Senior Transport Planner

3 weeks ago

Sandwich, United Kingdom Stears Haulage Full time

**Job Title**: Senior Transport Planner

**Company**: Stears Haulage Ltd (Est 1971)

**Reports to**: Managing Director

**Salary**:£33-36k dependent on experience

**Location**:Sandwich, Discovery Park, CT13 9ND

**Skills and Experience**

Minimum 3- 5 years experience in Transport planning.

Managers CPC Qualification advantageous but not essential.

Knowledge of drivers hours/working time regulations.

The individual would need to have excellent problem-solving skills and be able to adapt to a changing and fast paced environment and to take responsibility for decisions made at short notice as and when required.

Excellent communication skills with an ability to liaise effectively with drivers, customers, work colleagues and members of the public is a requirement. A very professional and friendly telephone manner is essential to the role. Good geographical knowledge of the UK would also be beneficial.

Outstanding customer service skills.

Working under your own initiative is a large part of the role after full training has been given.

The applicant will need to have very good organisational skills to keep on top of a variety of essential time specific tasks.

Adept at developing new business/clients to aid continued growth of the company, so a high level of marketing skills are required.

You must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite/Google Docs /Outlook.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
Undertake lead responsibility the daily planning for 14-18 vehicles alongside a colleague. This involves meeting timed deliveries as required by customers and finding suitable UK reloads.

Liaising with the drivers throughout the day and monitoring their progress to ensure they complete required work in the required timescales to meet our customer needs.

Identify potential and currently problems/delays that may affect delivery deadlines and find appropriate solutions.

Communicating effectively with customers to keep them informed of the progress of their deliveries.

Responsible for providing new quotes to existing and new customers.

Assist drivers with any issues they may encounter while carrying out their daily deliveries.

Answering any incoming phone calls and dealing with them in the appropriate way.

Creating new job sheets on in house computer systems.

Carry out any other tasks required to keep the transport office and vehicles/drivers running efficiently.

Learning other roles within the business to assist in the future.

**Hours of Work**

Monday - Friday: 8am-5pm.

Holiday - 25 days A/L plus bank holidays (including 3 A/L days to be taken over the Christmas shutdown period).

**Salary**: £34,000.00-£36,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site gym
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Transport Planning: 3 years (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: SH - STP

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