Paul Webster
FORS Auditor – Fleet Source Ltd
Basildon, Essex, UK
01268 414617

Career progressed through public & private employers, over 30 years experience in transport management, excellent verbal and written communication skills, hard working, honest, loves a challenge, learning new skills, have vision in attracting new income streams.

WORK EXPERIENCE

FORS Auditor
Fleet Source Ltd
2016-11 – Present
Undertake ad-hoc FORS transport audits and FORS training on a self-employed basis

Transport Operations Manager
Leathams Ltd
2015-07 – Present
O Licence Holder overseeing transport and logistic operation managing 40 staff/30 drivers, KPI, P&L, SLA, 25 chilled, ambient & frozen routes. 3rd party contractors delivering containers, 30 UK routes. Gained FORS and DCPC site and course periodic training accreditation.

Transport Manager
Viridor Waste Management
2014-11 – 2015-07
O Licence holder 2 sites, managing 50 staff/30 drivers, in-house and 3rd party workshops/ repairers, P&L, route productivity, budget holder, 30 vehicles, varying fleet including articulated, dustcarts, box vehicles. DGSA.

SE Regional Manager
TRADEBE Healthcare
2014-05 – 2014-07
Oversee three depots and processing sites transporting dangerous goods. 70 staff/30 drivers, 35 vehicles artics and rigid vehicles, workshop, managing sub-contractors ensuring legal compliance, P&L, budget holder.
DGSA O licence holder.

Interim Workshop and Depot Manager
London Borough of Newham – FORS, 18001, SE
2013-11 – 2014-05
Arranging municipal & commercial vehicle maintenance (250 vehicles O Licence (470 total) incl. LGV & PCV’s), service programmes, P&T & MOT wear & tear and defect repairs ensuring workshop engaged to full capacity. Direct reports & management of 20 Workshop Technicians, Chargehands, admin & store employees. KPI, SLA, P&L, budget holder, H&S, ISO 9001, 14001, 18001, FORS, IIP, DGSA.

Head of Passenger & Transport Services
GS Plus Ltd
2012-09 – 2013-10
Oversee day to transport operations. 160 employees, budget holder, O Licence holder, strategic planning, monitoring and reporting performance. Producing reports, options, recommendations to clients & senior management. Policy developments including IIP, ISO’s 9001, 14001, 18001, gained and delivered DCPC periodic accreditation and training, DGSA, examining business decisions assessing impact on passengers, school, home food (including bulk and frozen) and furniture delivery management. KPI & SLA management.

Head of Passenger Transport
London Borough of Newham – Newham, UK
2011-02 – 2012-09
Managed passenger transport operations ensuring performance and safety targets met, direct management of 15 staff, organizing rotas, training. Minimizing disruption and resolving issues. Meeting customers, resolving complaints, analyzing results of surveys. Instigating projects to improve performance, food, school/home deliveries. Marketing. Liaising and negotiating with stakeholders including FTA, VOSA, Police, highways authorities, residents, councilors/politicians, developers and transport providers.

Operations Manager Transport & Passenger Services
London Borough of Redbridge – FORS, 18001, SE
2006 – 2011-02
Plan and organise the schedules and operational work of the transport function (120 drivers, 15 office staff (trade union environment) to SLA. Control & monitor KPI’s to achieve operational, financial and service targets.
Promote safe working practices, attain and sustain high standards of professionalism. O Licence holder, ensure Department of Transport/VOSA regulations followed.
Route planning, invoicing, weekly/ monthly financial reporting and project management. Oversee DCPC training (received award), Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor, engineering environmental auditor P&L, H&S, ISO’s 9001, 14001 (auditor), 18001, FORS, IIP.

Transport Team Leader
British Bakeries
2004-07 – 2006-09
FLM Choats Road Dagenham Shift controlling, staff supervision, collate and analyse project, information
0870 728 8888 and create reports, accident investigation, developing and maintaining quality relations with customers in FMCG, multi temperature transport 2 person operational model & warehouse leadership operational role, dealing with 3rd party suppliers and hauliers, dealing with leading high street retailers and suppliers. Manager (routing, planning, etc) of rigid 150, 7.5 tonnes to articulated units vehicles and trailers.
200 drivers.

Fleet Transport Manager
London Borough of Hackney – Hackney, UK
1988 – 2004
Millfields Depot O Licence holder, 300+ vehicles, 400 drivers ensure transport compliance of operations

EDUCATION

‘O’ level in Grade C
Hackney Downs Secondary School
1976 – 1981

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (DGSA) Road all classes since Jan 2009 (extended now until Jan 2019) & training Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) Managers National & International Freight Haulage
1988-1990

IOSH Certificate Holder since Dec 2012 (refreshed Mar 2015)

ADR Tanker & Packages licence holder Classes 2, 3, 4.1-4.3, 5.1-5.2, 6.1-6.2, 8 & 9 until 18/09/18 (valid 3 years)

Fellow Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport

FORS Train the Trainer Safe Urban Driver Course
March 2017

ROSPA Fire Warden Training
Feb 2017

FORS Practitioner
June 2016 valid 5 years

Fleet Source Ltd internal audit course
Oct 2016 valid 5 years

QMS ISO 9001 2015 IRCA internal audit course
Nov 2016 valid 3 years

First Aider at Work
June 2016 valid 5 years

RHA Operator licence Management
Aug 2016 7 hours

Institute of Advance Motorist (IAM) Driver Assessor (Commercial Vehicles) since Feb 10

Institute of Advance Motorist (IAM) Certified Advanced Trainer (CAT commercial vehicles) since Apr 10

NEBS Management Aug 2002, ILM Level 2
May 2005

LGV Driving training assessor
Mar 2005

Digital tacho Fleet Manager Training Course
April 2007, (also digital tacho card holder)

LGV Class 1 licence holder since 1987 (& clean car licence holder)

DCPC LGV card holder (35 hours trained) valid until 2019, this cycle 28 hours