Transport Planner

David Hathaway are looking to recruit a Transport Planner to join their team at their site in Yate. Your role as a Transport Planner will be to plan and execute collection and delivery schedules via the most cost-efficient means, in line with the business objectives, customer service levels and current legislative requirements.

• Monday - Friday

• 45 hours per week

• 35k per annum

• Additional benefits:

• Life assurance

• Pension

• Exceptional Fleet

• Opportunity for training and development (CPC training)

• Full Uniform and PPE

• Onsite Parking

• Cycle to work scheme

• Loyalty Awards (recognises employees with 5, 10, 20, 30 and 40 years’ service)

• Employee benefits and discounts across a range of top brands (including shopping, travel, motoring and days out)

Job Role :

• Make full use of all IT systems, TMS and customer portals to ensure efficient fleet and employee deployment.
• Fully utilise all vehicles to ensure accurate and appropriate allocation of drivers/vehicles/trailers/customer deliveries and backloads.
• Work closely with the Workshop to ensure vehicles and trailers are available to support the transport requirement, service scheduling is built into the plan and advise the operation in a timely manner when there are any risks to vehicle or trailer availability.
• Communicate and share plans to the transport team to deliver through efficiency and maintain customer service levels.
• Manage staffing levels, including agency staff to ensure sufficient staffing levels are always in place to meet and exceed the daily plan and to meet customer requirements.
• Communicate effectively with all customers and work with them to understand and resource their schedules. Also, to include but not limited to; effective handovers to the relevant individuals / departments, and key stakeholders for any operational delays to ensure a smooth and efficient service is being delivered.
• Control and plan operational deliveries for the following day and provide rates, quotes and process all customer bookings to meet customers’ needs and expectations.
• Work as part of a team and participate in cross training initiatives to provide effective cover in a colleague’s absence.
• Identify, communicate, and drive any continuous improvements to continually develop the operation of the business.
• Operate to a high standard of general housekeeping and work safely, complying with all health and safety regulations to maintain a clean, safe, and tidy working environment.

Your knowledge and experience :

• Working knowledge of the Highway Code, EU tachograph requirements, Working Time Regulations, Road Transport Regulations
• Working knowledge of transport operation systems
• Geographical knowledge
• Health and Safety regulations
• Relevant transport and planning experience
• Analysing and solving logistic problems
• Transport operation systems
• Ability to work under pressure and deal with challenging situations professionally.
• Safe
• Talented
• Attentive
• Reliable

Job Types : Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person