Graduate Transport Planner

2 weeks ago


Oldbury, United Kingdom DPD Group UK Full time

**Company Description**
- ** Contract Type**: Permanent / 40 Hours Per Week
- ** Salary**: Starting circa £35k per year + Bonus
- ** Location**: Olbdury, Broadwell Road B69 4BY
- ** Days of Work**: Monday - Friday Rot Week 1 (7-3) Week 2 (9-5) Week 3 (10-6)

DPD is a member of Geopost one of Europe's leading parcel delivery networks, and aims to be the most sustainable delivery company in the UK, with a turnover of over £2 billion. We also deliver the best service, use the best technology and recruit and retain the best people in the industry.

In this role you will be responsible for supporting our Operational teams analysing volume forecasts, producing route plans and roster patterns to ensure capability is maintained in the most cost effective way without compromising service levels. You will be responsible for a weekly spend of more than £4 million & planning capacity for more than 6 million parcels each week.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

- Monitoring customers and depots trailer fill to ensure targets are met in terms of number of movements
- Consistently reviewing drivers shifts to ensure hours per route targets are met
- Liaising with the Network to ensure service standards are being met
- Liaising with CRM to ensure customers collections and service levels are at an acceptable standard

**Qualifications**
What we’re looking for;
- A good attitude with high level of self motivation
- Preferably educated to degree level
- You will be analytical, data focused, highly organised and have exceptional attention to detail
- Someone who is focused on reducing operational costs and create efficiencies
- You will be able to work as part of a team and build rapport with other departments
- You will have a strong working knowledge of Excel which is translatable to Google sheets
- Good problem solving skills
- A confident Communicator with the ability to communicate at all levels
- Demonstrate the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Hard Work and Accountability

**Additional Information**
This role will require you to work days, however our department does operate over 7 days so at busy times some flexibility will be required and you may be requested to work on a weekend - Mainly during the peak period which is November - December.

A Full UK Driving Licence is essential for this role

About our benefits:
We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few
- Holiday trading
- Enhanced maternity and paternity package
- Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
- Free onsite car parking for all employees
- Health Kiosks visiting every location
- Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
- Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
- For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.



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