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Remote
£58,602-£61,687
Full-time
Contract (12-18 month)

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Job description

FareShare

Job Description ​​and Person Specification

Job Title: Head of Transport and Logistics

Reporting to: Director of Operations

Location: Flexible, UK wide (home based with some travel)

Contract Type: 12 Month Fixed Term with potential to extend/ become permanent

Hours per week: 35 Hours

Salary:  £58,602-£61,687 per annum

Our Vision: A UK where “No good food goes to waste”. 

We are UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to approximately 8,500 frontline charities and community groups.  Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.

There has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.  For more information visit our website.

FareShare is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities and as a Disability Confident Employer, we provide reasonable adjustments.

We aim to recruit from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our commitment to redistributing surplus food, come and join us!

The role

This pivotal new role will play a central part in shaping and delivering an innovative logistics strategy to support FareShare’s rapid growth and ensure the efficient and safe transportation of food across the FareShare Network.

As FareShare continues to scale, this role is key to optimising our transport operations—streamlining processes, leveraging data-driven insights, and implementing innovative solutions to deliver food in a timely and cost-effective manner while upholding our commitment to fairness and accessibility.

The successful candidate will lead our relationships with leading transport and logistics providers, working closely with the haulage industry to align national and local transport solutions. This role demands an analytical mindset, a proven track record of driving efficiency, and the ability to identify new opportunities for collaboration and growth.

We are seeking an experienced professional from the logistics and transport sector, ideally with expertise in food distribution. If you thrive on innovation, excel in developing partnerships to achieve shared goals, and are motivated by the opportunity to drive systemic improvements, this role offers the perfect platform to make a meaningful impact.

Main areas of responsibility

  • Develop and implement innovative solutions to optimise logistics operations, identifying efficiencies, cost savings, and opportunities to enhance service provision.
  • Create and utilise logistics load forecasting models to improve planning and operational readiness.
  •  Work across teams—including Supply Chain, Food, Network, and Operations—to design tailored transport solutions that align with specific circumstances and operational goals.
  •  P&L management/ownership, financial planning and cost optimisation
  •  Change management (implementation of new solutions)
  •  Proposing and leading ‘best in class’ logistics transport initiatives for the organisation
  •  Ensure compliance with financial protocols while driving cost efficiencies in collaboration with partners and suppliers.
  •  Provide guidance and support to the Network to maintain the safe and compliant operation of HGVs, adhering to all health, safety, and legal standards.
  • Collaborate with consultants, external partners, and the Health & Safety team to safeguard people, reputation, and operational integrity.
  •  Act as the strategic relationship lead for haulier partnerships, fostering strong collaborations to improve service levels and identify opportunities for cost reduction.
  •  Identify and develop new partnerships with hauliers, engaging through direct meetings and building relationships to support FareShare’s growth.
  •  Collaborate with logistics companies to identify and utilise surplus capacity within their operations, aligning with FareShare’s mission to maximise resources.
  •  Manage current and emerging transport initiatives, including FareShare-managed lorries and other strategic programmes, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and operational excellence.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

  • 5+ years experience working within supply chain and logistics
  • Extensive leadership experience in a senior logistics role
  • Strategic planning and execution experience, in a logistics setting
  • Strong understanding of budgeting, financial planning and cost optimisation
  • Familiarity with relevant laws, including health and safety, environmental and transport regulations
  • Multi-site transport management experience
  • Proven ability to track and achieve performance metrics such as delivery times, costs and customer satisfaction
  • Experience managing transport budgets of £5m+
  • Experience managing 3PL contracts
  • Experience managing in-house and contracted primary logistics
  • Track record of implementing process improvements and innovative solutions
  • Excellent organisational skills and comfort working in a fast-paced environment

Desirable Criteria

  • CPC qualified
  • Lean Six Sigma qualified
  • CSCP or CPL qualified

Competencies and behaviours

  • An understanding of and commitment to FareShare’s mission.
  • A commitment to Equal Opportunities.
  • Flexibility and collaborative style of working across FareShare and with all our stakeholders.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • IT literate with good standard of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
  • An understanding of, and passion for, the mission and values of FareShare
  • Able to present FareShare professionally and act as an ambassador
  • Able to demonstrate respect for work colleagues and FareShare beneficiaries 
  • A positive and “can-do” attitude

Benefits

  • Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
  • 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
  • Employers pension contribution
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
  • Season ticket loan
Application resources
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FareShare View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 51 - 100

Fighting Hunger, Tackling Food Waste

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Posted on: 23 December 2024
Closing date: 10 January 2025 at 13:43
Tags: Operations, Logistics