Transport Planner

**Transport Planner**

Permanent full-time contract

Days/Hours: Monday - Friday - 38 Hours per week

**Grade 2 Salary Scale + Benefits**

Appleby Westward Group Ltd have an exciting opportunity for a Transport Planner to join the team** **based at our Regional Distribution centre in Saltash.

As the Transport Planner, you will use your analytical skills to plan deliveries across the Southwest. You will plan the routes for the vehicles to supply our SPAR retail stores** **and update our delivery resource into the planning system, ensuring we deliver to our customers in a timely manner and meet their expectations.

**The Role**:

- Using our routing software, you will set up and monitor the volumes and routes for our delivery network, to ensure we meet our customer delivery schedules.
- Collaborate with other areas of the business to ensure customer focus is maintained.
- You will plan, review, and revise plans as circumstances dictate.
- Work with the wider business to support escalations/special requests to resolve customers at risk and prevent further escalations.
- Adapt quickly to operational changes at short notice.

**You will need**:

- Demonstrable analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Be flexible and adaptable to change.
- Good planning and organisational skills.
- Logical thinker with the ability to communicate at all levels.
- Experience with Microsoft Office software packages.
- Route Planning knowledge/experience would be desirable.

**What you should do to apply**: