Colin Thomson is a 41-year-old transport manager with over 20 years of experience in inventory management, loading bay duties, order picking, and pallet truck operation in logistics and distribution roles. He has worked as a transport manager for Clarke Transport since 2015 and held compliance and transport manager roles at DHL Supply Chain from 2012 to 2015. Mr. Thomson is seeking full-time, contract, or permanent work in Edinburgh, Falkirk, Glasgow, Stirling, Lanarkshire South, Lanarkshire North or Inverclyde with a minimum target salary of £10.00 per hour.

1. colin thomson
33 newbattle avenue
calderbank Airdrie
ml6 9ts
Day: 01236604545
Evening: 01236604545
Mobile: 07793067843
Email: ct009b1070@blueyonder.co.uk
Age: 41 years old this year
Willing to work:
Edinburgh, Falkirk (Area), Glasgow, Stirling
(Area), Lanarkshire South, Lanarkshire North and
Inverclyde (authorised to work in UK)
Full time, contract or permanent
Min target salary:
£10.00 per hour
Notice period: Immediate availability
Employment history
2015 -
present
Transport manager
clarke transport
Organising general freight or hazardous goods for night trunking, stock checking, forklift
work, managing drivers, planning driver’s routes for deliveries and collections, handling
hazardous goods (ADR)
2012 - 2015 Compliance manager
DHL supply chain
Compliance-Dealing with all aspects of vehicle compliance with heavy goods vehicles,
monitoring drivers WTD, experienced using tachomaster and microlise in this role,
vehicle maintenance schedules for 50+ vehicles. Meeting Vehicle repair/hire agents
weekly, repair invoicing, vehicle defects
2012 - 2015 transport manager
DHL supply chain
Day to day scheduling of deliveries and collections , dealing with stores demands ,
keeping to a tight delivery schedule , managing up to sixty drivers and thirty warehouse
staff, organising HGV trunks, Driver De-briefs
2008 - 2012 Shift supervisor
TDG Argos Distribution
Order picking to voice recognition. Dispatch and route planning Working as part of a team
,under pressure to meet customer’s orders within a warehouse environment. Processing
and storing deliveries in an accurate and timely manner.
2005 - 2008 Driver,OfficeRouteplanner
G+M Transport
Delivering catalogue goods across Scotland as well as local areas. Manual lifting of
parcels/items/white goods, route planning
1995 - 2005 warehouse/admin
CO-OP distribution
Stock checking, order picking, Reach forklift driving, van loading; processing and storing
colin thomson Curriculum Vitae: page 1

2. deliveries in an accurate and timely manner, working alone or within a team
Specific skills
Expert: Inventory Management (21 years +) Loading Bay Duties (21 years +) Order Picking
(21 years +) Pallet Truck Operation (21 years +) Sorting (Logistics/Distribution) (21
years +) Stock Management (Logistics/Distribution) (21 years +) Dispatch Duties
(16-20 years) Driving - Forklift (16-20 years) Microsoft Access (10-15 years)
Microsoft Excel (10-15 years) Microsoft Powerpoint (10-15 years) Transport
Management (10-15 years)
Intermediate: Freight Handling (21 years +) Distribution Management (10-15 years) Invoicing
(10-15 years) Logistics Management (10-15 years) Supply Chain Management
(10-15 years) Traffic Management (Logistics/Distribution) (10-15 years) Warehouse
Management (10-15 years) Contract Management (Logistics/Distribution) (5 years)
Dangerous Goods - Road (5 years) Hazardous Load (5 years) Load Planning (5
years) Routing (5 years) Supply Chain Planning (5 years) Vehicle Repair (5 years)
Demand Analysis (4 years)
Qualifications
hnd computing
cumbernauld college (2008-2010)
Full UK driving licence held.
Work permits
References
Available on request
colin thomson Curriculum Vitae: page 2