Michael Lathrope
Transport Manager – ADI Group
Preston
01772 469401

WORK EXPERIENCE

Transport Manager
ADI Group
2008-11 – Present
Job Description: CPC Holder for the Company. To plan and coordinate 26 media events trucks containing giant LED screens. Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and drivers hours. Planning and managing the PMI and servicing of the vehicles and trailers in line with licence conditions. Managing the drivers, screen techs, workshop and freelance staff, I also coordinate third party hauliers with stage, lighting and outside broadcast deliveries to sites.
Responsible for designing and writing the company’s In-house transport planning and sales software.

Transport Manager
Tom Martin and Company
2008-04 – 2008-06
Job Description: CPC Holder for depot. To plan and coordinate 16 vehicles and drivers. To ensure compliance with relevant legislation and drivers hours, ensuring servicing of the vehicles and trailers in line with licence conditions.

Transport Planner
Biffa Waste Services Ltd
2006-07 – 2008-04
Job Description: To plan and ensure smooth running of our bulk, skip and F.E.L collections from commercial premises in the North West. To liaise with customers on effective waste management and to advise on the current regulations for disposal of waste within the U.K. Also responsible for the hazardous disposal of waste to landfill site accompanied with the correct paperwork. I am responsible for the hours and tacho’s for all drivers ensuring compliance with the W.T.D. Also to ensure the vehicle’s are in line with servicing and MOT schedules and have an accurate defecting system in place. My role also includes calculating the driver’s wages and holiday entitlement. Also responsible for the fleets XDA (in cab) computers – maintenance and repair.
Reason for Leaving: Company relocation and promotion

Traffic Planner (South)
Montgomery Transport Limited
2002-02 – 2006-07
Job Description: To plan full loads for delivery in the south of England from ports in the North West and to organise collections and book ferry places for the loads for delivery into Ireland, to liaise with customers to ensure a trouble free service. Also a major role in the IT structure of the office and built around 12 computers for the office, subsequently installing and networking the system
Reason for leaving: Major changes were introduced which affected working hours also very uncertain of the
future for the Preston depot.

EDUCATION

Certificate
Preston College – Preston

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Key Job Skills.
A team player equally happy working on my own. I believe I have a flexible approach to working environments and am calm and controlled under pressure. A transport manager with management experience, also 10 years of traffic planning, I am confident dealing with people both face to face and on the telephone. I have a good understanding of the Microsoft Office/Windows operating systems as well as web and database design using PHP, JQ, JS AJAX and HTML, In past roles working as a Class C+E driver, my knowledge of roads and motorways in the UK is sound.

Qualifications.
Worden High School, Westfield Drive, Leyland, Lancs.
Attended 79 – 84.
O Level 2 English Lit / Lan.
O Level 2 Maths.
O Level 2 Woodwork.
CSE 1 French.
CSE 2 Tech Drawing.
CSE 2 Physics.
CSE 2 Art.