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Commercial Delivery Manager
- Salary: £50000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + Bonus
- Type: Full Time
- Region: UK - East Midlands
- Town/City: Derby, Derbyshire
- Posted: 25/07/2024
- Listed in: Commercial Manager
- Reference: 41849_1721904716
Job Description
Gleeson Logistics are partnering with a business that is looking for a Delivery Manager (Rail / Transport). This Opportunity is best suited towards a professional looking to grow in a fast pace transport business.
Job Title: Delivery Manager
Work Type: Hybrid
Package: £55,000 +
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage specific assigned requirements, ensuring business areas are well-informed, prepared, and able to fulfil commitments to customers.
- Maintain ongoing oversight and support for projects post-handover to ensure continuity between original requirements and final outcomes.
- Represent the Internal Team in meetings such as project reviews and deliver ability assessments.
- Provide additional engineering and project resources to the Investment Team as needed, including support for new build/acquisition bidding and pricing related to the release of existing fleets.
- Take charge of specific lease, customer, or strategic requirements, managing the handover from the Internal Team to other business functions.
- Ensure effective use of Investment Team resources and retain oversight throughout the delivery phase.
- Regularly review fleets, leases, and fleet strategies to identify revenue maximisation opportunities through additional rental-funded upgrades.
- Collaborate with the Sustainability Team and supply chain partners to deliver feasibility studies and business cases for future opportunities.
- Provide engineering and project support to the Senior Commercial Delivery Manager, particularly focusing on Freight Team activities.
- Support the Team with technical aspects of new build bidding and proposals.
- Provide additional resource and support to Commercial Engineering to ensure timely completion of the pricing process for re-leasing opportunities.
- Assist in maintaining strategic relationships with key stakeholders.
- Keep updated on supply chain capabilities, capacity, and pricing to support feasibility and bidding.
- Support delivery teams in customer engagement and external leadership.
Ideal Candidate:
- Chartered Engineer or working towards Chartered status
- 4 Years + Rail / Transport Sector.
- Professional qualifications in a relevant discipline, such as mechanical or electrical engineering.
- Understanding of vehicle maintenance and overhaul requirements.
- Awareness of safety cases, certification issues, railway risks, group standards, and industry legislation.
- Ability to review and comment on engineering instructions and drawings.
- Project management skills.
- Understanding of financial principles.
- Knowledge of leasing principles is beneficial.
- Experience in the rail industry, rail franchising, and rolling stock is advantageous but not essential.
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