• Created partnering culture and developed strong working relationships with customers, leading to lasting, trusting and mutually beneficial working;• Directed and managed business to include 15 drivers and three mechanics working in site owned workshop;•Proactive business development, attending all new contracts to understand operations and training staff to deliver according to agreed expectations; Conferences, Edwin Shirley Transport and Southern Van Lines;• Maintaining… Show more • Created partnering culture and developed strong working relationships with customers, leading to lasting, trusting and mutually beneficial working;• Directed and managed business to include 15 drivers and three mechanics working in site owned workshop;•Proactive business development, attending all new contracts to understand operations and training staff to deliver according to agreed expectations; Conferences, Edwin Shirley Transport and Southern Van Lines;• Maintaining regular contact with customers to become first point of contact for any transport requirements, going above and beyond expectations to meet needs and secure future business • Ensuring that periodic maintenance is scheduled for al trucks on a 6 weekly pre-planned rota to ensure compliance with VOSA standards;• Defining roles and responsibilities for staff and developing competencies – give them the tools to do their job through coaching, mentoring, and informal sharing of best practice;• Responded to an advert for weekend subcontractors, for support with loading and delivery of theatre equipment for Southern Van Lines, who we had been working with for a number years. As a result, they proposed work supporting Oasis on their 2009 tour, to go on a UK Tour with Oasis in 2009 – they were doing job for Edwin Shirley Transport, and due to the successful delivery was approached later by Edward Shirley’s to go and do European tour for Madonna on her Sickly Sweet tour which involved travel across Europe and Russia;• Secured prestigious contract for subcontracting work for Madonna, Lady GaGa, and The Rolling Stones, additional responsibility and standard for respecting confidentiality; • Responsibility for the management, recruitment, retention, reward, motivation, marketing, training, budget, appraisal, meeting management and policy/procedure development across the business. Show less

• Deployed onto Shell Gas Contract, carrying LPG in Tanks for Shell across the UK

• Driving good, servicing several high profile contracts, including Shell, Castrol and Associated Octel• Carrying chemicals and lube oils, EDA dangerous chemicals for Octel

• Delivery of dairy produce across the UK to tight deadlines and timescales