Planner

Job Title: Planner

Location: Derbyshire (S43)

Salary: £28K - £32K (DOE) + benefits

Core Hours: Mon – Fri 08:45-17:00hrs

Contract Type: Permanent (Office based)

Company & Role

Our client is one of the UK leading utility suppliers, servicing a large number of customers in England, Scotland & Wales. As part of the Planning Team, you will be responsible for providing a delivery plan which maximises the utilisation of the companys fleet to meet customer requirements.

As the Planner, your duties will include;

• Planning loads, working with a computerised routing, and scheduling tools to ensure loads are efficiently planned.
• Create a delivery plan which is achievable whilst working within all legislation requirements, including driver hours, WTD.
• Reviewing routes to ensure transport is planned cost effectively to minimise costs.
• Ensuring planning works in conjunction with scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.
• Liaising with intercompany department such as Sales, Customer Services, Engineering and Site Safety.
• Produce weekly / monthly KPIs and reports as directed by your line manager.
• Proactively work with the forecast demand planner to manage the order book (Forecast / Order planning).
• Maintenance of system data and its integrity.
• Ensure sufficient product is available for the following week and plan to deliver to sites accordingly.

As the successful Planner, you will have the following skills/experience;

• Must have previous Transport or Production Planning experience.
• Good geographical knowledge.
• An understanding of driver working time regulations (desirable but not essential)
• Knowledge of computerised route planning tool experience (desirable but not essential)
• Good attention to detail and quality
• Able to multi-task and work under pressure
• Must be self-motivated with a “can do” approach to achieving requirements.
• Great team player