Michael Brindley Email & Phone Number

Immingham, England, United Kingdom

Immingham, North East Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

• CPC Holder for Immingham operation.• Responsible for team of drivers,warehouse and office based support staff.• Procuring sub contractors on ongoing and spot basis.• Sourcing additional revenues through domestic work to enable cost effective and efficient planning and routing.• Conducting staff apprisals and drivers / warehouse monthly meetings.• Recruiting drivers,warehouse and support staff. Creating and placing jobs specs to suit.• Taking disciplinary… Show more • CPC Holder for Immingham operation.• Responsible for team of drivers,warehouse and office based support staff.• Procuring sub contractors on ongoing and spot basis.• Sourcing additional revenues through domestic work to enable cost effective and efficient planning and routing.• Conducting staff apprisals and drivers / warehouse monthly meetings.• Recruiting drivers,warehouse and support staff. Creating and placing jobs specs to suit.• Taking disciplinary investigations and following up the formal process.• Direct report to UK Managing Director. Show less

Immingham

• Planning 250 exports daily alongside 300 imports.• Ensuring that each foreign registered trailer remains on the correct route for that country.• Making sure that everything is running to time and make necessary amendments to reduce delays.• Attend a Weekly Export Meeting – this is an open discussion chaired by Senior Management.• Attend a daily meeting of Supervisors and Senior Management to discuss ongoing operational issues and the plan for the following… Show more • Planning 250 exports daily alongside 300 imports.• Ensuring that each foreign registered trailer remains on the correct route for that country.• Making sure that everything is running to time and make necessary amendments to reduce delays.• Attend a Weekly Export Meeting – this is an open discussion chaired by Senior Management.• Attend a daily meeting of Supervisors and Senior Management to discuss ongoing operational issues and the plan for the following day.• Responsible for a team of 12 on the day to day operation.• Involved with the coaching/mentoring of new members of staff.• Team member of the planning of the Customer Focus Initiative (CFI) – a project to teach staff to react to situations in a positive manner and be open-minded.• Ensuring that all health and safety rules and regulations and KPIs are strictly adhered to at all times.• Currently heading up newly formed UK Domestic department,a role which involves prcocurring additional outside hauliers and sourcing additional revenue streams. Show less

Grimsby

• Responsible for 25 drivers and 5 office staff.• Chaired the Weekly Management Meeting on a rota basis.• Visited customers to discuss service levels, rates & fuel surcharges.• Ensured that the fleet was commercially viable.• Planned the load fill better and ran the drivers more effectively.• Liaised with the sister company – Quayside Distribution - to reduce agency costs resulting in 4 on/4 off driving shifts.• Attended regular Customer Review Meetings.

Anfield Plain

• Running 30 trucks and responsible for 4 office staff.• Set up Blue Chip job running 24 hour day/night trucks for BOC Gas in Birtley and Doncaster.• Sourced new clients for work totalling £20k per week.

Immingham/Middlesborough

• Multi-site operation with 5 sites in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.• Ran main Ikea contract with 50 containers a day into Doncaster.• Ran 40 container tramping vehicles + 25 tramping vehicles on a contract for Norfolk Line.• Involved with Asda in drop & swap work.• Moved to Middlesbrough to train other Planners

Doncaster, United Kingdom

• Multi-site operation running 150 trucks over 5 sites – one in the North East, 3 in South Yorkshire and one in the Midlands.• Attended regular customer meetings.• Attended a Weekly Review Meeting with Hepworth Plumbing Supplies who had a £25 million/year contract.• Also, Monthly Review Meeting with Wabtec Rail

Grimsby/Kings Lynn

• Made full loads on trailers by combining pallets and ensured it could be delivered in an economical and cost effective way.• Put pallets in delivery order & left plan for the following day.• Responsible for running fleet of 30 trucks.• Within one month turned Company round by using economical measures.• Attended regular Management meetings for forecasting and putting in place objectives for peak periods.• Whole operation was put into a central transport operation in Kings… Show more • Made full loads on trailers by combining pallets and ensured it could be delivered in an economical and cost effective way.• Put pallets in delivery order & left plan for the following day.• Responsible for running fleet of 30 trucks.• Within one month turned Company round by using economical measures.• Attended regular Management meetings for forecasting and putting in place objectives for peak periods.• Whole operation was put into a central transport operation in Kings Lynn• Looked after 7 sites covering the whole UK network.• Dealt with Blue Chip companies including Heinz, Youngs, Sainsburys, Tescos, McDonalds and Kerry Foods.• Helped to reduce company losses. Show less

Certificate Of Profesional Competence, Transport Management

8 Gcse'S Grade A-C