UK Transportation Manager

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Summary:
Join our professional team as a Transportation Manager to contribute to optimizing transportation networks. You will be responsible for managing inbound, outbound, intercompany, and direct shipments while balancing service excellence with cost efficiency. Working with the transportation management team and Global Transportation Group, you will develop and execute transportation strategies that enhance operational effectiveness.
 

How will you make an impact?

In this role, you will design and optimize road/air networks, negotiate with carriers, and implement process improvements across all transportation modes. You will collaborate with internal partners to create efficient inbound strategies and develop optimal solutions for imports. Your expertise in managing dangerous goods and multi-modal transportation networks will contribute directly to our mission of making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Position Summary & Key Responsibilities:

We’re looking for somebody who wants to make a difference within a global organisation that enables individuals to reach their best through continuous challenges and expansive opportunities.

• Demonstrates and promotes the company vision.
• Provides coaching, clear direction and training, including system training and SOP training on regular basis. 
• Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with the various group and divisional business leaders across CTD
• Interacts with Quality Assurance/Regulatory personnel to drive Problem Reports to closure, up to and including facilitation of investigation and root cause analysis in conjunction with Program Managers and Project Managers 
• Leads comprehensive analysis that draws on their expertise and that of the wider team to develop solutions to business issues to proactively find opportunities for the business to lower procurement costs or improve carrier service levels. 
• Using comprehensive analysis that draws on their expertise and that of the wider team to develop solutions to business issues to proactively find opportunities for the business to lower procurement costs or improve carrier service levels.
• Establish Goals for direct reports in accordance with company initiatives and vision
• Applies GDP Principles in all areas of responsibility.
• Leads and ensures regular 1:1s, PMDs are always conducted (and documented) for Direct Reports and is accountable for following the Absence and Performance management processes at all times. 
• Support onboarding, induction, training, competency management, and upskilling of team members.
• Supports internal, client, and regulatory audits and ensure timely completion of corrective actions
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders including Quality, Engineering, Planning, HR, IT, Facilities, suppliers, and contractors.
• Works closely together with the Project Managers and Logistics Teams from Fisher Clinical Services and establishes regular performance meetings for the business.
• Responsible for ensuring Dangerous Goods consignments are inspected and handled as per IATA regulations.
• Responsible for monitoring the performance of Third-Party Suppliers and implementation of related KPIs and performance measures.
• Responsible and accountable for the UK operation and P&L for Transportation function.
• Responsible for rightsizing the operation and related cost saving initiatives.
   

Experience, Knowledge & Skills:

• Advanced Degree and/or relevant experience at Manager level, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in transportation/logistics management (preferred Fields of Study: Supply Chain Management, or Business Logistics) .
• Outstanding verbal and written communication, with strong editing and proofreading abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive/confidential information always using a high-level of discretion and integrity.
• Comprehensive knowledge of multiple transportation modes including LTL, TL, intermodal, air/ocean freight, and parcel operations.
• Demonstrated experience in P&L management and achieving year-over-year cost reductions.
• Proven ability to lead a team.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to rapidly evaluate and distil key information.
• Demonstrate ability to think strategically while identifying tactical requirements vital to achieve Thermo Fisher Scientific objectives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to develop logistics models.
• Expertise in transportation regulations, DOT compliance, and safety protocols.
• Experience with temperature-controlled and hazardous materials transportation.
• Commitment to maintaining EH&S standards.
• Fluency in English; additional language skills beneficial.
• Project management capabilities and ability to guide continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proficiency in ERP systems, TMS, WMS, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience in vendor management and carrier relationship development.

How will you get here?

• Demonstrate behaviours in line with the Thermo Fisher Core Competencies, Leadership Competencies and 4i Values.
• Takes ownership, accepts responsibility for your actions and always make sound decisions with solid communication skills. 
• Curious and in a learning stance. You will research, compile, summarize, and analyse information to formulate correspondence and respond to various inquiries from internal and external customers.
• Demonstrate an adaptive and flexible work style shown to be effective working across varied types of clients, senior level leaders and front-line team members.
• Able to successfully build relationships and connect with key clients, stakeholders, peers in UK and Global Sites to create a robust network.
• Ensure compliance with cGMP, Quality Systems and training requirements are met in line with
  business need.
• Appreciation and respect for diversity, cultures, and professional workplace standards.