Load Planner

Brewing has taken place on the River Thames for more than 350 years and the Griffin Brewery opened there in 1845. Based in Chiswick, West London our Griffin Brewery is London’s oldest continuous working brewery and became part of Asahi UK through acquisition in 2019. It was the first brewery to win the CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain award and has produced a wave of acclaimed ales. Through timeless classics, such as Fuller’s London Pride and an ever evolving portfolio, Fuller’s Griffin Brewery has long championed real ale and British brewing excellence, offering beers to suit all consumer tastes.

**Load Planner - Griffin Brewery**

Asahi UK have an exciting opportunity for a **Load Planner** to join our team at the Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, West London. As a Load Planner you will have the responsibility for day-to-day load planning and coordinating daily loads for all modes of transportation. Reviewing and making recommendations for improvements, working on optimisation, ensuring each routing is achieving maximum efficiency aiding the company to keep costs to the minimum and resolve any dispatch or delivery time issues with customers. You will also be presenting an achievable sequenced route to each driver.

**Key Accountabilities**:
Planning
- Routing Module. Adjust the available settings in line with company requirements to enable the optimum use of the resources available whilst maintaining customer expectations and the wellbeing of the drivers.
- Efficient routing. To provide the best use of vehicles and people for the daily requirement. Concentrating on achieving delivery targets whilst minimising hours worked, and distance travelled.
- Delivery instructions. Customer details, delivery windows. Adhoc details are always current
- New Accounts. Ensure that all the relevant information is obtained to minimise risk for the first delivery.
- Site Assessments. Are issued with first delivery and reassessed if the delivery point changes and raises an unsafe working act, these should be encouraged at Debrief. Any high-risk sites must be assessed by a Health & Safety Champion.
- Communication. Working with the Senior Load Planner conduct regular meetings engage into 2-way communication and using this time to resolve concerns and re-educate our process and policies.
- Debrief. Resolve issues raised at debrief and ensure the entire team are processed and all information has been obtained.

General
- Investigations. To assist in accident and behavioural investigations working with Health & Safety and Human Resources
- Absence Procedure. Assisting with the Return to Works, first stage disciplinaries.
- Infringements, Drivers one to ones. Assisting with the driver’s infringements and one to ones, capturing this on the FTA Vision portal allowing good visibility for Audits.

**Experience required**
- Previous planning experience within a transport and logistics remit
- Paragon knowledge and previous experience would be ideal
- Organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Works well under pressure.
- Computer Literate

We are committed to nurturing a workplace where we celebrate and respect difference, and support everyone to be true to who they are At Asahi Europe and International we believe you can SHINE AS YOU ARE - no matter your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We want to support you to be courageous in your individuality and to know that whoever you are and whatever your circumstances, you can belong with us without having to conform.