1. ROBERT WARD
Managers Apartment
St Albans Road
Babbacombe
Torquay
TA13ND
Mob 07740 429236
robbward@gmail.com
PROFILE
KEY SKILLS
A highly professional manager who fully grasps the concept of teamwork &
consequently promotes the essential need of team focused results whilst
maintaining a thorough understanding of accountability, delegation and
personal involvement.
 Hands on manager with excellent analytical skills
 A good understanding of academic, legal and theoretical transport &
logistics management.
 Good team player & strong communicator
 Excellent man manager with the ability to relate to people at all levels
 Training experience to include both in class and practical.
Experience:
05/09/11-Present
05/01/09-05/09/11
30/04/08 – 05/01/09
06/08/07- 30/04/08
30/01/06-06/08/07
DHL/Morrisons. Kings Road, Bridgwater TA64FG
VMU GENERAL MANAGER
Part of start up team for new £93million South West RDC. Responsible for 30
staff & fleet control of 82 Units and 184 trailers. Also responsible for on site
MHE comprising fleet of 297units ranging from counter balance fork lifts, reach
trucks to pedestrain units and hand pallet trucks.
Sodexo Ltd. Data Centre Salford M502UE
NATIONAL TRANSPORT MANAGER
£15m budgetary control. 1800 vehicle fleet compliance. Driver CPC training roll
out. Centralisation project leader. Format and implementation of National
Transport strategy. Total fleet compliance remit. Grey fleet risk analysis.
Various temporary positions which have included driving and workshop admin
whilst looking for my next challenge.
Avent UK, Bath Road Industrial Estate Chippenham SN14 0AB
REGIONAL FLEET MANAGER. Responsible for regional transport issues for
270+ vehicles including 45 on a restricted O licence. Duties include driver
training, Setting up of compliance systems, O licence audits, vehicle
inspections and reports, supplier audits, accident and off contract inspections.
Reporting into company directors Salary £35000. Reason for leaving –
redundancy.
DHL/Exel Logistics, Morrisons contract, Yate. BS37 5NG
FLEET MANAGER

2. Initial set up of operational Vehicle Maintenance Unit from staffing, shift
patterns, management structure and salaries. Prior to this duties included the
initial set up and monitoring of all aspects of fleet maintenance by both on site
and remote contractors ensuring all aspects of O licence & VOSA compliance is
achieved. Quality monitoring of contractors work is also carried out with regular
updates with the operational department ensuring maximum fleet utilisation at
all times. One example of this being achieved was the implementation of later
inspection times at a 3rd party contractor to ensure maximum fleet availability
when needed. Implementation of new fleet of Euro 4/5 and digital tachograph
units and setting up of training team
Leaving salary £31800
10/06/02-23/01/06
29/06/98-10/06/02
MORRISONS PLC, UNIT 1 CRIBBS CAUSEWAY
BRISTOL. BS10 7TL.
TRANSPORT TRAINING & COMPLIANCE MANAGER.
Brief outline of duties include control of all ‘O’ licence requirements, drivers
hours & tachograph regulations and RTD for Morrison’s PLC Bristol including
liaising with vehicle maintenance unit for control of fleet time/distance
requirements. Training of driver’s hours & tachograph regulations to transport
management and clerical staff, which included digital tachographs. I was also
involved in Health & Safety & risk assessment within the transport department
working within and dealing with issues that evolved from a heavily unionised
environment.
Transport Manager.
Duties included driver allocation to routes differentiating between 4 & 5-day
rostered drivers. Optimum use of drivers using Pulsar and Paragon planning
and route systems. De-briefing of drivers to discuss any route anomalies.
Workshop Supervisor
Duties included workshop loading, invoice/purchase order control, maintenance
supervision and organisation of a fleet of 299 vehicles & trailers, budgetary
control. I have also been recently involved in organising & delivering small
group training.
Salary £30,000 p.a.
Reason for leaving; Redundancy due to depot closure
FREIGHT TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION
HERMES HOUSE, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT. TN4 9UZ.
AREA ENGINEER
Duties include various types of vehicle inspections, Company ‘O’ licence audits,
end of lease inspections, accident investigation & new employee training.
Daily use of laptop computers to produce reports to include digital photos &
downloading of information. I also have recent experience of small group
instruction with the inclusion of visual aids, overheads etc and hands on
demonstration.
Salary c £22,500 p.a.

3. JUNE 1997-29/06/98 LANCASTER TRUCK & VAN (formerly John Hewitt Group)
SOWTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, EXETER
TECHNICIAN
Vehicle repair & maintenance
OCTOBER 1995-JUNE
1997
PARCELFORCE WORKSHOPS
UNIT 7, AVONSIDE ROAD, BRISTOL.
VEHICLE TECHNICIAN
Vehicle repair & maintenance
SEPTEMBER 1993-
OCTOBER 1995
S.A. TRUCKS LTD
CHRISTOW ROAD,MARSH BARTON IND.EST,EXETER.
WORKSHOP ADMINISTRATOR
Workshop supervision & loading, invoicing
1985-1993 DAIRY PRODUCTS TRANSPORT/WINCANTON MILK & FOODS.
LAUNCESTON/PORTSMOUTH/IVYBRIDGE.
WORKSHOP FOREMAN/DEPOT SUPERVISOR.
Workshop control & supervision, fleet maintenance, driver supervision, Nominated
MOT tester & Quality Control, BS5750 auditor
EDUCATION:
1974-1980 CHARLES KEENE COLLEGE OF F.E.
LEICESTER
Motor Vehicle Craft Studies,
Motor Vehicles Technician Course 390 Pts 1,2 & 3
Institute of the Motor Industry Final Examinations.
ADDITIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS
 International CPC in Haulage Operations & National in PSV operations
 Member of the Institute of the Motor Industry
 Member of the Society of Operations Engineers (IRTE)
 Member of the Chartered Inst of Logistics & Transport (MILT)
 IRTEC Licence Holder
 H.G V. C+E Licence
 Driver CPC Qualified
 Quality Assessors/Foundation Management Courses
 Health & Safety Auditing
 C.L.A.I.T. & Initial Text Processing
 E.C.D.L.
 Principles & Techniques of Successful Selling
 Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods Classes 2,3,5,6 & 8
INTERESTS/
HOBBIES
Most sports, but football in particular, and I have been a class 3 referee. I have a great
interest in Computers and I have completed my European Computer Driving Licence
qualification.