Martin Lakin
Transport Manager – Concord Logistics
Warrington
07885739173

22 years’ managerial experience enables me to offer a portfolio of skills to become a successful and effective manager. Gained from leisure, logistics, security, domestic and commercial construction and transport I have a broad balance of skills and the practical experience required to successfully fulfil most roles.
In all positions of management, I have had the responsibility to remain ahead of budget and forecast projections, and exceed client expectations in service delivery. Travel to different locations was a key requirement of these positions and I hold a wide range of knowledge of staff welfare and discipline.
I hold a wide range of Health and Safety accreditations and successfully secured a position on Reliance Security’s and Steinhoff’s Management Development Programmes in 2007/2016. I am a CPC holder looking after a fleet of commercial vehicles. I have just successfully completed the relocation of a regional Distribution Centre, trialling new and innovative approaches to “Out Base” delivery models.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Transport Manager
Concord Logistics – Yorkshire, UK
2014-11 – Present
Responsible for all aspects of fleet control and compliance; recruitment and retention; and the delivery of goods throughout the North East/West, Yorkshire, Wales and Cumbria. Circa 30 permanent staff plus numerous temporary under my responsibility with full financial accountability. Named on the Operator’s Licence. I am currently awaiting training to become the Regional alcohol and drugs testing officer

LGV C1/E Driver
Driver Hire Ltd
2014-04 – 2014-11
Temporary assignments throughout the north west

Operations Manager
Securitas Security Services Ltd
2010-01 – 2014-06
Responsible for daily operations’ controlling and achieving budgets; staff recruitment and discipline; customer retention; contract management. Customer interaction was integral at all levels from Receptionist to MD, ensuring satisfaction and retention year on year

Security and Logistics Contracts Executive
Munnelly Support Services Ltd – Liverpool
2008-06 – 2008-06
One Shopping). It was my responsibility to produce risk assessments and assignment instructions for every site, in addition to this I developed a new and comprehensive catalogue of risk assessments for all types of jobs undertaken on site to ensure a safe working practice was adopted.

PatrolNet Manager
Reliance Security Services Ltd – Preston
2005-11 – 2008-06
and South Lakes. Running of the mobile and alarm response services. Responsible for the daily operations, controlling and achieving budgets; staff recruitment and discipline; customer retention; contract management. Formed part of a region wide audit team inspecting branches, to ensure and maintain compliance with our ISO certification, and also the SIA (Security Industry Authority).

Projects Officer
ATM Upgrades for Tesco’s – Warrington
2005-03 – 2005-10
Temporary contract – Responsible for the upgrade of Tesco’s ATM machines, granting access to engineers to secure locations across the North of England.

Maintenance Supervisor
Manchester University White Building Services Ltd, Frederick Stanley House – Newton-le-Willows
2004-08 – 2005-03
Southworth Road, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside WA12 0BT – Maintenance Supervisor – Manchester University – August 04 -March 05 – Responsible for managing all daily maintenance on approx. 67 buildings on campus. Working with different tradesmen, including plumbers; joiners and bricklayers; ensured work was planned and issued to the operatives within the set time schedules. At all times responsibility was taken for maintaining high levels of quality assurance and provided solutions to any problems or issues that arose in a standard day. Regular toolbox talks were given to the operatives on site to maintain high standards of staff training and general administration duties were carried out on a daily basis.

Regional Operations Manager
North West Region Mark Insulations Ltd – Leicester
1996-11 – 2004-07
Responsible for all operations within the North West, working regularly on a range of construction sites to oversee installations and ensure they met the required standards set nationally by the regulatory authority of the British Standards Industry. Production targets were exceeded from £0.8 to £2.2 million per annum. This position required involvement in overseeing the smooth transition/ takeover of a local company, establishing a clear strategy for recruiting a workforce to support the rapidly growing contract base, and making staffing and production decisions to ensure that turnover continued to increase and develop. Working hours needed to be flexible due to attending client meetings and attending the monthly board meetings at the Head Office in Leicester. Training courses were arranged and delivered on a regular basis.

Duty Manager
Wigston Swimming Pool, Station Road – Wigston Magna
1990-02 – 1996-11
Responsible for the operations of the leisure facilities during a shift. Duties included cash handling; staffing; managing pool and pant machinery; Employee and Public Safety.

SKILLS

audits, budgets, Maintenance, staffing, training

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Key Skills

* Strong leadership skills, and the ability to motivate a successful team
* Managing Teams in excess of 60 staff.
* Using KPI’s and controlling budgets and costs.
* Liaising with internal and external customers and suppliers
* Delivering training to new and existing staff
* Managing H&S audits to A grade status
* Monitoring and organising maintenance of building and equipment
* Experienced user of software, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Alpha, Road Runner, Paragon
* Management of £32 million of delivered sales
* Achieved KPI of 98% OTIF from an average of 910 deliveries per week.
* Planning staffing levels, absence control, holiday planning, agency usage.
* Planned up to 26 routes/ day using Paragon covering Wales, the North and Midlands
* Organised and maintained up to 24 vehicles with dealerships.
* Tachograph analysis, retraining / corrective action.
* Organisation of staff rotas to meet WTD and Tachograph legislation.