{"id":1074946,"url":"https://alion.io/job/culina-transport-solutions-development-manager","title":"Transport Solutions Development Manager","company":{"id":720304,"name":"Culina","domain":"culina.co.uk","url":"https://alion.io/company/culina-4","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"SmartRecruiters","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":16,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":32,"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Desborough, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":32000,"max_usd":72000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":106},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-30T18:19:58Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-07-30","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T16:34:04Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":55,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":55},"description":"Great Bear (Part of the Culina Group) provides distribution services to FMCG clients. Customer centric service focus is delivered through a site-level empowered culture.\nAt Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!\n Working within the Business Development function, you will principally be responsible for leading the solution design of the tender responses, designing and delivering commercially competitive solutions for transport opportunities.\nThis role can be based at any of our Great Bear depots within the Midlands or North area however some travel will be a requirement as part of the role.\nWorking hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hour week.\nKey Duties of a Solutions Development Manager:\nCommunicate directly with customers during all stages of the tender process.\nAnalyse customer requirements including tender documents and data. Assess business development opportunities in the context of Great Bear’s existing operations and provide executive summaries. Make recommendations regarding the suitability of potential new business.\nPlan and coordinate project and tender responses. Make recommendations regarding bid scope. Liaise with Regional Operations Directors, operations teams and specialist functions within the business throughout all phases of the tender process.\nDesign warehouse and transport solutions taking into account industry best practice, including: Warehouse processes; layouts; equipment; vehicle routing and shift planning, IT systems; management and admin structures.\nDevelop and execute appropriate models to determine resources (people, equipment, property, IT, transport etc.) to feed into financial models.\nManage quotes for sub-contracting any non-core services which form part of tender scope.\nPrepare profit and loss budgets in conjunction with finance teams.\nProvide detailed financial and operational comparisons for alternative solutions highlighting risk.\nPrepare tender response documentation and presentations.\nAssist with the development of company marketing materials.\nMaintain an up to date knowledge of developments in the industry through membership of a professional body (e.g. CILT), attending industry events and training courses.\nSupport the development of other members of the busine\n Commercial awareness of the UK third party logistics sector.\nSuccessful track record working in a logistics solutions design role with commercial accountability. Transport operations understanding and experience is essential.\nExcellent analytical skills are essential to produce detailed operating cost models. \nComfortable communicating at Board Level and presenting proposals to customers.\nAbility to lead a team through the tender process and produce high quality results. Leverage support from other departments to ensure appropriate engagement in solutions design and the tender process.\nTechnically proficient using advanced Microsoft Office Excel functionality (macros; pivot tables; data links; lookups; etc.) with the ability to deal with complex data management.\nCurrent and in depth understanding of commercial transport rates and profit & loss.\nCapable of working under pressure to meet critical deadlines and complete objectives.\nAbility to use industry-recognised simulation and modelling tools is not essential but will be advantageous\n As part of our drive to make Great Bear a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.\nOur dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.\nOur People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:\nAnnual Leave - Competitive holiday entitlement of 25 days plus the bank holidays.\nCompany Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When we achieve our goals you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.\nPrivate Medical Cover - This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa.\nPension scheme - we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 5% employee and 8% employer.\nLife Assurance - 4x your annual salary.\nCompany car or car allowance - business need\nWellness - Via our Employee Assistance Programme, we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year.\nEye Care Vouchers - We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.\nReward & Recognition - We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.\n Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!\nIf you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!","description_format":"text","description_chars":5298,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Transportation & Logistics","Logistics","Supply Chain"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-20T08:38:57Z"}],"liveness":{"score":14,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.399,"p_room":0.36,"age_days":54,"expected_fill_days":32,"reasons":["conf:0","stale_co","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/culina-transport-solutions-development-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/culina-transport-solutions-development-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T20:50:05Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}