Transport Planner

Salary: £26,000 per year

Title: Transport Planner

JobType: Permanent

Location: Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire

Position Reports to: The Operations manager

Salary: 26k – 30k On Experience

Hours of Work: 08.00am to 6.00pm M-F

Company Overview:

Our client is the fastest growing Warehousing, Distribution & Fulfilment service providers in Staffordshire. Winning multiple industry awards and providing best in class services and IT systems, they have a very clear strategy to uphold their leading position.

Job Description:

They are currently seeking a Skilled Transport Shift Operator/Planner to work within their busy Operations, primarily working in the general haulage and Palletline departments. You will be assisting the day to day operations looking after customers and dealing with transport requests whilst liaising with drivers.

The successful applicant will enjoy a great starting salary and a progressive career with excellent financial rewards throughout.

Responsibilities:

* Answering inbound calls to the business and dealing with requests

* Planning vehicles around requests, challenges and changes

* Monitoring customer requests, allocating jobs and issuing instructions

* Keeping up to date with transport issues and dealing with changes to the days schedules

* Communicate fleet availability and issues to the whole team

* Liaising with hauliers, drivers and colleagues to ensure on time deliveries

* Pre-brief and de-brief drivers on their daily runs throughout the day

* Record collection/delivery status and discrepancies in systems and escalate where appropriate

* Troubleshooting critical transport related issues as they arise in a live environment

Previous Experience with:

* Working in a busy transport operation

* Planning routes for a large fleet

* Working with online platforms

* Taking ownership of issues

* Issue resolution