Transport Officer

The Transport Officer supports the European Transport team by coordinating transport projects and daily transport tasks. The role is mainly project-focused, but must be able to support the full transport scope when needed, except direct people or team management. This is a key coordination role between departments and external partners. The role requires a 360° view of transport needs, store activity, warehouse constraints, partner capacity, data, costs and material flows.

Responsibilities

Coordinate transport tasks linked to store openings, store closures, refits and other projects; Work with Stationary, Unitary, Project Management, Construction, Warehouses, Forwarders, 3PL and Retail teams to keep actions clear and moving; Support intercompany transport, store deliveries, spot transport, loading routes, delivery schedules and transit time updates; Follow up daily transport topics, operational issues, end-of-day actions and communication with internal and external contacts; Prepare simple trackers, reports and follow-up files for projects, routes, deliveries, costs, issues and actions; Support UK-BE customs reporting and other transport reports when required; Help create and roll out tools that make transport costs, data, material movements and priorities easier to manage; Analyse transport information to identify risks, issues and improvement opportunities; Travel to stores, warehouses or partner sites when needed to support openings, closures, refits or operational follow-up; Act as backup for other Transport Officers when required

Requirements

Fluent English, minimum B2 level; Good Microsoft Office skills, especially Outlook and Excel; Strong organisation, follow-up and communication skills; Able to manage several topics at the same time and keep stakeholders aligned; Comfortable working with data, reports, trackers and basic analysis; Able to work both in the office and in the field; Practical, reliable and able to escalate issues clearly

Nice to have

Experience in transport, logistics, retail, warehouse work or project coordination; Experience working with carriers, forwarders, 3PL partners or stores; Experience creating Excel trackers, dashboards or simple working tools

Benefits

Frasers Champion peer nomination scheme (double pay for a month for 8 winners); Retail Reconnect (head office employees spend one to two days in a store or the warehouse each financial year); Fearless 1200 reward scheme; Frasers Fit wellbeing programme with free gym classes, discounted gym memberships and a free wellbeing app; Retail Trust charity support including 24-hour wellbeing helpline, wellness hub, counselling and financial/legal support