Transport Planner

2 weeks ago

Wednesbury, Sandwell, United Kingdom Menzies Distribution Full time
Transport Planner

Menzies Distribution are looking for a Transport Planner to join our team, providing a first class service in Wednesbury.

Reporting to the Transport Operations Manager you will produce a loading/transport plan, focusing on trailer optimization and load fill, liaising with the Transport Planner and Plan Executor to ensure the plan is viable and delivery times will be met.

The Important Stuff

  • Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday
  • Hours: 08:00 17:00
  • Salary: £37,500.00K Per Annum
Holiday Entitlement: 28 days inclusive of bank holidays.

  • Parking available onsite
  • Monthly Pay
Key Duties and Accountabilities (will include but not be limited to)

  • Create a load plan using customer system in a timely manner.
  • Plan to optimize trailer fill by liaising with customer to amend/move orders as and when necessary.
  • Book loads in with external customers.
  • Deal with any extra/additional loads/orders in the most efficient way possible.
  • Monitor and investigate late deliveries and complete pulse monitor on a daily basis.
  • Engage all external and internal customers by communicating in a friendly and professional manner ensuring that a good impression is maintained at all times.
  • Answering and responding to all incoming calls in a prompt and polite manner.
  • Ensure all internal/external customer queries or concerns are dealt with in a professional, friendly and courteous manner.
  • Liaising with the management team ensuring the smooth operation of the transport department.
  • Ensure all inbound/outbound paperwork is completed promptly and accurately
  • Monitor and chase documentation in support of the transport operation.
  • Produce statistics as and when required.
  • Undertake administrative and filing duties to meet needs of the Transport Department.
  • Dealing with customer orders ensuring quality accuracy, delivery timelines, instruction and communication to all depot staff.
  • Maintain and expand an excellent proactive relationship with existing customers and suppliers.
  • Dealing with customer and supplier enquiries and complaints from investigation through to closure.
  • Ensuring that customer requirements are administered in a timely controlled and recorded manner.
  • Support and develop the process of Continuous Improvement, challenging working conditions, systems and behaviors to increase performance and customer satisfaction.
  • Enter accurate data on to all internal systems and reports
  • Maintain data security and integrity in line with business needs.
  • Maintain a safe working environment that complies with all aspects of the company's H & S Policy

Key Experience and Qualifications:

  • Excellent computer literacy (Microsoft Office, Word & Excel)
  • Previous load building experience.
  • Good numeric skills.

Technical skills and behavioral competencies:

  • Welldeveloped verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong analytical and numeracy skills
  • Good level of financial understanding
  • Flexibility
  • Help maintain a motivating focused team environment.
  • Enthusiastic and energetic personality
  • Enjoys working to deadlines
  • Ability to work on own initiative, demonstrates organizational skills.

Benefits:

  • Pension Scheme
  • Cycle2Work scheme
  • Employee Assistance Program


 SPIRIT Awards
  • Peer to Peer recognition

INCLUSION
Menzies Distribution is committed to creating a fair and inclusive environment where employees feel safe, proud and valued.

We encourage ways of working that treat everyone fairly and with respect, and we look to create opportunities to improve the diversity of our workforce across all areas of the business.


We seek to attract and recruit people from the widest talent pool, who reflect the society in which we work.

And we aim to encourage an inclusive culture where people can feel empowered to be the very best they can be, and to reach their full potential creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

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