the director, identify and capitalise on opportunities for functional growth
• Analyse financial data and related metrics to identify areas for review and improvement opportunity. 
• Responsible for functional customer growth to meet revenue targets.
• Develop and maintain professional, effective, and productive customer relationships. 
• Manage transport operational leaders to ensure business operational and financial objectives are met.
• Provide operational direction, guidance and mentoring to Transport Management to support achievement of business objectives
• Develop transport management KPIs to support achievement of transport business objectives
• Manage/evaluate the performance of direct reports and their teams against business objectives and KPIs. 
• Identify and lead initiatives to improve operational quality and efficiency to support the achievement of business objectives.
• Providing pivotal strategic direction to the transport function, you will champion the development of transport strategies that proactively tackle business needs.
• Overseeing prioritisation and the successful execution of initiatives that are geared towards shaping and advancing future operational objectives.
• Collaborate with peers in the Warehousing & Distribution senior leadership team to address issues arising/incidents to facilitate the timely and seamless movement of product/materials, to meet DIFOT requirements. 

Knowledge, Skills, Experience

To be considered for this role, you will have:

• At least 5 years’ experience in a General Management role (or equivalent) within a fast-paced transport function in a growing business. 
• Demonstrated capability to lead, motivate, and influence teams to achieve business objectives. 
• High level verbal and written communication skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and influence effective commercial outcomes. 
• Demonstrated experience in reviewing revenue and costs to ensure financial objectives are met and profit is maximised
• Well-developed analytical and financial data interpretation acumen. 
• Demonstrated ability to lead by example, with integrity, both strategically, and operationally (hands on). 
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite and ERP systems. 
• Demonstrated effective customer engagement, and issue resolution. 
• A collaborative and team-based approach.
• Demonstrated experience managing HSEQ and overall regulatory compliance.

About the DGL Group 

At DGL Group, we focus on solving problems for our customers. We are a diversified industrial group of companies, offering end-to-end supply chain service, including chemical and industrial formulation and manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, waste management and environmental solutions. 

With more than 4,200 customers and 750+ employees, we operate across Australia and New Zealand, as well as internationally. We are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and are on a trajectory of significant growth – which brings enormous opportunities for the right candidate. 

Recruiters: We recruit internally so please don’t send us candidates or contact our managers. We’ll contact you if we require your support. 

Privacy collection notice

As part of the application process, we ask you for private information such as your name, contact details, qualifications, employment experience, your right to work in the relevant location and, in some cases, medical information. If you move ahead to the next step, this will also include reference checks and potentially personality profiling. This information provides us with an insight into how suitable you are for the role. 

Any information obtained is confidential and managed by the relevant recruiting team member. We store the information securely, and it can be accessed only by nominated people in the company. It is not provided to any third party without your written consent. Where the law requires, the information may be provided in line with the legal direction. By applying for this role, you consent to the collection of private information in line with this notice