Transport Planner

**Transport Planner **

**_General Haulage & Pallet Network _**

**Bamber Bridge, Preston**

**£28,000 - £30,000**

**Monday - Friday, 7am - 4pm / 9am - 6pm**

I’m currently recruiting for an experienced General Haulage Transport Planner to join a large family run business who specialise within general haulage and pallet network loads.

They are seeking a Transport Planner to support the current transport operation in the management of the compliance.
- Transport route planning experience is essential
- Previous experience of working in a general haulage or pallet network operation is desirable
- Experience of working within a busy transport office
- Have a dynamic approach to solve resource and planning resolution/ modifications
- Man-Data planning experience is desirable
- ICT literate
- Have a basic understanding of Large Goods Vehicles (weights, dimensions and terminology)
- A good geographic knowledge
- A proactive approach to continual professional development
- An excellent team player, able to work on own initiative and make decisions
- An effective communicator
- A positive attitude towards customer service and continuous improvement
- Ability to question, challenge and improve upon existing processes

**Duties and Responsibilities;**
- Review driver routes and plan to maximise efficiency
- Keep all customers informed of all failed services or significant delays
- Provide the communication link between customers and drivers
- Supervising and managing driver workloads
- Managing your driver’s daily activities in line with the Working Time Directive and Driving hours.
- Planning vehicles around requests, challenges and changes
- Monitoring customer requests, allocating jobs and issuing instructions
- Keeping up to date with transport issues and dealing with changes to the days schedules
- Communicate fleet availability and issues to the whole team
- Liaising with drivers and colleagues to ensure on time deliveries
- Pre-brief and de-brief drivers on their daily runs throughout the day
- Troubleshooting critical transport related issues as they arise in a live environment

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