The Role… As the UK Haulage Procurement Manager, you will take responsibility for the recruitment of new hauliers to support our activities in the UK and Ireland where we currently operate over 400 sub-contracted trucks. 

Within this senior role, you will be responsible for negotiating terms and conditions with the sub-contractors, maintaining high standards of quality and in close co-operation with the operations and customer service teams will drive improvements to maximise utilisation, minimise downtime and constantly focus on improving efficiency and service. You will drive results with a team of colleagues based in GB, Northern Ireland and Ireland. The team is close-knit and characterised by a high professional standard and the ability to drive fresh initiatives in a busy and challenging environment. You can expect some business travel mainly in UK and Ireland but also Europe.

Key Responsibilities…

• Ensure that our sub-contracted fleet can live up to the demands of our customers, both from a service and cost perspective
• Recruit new subcontractors at rates agreed with Operational management.
• Manage resources to meet peaks and troughs in the business.
• Measure cost and utilization of the subcontract fleet via KPI’s
• Seek new methods of operation to improve efficiency.
• Negotiate with hauliers based in UK and Europe.
• Develop a pipeline of new hauliers to ensure we can react to changes in volume very quickly.
• Follow up and conclude on quality issues relating to sub-contractors.
• You would be expected to be in the Immingham office 2-3 days per week.

Key Skills…

• Experience of recruiting sub-contractors or have worked as a procurement or purchasing manager. 
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with all types of internal and external suppliers and our customers.
• Possess good problem solving and decision-making skills whilst being able to work under pressure.
• We are looking for a dynamic Manager with the ability to drive performance by leadership through motivating and engaging with staff at all levels. We are looking for someone who is ambitious; action oriented who can deliver results and make a real difference to our business.  

We offer you an interesting workplace and a key role in a growing international company. You will get to work with many different professional groups and be part of a successful, forwarding thinking team. For the right candidate there will be great opportunities for professional growth.

 

Now about what we can give you. You’ll be able to access some fantastic benefits such as:

• Life assurance cover
• Contributory company pension scheme
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Free ferry travel for up to 4 guests between Dover and Calais / Newcastle and Amsterdam with no limit on trips
• Full employee assistance programme including:
• Proactive financial, emotional, mental and physical health care support including face to face counselling, fast 24/7 access to a GP, a second medical opinion and legal support for colleagues and their family
• Huge range of retail discounts from high street and online retailers
• Cashback on health care including dental, optical, physiotherapy, prescriptions, specialist consultations and much more
• Access to Thrive, our award-winning Wellbeing platform
• Access to mental health first aid and opportunity to join support webinars with a focus on all areas of positive wellbeing

Who We Are…. DFDS provides shipping and transport services in Europe, generating annual revenues of EUR 1.9bn. To over 8,400 freight customers, we deliver high performance and superior reliability through shipping and port terminal services, and transport and logistics solutions. For six million passengers, we provide safe overnight and short sea ferry services. Our 10,000 employees are located on ships and in offices across more than 20 countries. DFDS was founded in 1866, is headquartered in Copenhagen, and listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen.  In the UK, DFDS prides itself on having signed the Armed Forces Covenant and membership of the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network.

Interested? Apply now!   If you’re looking for a varied role and have a desire to work in one of Northern Europe’s leading shipping and logistics company, please send us across your CV!