Transport Planning Coordinator

Salary: £33,600 per year

Transport Planning Co-ordinator

Days – 4 on 4 off

Job purpose:

This is a key role to provide transport planning function to the business, by performing a variety of complex activities in support of our functional processes and services.

The job holder will be expected to provide outstanding levels of transport planning and other relevant business support to both internal and external clients, to ensure that the end-to-end process from collection through to the invoicing stage is carried out seamlessly, efficiently and to world-class standards.

Key responsibilities:

·Review outstanding orders on the transport management system. 

·Plan daily vehicle movements, consolidating orders where possible to increase vehicle fill and reduce empty mileage. 

·Ensure that all vehicle movements are planned using the most cost effective routes to optimize costs. 

·Organise Hauliers/DC transport to meet these schedules. 

·Arrange collection/delivery times & obtain booking references as required. 

·Ensure all details are entered into the transport management system. 

·Produce, complete and distribute daily Trunk Schedule. 

·Produce and complete STI Delivery Schedule. 

·HELPDESK – Efficiently manage Helpdesk calls at weekends in a timely manner to ensure minimum escalations. 

·Manage daily issues and escalate if appropriate. 

·Assist the team with other duties where necessary and any additional tasks allocated by the Operations Team Leader.

·Ensure that all jobs have the right customer code assigned, all jobs are rated, all delays and exceptions are recorded in TMS. 

·Provide quality operational data & KPI’s

·Support the Operations Team in with other relevant duties when required.