Transport Planner

**Key Accountabilities**

As a Retailer, we strive to deliver the products our customers want when they need them. Transportation is key to enabling us to do this from managing transport between ports and distribution centres to make the remarkable happen every day

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Transport Planner to join our Logistics Panning Team based at our Castle Donington Distribution Centre in Derbyshire. You will be responsible for managing the transport plan, providing support, analysing and monitoring that the plan is on schedule. This will involve working closely with various internal and external partners, including transportation companies to ensure a streamlined end-to-end delivery process.
**Key Capabilities**

This role works a 2-2-3 shift pattern on 12 hour shifts working a 2-week rotation:

- Week 1: 0700-1900 Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat and Week 2: 0700-1900 Sun, Wed, Thurs.

**What’s in it for you**

Being a part of M&S is exactly that - becoming a part and playing your part. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and always evolving business built on core values.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special
- 20% Colleague discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food.
- A first-class welcome to M&S with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development. Having options to progress is something we’re proud of at M&S.
- Attractive annual bonus, based on company performance and personal objectives.
- 29 days holiday including bank holidays
- Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices website. Including GymSave - that offers up to 25% off Gym Memberships and the option to become an M&S Shareholder using our ShareSave & ShareBuy Schemes
- Charity Volunteer Day - A paid day away from work to support your chosen charity.
- A very generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance

Every colleague at M&S has access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support - this includes access to our 24/7 Virtual GP, PAM Assist to support you & your family & free access to the UnMind App as well as many other schemes.

**What you’ll do**

Your key accountabilities will include
- Ensuring transport team implement the plans produced by Logistics Planning Centre
- Supporting the planning team with reporting and administration
- Ensuring on the day execution across the transport sites is effective and within service and cost requirements - challenge when not
- Tracking delivery performance into sites and liaise with warehousing/supplier functions access supply chain
- Interrogating systems to provide management information and carry out analysis as the need arises

**Who you are**

Your skills and experience will include
- Experience working in transport or a similar environment
- Familiarity with Transport Planning systems i.e. Paragon software
- Ability to make informed decisions at pace, data driven and using up to date technology
- Strong IT literacy skills including Power BI and Excel to perform Data analysis and identify issues
- The ability to build strong cross functional relationships and challenge, influence and persuade others to move towards a common vision or goal

**Everyone’s welcome**

M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That’s why we’re revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. There’s never been a better time to be part of our team. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.

We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working.

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