Overview of role
Location: Gateshead
🕒 Day Shift | 42.5 hours per week
💰 Salary: £39,490 per annum
🚛 Help Keep Our Transport Operation Moving – Every Day
Looking for a role where you can make a real operational impact? Join Allied Bakeries as a Logistics Co-ordinator at our Gateshead site and play a key role in keeping our outbound transport and despatch operation running safely, smoothly and on time.
Working closely with our Transport and Supply Chain teams, you’ll coordinate a busy fleet of around 35 Class C and Class CE drivers, supporting delivery performance while promoting safety, teamwork and continuous improvement. With a 4-star Glassdoor rating, we’re committed to creating a workplace where people feel supported, valued and able to develop.
The role
As a Logistics Co-ordinator, you’ll be at the centre of daily transport and despatch activity, helping to ensure drivers, systems and workflows are aligned to deliver for our customers.
Working a stable day-shift pattern, you’ll provide hands-on coordination and problem-solving support across the operation, while maintaining high standards of safety, compliance and service.
What You’ll Do
🔹 Coordinate daily transport and despatch activity to support safe, legal and on-time deliveries
🔹 Support and coordinate Class C and Class CE drivers, including agency drivers
🔹 Promote a zero-harm safety culture, supporting compliance with health, safety and transport requirements
🔹 Manage workflow on the despatch floor, including order fill, stock movement and delivery schedules
🔹 Ensure accurate and timely administration using SAP, WMS, PDI and Work Planner
🔹 Support driver rotas and day-to-day people coordination
🔹 Work collaboratively with Transport, Manufacturing and Supply Chain teams
🔹 Provide operational cover for First Line Managers and other Co-ordinators when required
🔹 Contribute to continuous improvement in efficiency, service and ways of working
What You’ll Bring
✔ Experience in logistics, transport or despatch operations, ideally within a fast-paced environment
✔ Confidence coordinating drivers and operational activity while maintaining safety and service standards
✔ Good organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage changing demands
✔ IT capability, including Excel and Word, with experience (or the ability to quickly learn) systems such as SAP, WMS or similar
✔ Clear and effective communication skills, with a calm, practical and solutions-focused approach
✔ Experience in a supervisory or coordination role, and/or exposure to FMCG, manufacturing or distribution environments, would be beneficial
What’s in It for You?
🎯 Competitive salary of £39,490
🌴 6.6 weeks annual leave -27 days for this role working a 4 day week
💰 Up to 10% employer pension contribution (with life assurance)
🩺 Simplyhealth cash plan – support with everyday healthcare costs
🛍 ‘Extra Slice’ benefits – discounts at 500+ retailers
🚲 Cycle to Work & Electric Car Scheme
👨👩👧👦 Family-friendly and flexible working options
📞 Employee Assistance Programme – free, confidential support
❤️ Charitable giving – supporting Save the Children
Ready to Join Us?
If you’re looking for a hands-on logistics role where you can make a difference every day, we’d love to hear from you.