Chris Pickering Email & Phone Number

Sheffield, Gb

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Leeds & Dewsbury Depots

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Daily budget & P&L managemento Forecasting Year End Revenue and Profit figures• Cost control on a daily basis• H&S implementation and developmento Lean thinking implemented to maximise H&S benefito Introduction and management of Site H&S Plan• Management and overseeing legal transport compliance on a daily basis• Sales & account developmento Account & revenue retention• Ensuring KPI’s are managed and attained in areas of Finance, Operations, Commercial, Compliance & Safety & People.• Liaise with outside bodies, such as agencies to negotiate preferential rates

Sheffield

Employed as Network Support Manager for the Tuffnells Network of 37 depots. Managing a team of 4 staff which involved: • Leading a developing projects to be rolled out across the Companyo Liaising with different areas of the Company to bring to project togethero Liaising with 3rd parties in order to coordinate the projectso Standardisation projects to streamline the Network• Troubleshooting – I and the team were tasked with visiting Depot’s that were struggling and implementing processes and management tools in order to turn the depot around.

Dewsbury

• Planning achievable and cost effective routes while also maximising productivity• Recruitment• Customer interaction and customer visits to ensure satisfaction• Driver and staff discipline• Data analysis of routes to provide optimum productivity and efficiency• Daily management of KPI’s

North East

• Planning achievable and cost effective routes while also maximising productivity• Recruitment• Customer interaction and customer visits to ensure satisfaction• Driver and staff discipline• Data analysis of routes to provide optimum productivity and efficiency• Daily management of KPI’s

Sheffield, England

Employed as Operations Manager, heading up a team of 5 traffic staff, in control of a fleet of 40+ vehicles delivering on average 2,000 deliveries per day. This role included: • Planning achievable and cost effective routes while also maximising productivity• Recruitment• Customer interaction and customer visits to ensure satisfaction• Driver and staff discipline• Data analysis of routes to provide optimum productivity and efficiency• Daily management of KPI’s

Sutton In Ashfield, England

Managing a fleet of refrigerated/ non-refrigerated box vehicles ranging from 3.5T to Artic offering ad-hoc one way loads to dedicated return loads/ regular specialised loads 7 days a week. Quoting on an individual basis to offer the most competitive rates from day rates to mileage rates to give the best value to the client depending on specific circumstances.

Nottingham, England

Logistics Planner- Planning up to 50 vehicles per day ranging from 3.5T to 44T- Experience in multi drop routing to dedicated/ return load planning- Managing a white glove service offered and ensuring drivers are trainedResourcing - Recruiting/ Training drivers to ensure they have the relevant skills to fulfil the varying levels of service offered by the company- Management of driver hours to ensure WTD hours are not exceeded Staff Management- Driver discipline- Management of drivers out on the road- Driver training- Management of driver holidaysAccount Management- Control of one of the major clients to ensure 100% visibility and customer satisfaction- Dealt with customer complaint aswell as negotiating new jobs and planning nationwide store launches for companies such as SCS/ Laura AshleySales- Quoting clients for regular loads, one off dedicated loads- Bringing new clients into the business- Quoting for 3.5T to 44T vehicles, dedicated or return loads.

Sport Development, Sport And Fitness Administration/Management

Sport Science

Sport Science

English, Maths