Transport Planner

Our Planners are responsible for developing and executing efficient plans for the movement of vehicles. They coordinate, track, and monitor the supply chain process to ensure customer orders are filled on time. Planners also analyze data and design strategies to optimize deliveries, reduce cost, and improve operational efficiency.

Role Purpose

To plan the most optimised and cost-efficient plated driver's day, ensuring all vehicles are delivered within a customer driven timeframe and within a working time directive framework.

Transport Planner Duties

• Ability to develop and implement cost-effective logistics plans


• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders regarding logistical issues


• Maintain and update logistics databases


• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations


• Ensure all work is planned in accordance with Customer Service level Agreements.


• Ensure all the jobs/movements on the system are planned and allocated to the available driver workforce.


• Meet time deadlines on particular work - MORR, EVA SWAPS, etc


• Ensure that the work planned to assist their Recruitment process in that it is efficient and productive to assist in the full training of all new drivers and Inspection Quality Training.


• To be aware of clients requirements when allocating drivers (time restraints, excess mileage, time windows and expectations, EPOD requirements)


• Inform Customer Service of any problems and or delays


• Respond quickly to real-time events (Auto-route) such as traffic delays, breakdowns and last minute requests


• To be aware of individual drivers skills and abilities (licence type), balance driver hours (WTD) and balance pay for drivers.


• Search for extra drivers who are available to cover additional jobs/movements


• Re-plan the job movements, where required, due to failures, aborts, breakdowns, etc.


• Such other duties as may reasonably be requested
  
  Organizational Skills


• Problem Solving


• Analytical Thinking


• Time Management


Transport Planner Requirements

• Proficiency with supply chain software would be an advantage (MANDATA)


• High level of accuracy and attention to detail


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  
  £28,500 - £30,000 a year - Permanent, Full-time, Pulled from the full job description


• Cycle to work scheme


• Employee discount


• Enhanced maternity leave


• Enhanced paternity leave


• Health & wellbeing programme


• On-site parking


• Referral programme, Monday - Friday 08.00 - 17.30


£28,500 per annum

Onsite at BCA Corby, Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £28,500.00-£30,000.00 per year,
• Cycle to work scheme


• Employee discount


• Enhanced maternity leave


• Enhanced paternity leave


• Health & wellbeing programme


• On-site parking


• Referral programme


• Store discount