Transport Planner

2 weeks ago

Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Wincanton Full time

**Transport Planner**
**Site**:Wincanton LRS, Gloucester Buisness Park, Brockworth, Gloucester GL3 4AJ
Salary up to £32,000 per annum (40 hours per week, Monday to Friday between 8.00 am 17.00 pm).

Join our Wincanton Group Transport Team, supporting our customer LRS with producing transport plans for multiple sites, as well as the national backhaul plan. Joining our Transport Planning team as a **Transport Planner **, you will be responsible to produce various reporting, including financial and purchase orders. This is a great opportunity for you to join us to utilise your strong communication skills and solution focused mindset.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Reporting to the Planning Manager.
- Utilising the TMS system Ortec to ensure that the scheduling of vehicles is carried out effectively and efficiently to achieve the optimum transport plan.
- Produce a daily transport plan that is both practical and achievable ensuring mínimal cost and maximum profitability.
- Book hauliers and assign own fleet resources as appropriate to meet collection/delivery schedules.
- Plan to ensure that customer service criteria requirements are met at all times.
- Ensure that the plan is clearly communicated to all necessary parties and maintain regular contact with both internal and external customers.
- Liaise very closely with the Warehouse and Transport teams to achieve the most effective plan.
- Liaise with other Wincanton sites to ensure optimum operating efficiency across the Wincanton network.

**Hybrid working options are available following a successful induction, training and probationary review.**

**What will you bring to our team?**
- Experience of working in or alongside a transport operational or transport Planning Team.
- Analytical skills.
- Good general PC skills.
- Good geographical knowledge.
- Good verbal communication skills.
- Able to work under pressure in a time critical environment.
- Ability to communicate at all levels with both internal and external customers.
- Reliable, enthusiastic and flexible in approach.
- Working knowledge of WMS & Ortec would be advantageous although full training will be given.

**Our Culture & Benefits**

In addition to a **generous salary **, we really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment, along with other benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits include, online discount platform, onsite parking and much more.

Our people are at the core of our business and what makes **Wincanton **great. That’s why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.

**Our Commitment**

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. We want to create an environment where all colleagues feel safe, supported and valued, whilst feeling they can be their whole selves within our workplaces. We are proud that our colleagues represent us and our successes.

Attracting diverse teams, we believe in creating an inclusive, respectful organisational culture for our colleagues and future talent.

Find out more: Wincanton champions a diverse workforce

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