Fuels Contract Manager
Posted 1 day ago by Loom Talent
£95,000 Per year
Undetermined
Remote
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Fuels Contract Manager role involves overseeing a national portfolio of contracts within a logistics distribution and supply chain environment. This leadership position requires managing a dispersed field operations team while ensuring safe and efficient operations. The role emphasizes strong commercial acumen, client relationship management, and operational improvements across a complex logistics network. Autonomy in decision-making and performance driving is a key aspect of this position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead delivery across multiple UK contracts within a fuels, logistics, and distribution operation
- Full P&L ownership - budgeting, cost control, and margin optimisation across the supply chain
- Manage and develop a dispersed Field Operations team across a multi-site network
- Build and maintain strong client relationships, ensuring service excellence and contract retention
- Drive SHEQ strategy across transport, logistics, and distribution activities
- Take ownership of industrial relations, including union engagement and negotiations
- Identify and deliver operational improvements across transport efficiency, resource utilisation, and supply chain performance
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Fuels Contract Manager or similar senior role within logistics, distribution, or supply chain
- Strong commercial ownership with £m-level P&L responsibility in a transport or supply chain setting
- Experience leading multi-site, national operations within logistics or distribution environments
- Background in managing complex customer relationships across supply chain or fuels operations
- Confident handling industrial relations at regional or national level
- A decisive, self-sufficient operator who can lead from the front and deliver results
Salary (Rate): £95,000.00 yearly
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Role : Fuels Contract Manager (Field Operations)
Location : England, United Kingdom (home-based - UK Travel)
Package : £85,000 - £95,000 + Car Allowance + 15% Bonus + Strong Pension
About the Role
As a Fuels Contract Manager, you'll take full ownership of a national portfolio of contracts across a logistics distribution and supply chain environment. This is a hands-on leadership role where you're accountable for safe, efficient, and commercially strong operations, while building a high-performing field team. You'll be operating in a complex, multi-site logistics and distribution network, where success depends on balancing customer expectations, operational delivery, and cost control. There's real autonomy here - you'll be trusted to make decisions and drive performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead delivery across multiple UK contracts within a fuels, logistics, and distribution operation
- Full P&L ownership - budgeting, cost control, and margin optimisation across the supply chain
- Manage and develop a dispersed Field Operations team across a multi-site network
- Build and maintain strong client relationships, ensuring service excellence and contract retention
- Drive SHEQ strategy across transport, logistics, and distribution activities
- Take ownership of industrial relations, including union engagement and negotiations
- Identify and deliver operational improvements across transport efficiency, resource utilisation, and supply chain performance
Key Experience
- Proven experience as a Fuels Contract Manager or similar senior role within logistics, distribution, or supply chain
- Strong commercial ownership with £m-level P&L responsibility in a transport or supply chain setting
- Experience leading multi-site, national operations within logistics or distribution environments
- Background in managing complex customer relationships across supply chain or fuels operations
- Confident handling industrial relations at regional or national level
- A decisive, self-sufficient operator who can lead from the front and deliver results