Planning Supervisor

**Company Description**
Following years of accelerated growth Culina Group is now a £2.2billion+ turnover business, employing over 22,000 staff, with a fleet of more than 5,000 vehicles. Culina Group operates from over 100+ depots across the UK and Ireland, serving more than 1,000 clients over its framework of chilled, ambient, contract packaging solutions and fresh and baked goods.

**Company Overview**

**Great Bear** (Part of the Culina Group) provides distribution services to FMCG clients. Customer centric service focus is delivered through a site-level empowered culture.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thriveA place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired

**Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday (09:00 - 17:00)**

**Salary: £33,415 Per Annum**

We are currently seeking a Planning Supervisor to join our Transport team at our Minworth site. As a Planning Supervisor you will be responsible for the day to day management of the planning function. Responsibility for the ensuring the timely & efficient booking, co-ordinating and planning of all deliveries and collections within the remit of their associated depots, ensuring planning compliance to drivers hours and RTD legislation and company processes & controls.

**Job responsibilities of a Planning Supervisor include**:

- Planning support and guidance to the Central Ambient planning team
- Coaching and development of the planning staff.
- Reduce costs and improve service.
- Identify areas of continuous improvement to exceed KPI'S.
- Other duties as reasonably required.
- The ability to travel to alternative sites is a necessity.

**Qualifications**
As a Planning Supervisor you will possess the following skill, experiences and qualifications:

- Knowledge of transport and planning in a radial & direct delivery environment including inter depot trunking
- Experience of transport planning in a shared user environment
- National network experience & able to see the big picture & network view
- Ability to deputise for the Planning Manager
- Ability to develop internal and external relationships
- Sub contraction management experience
- Experience of planning within a cost / KPI driven operational environment
- Ability to identify skill gaps & training requirements in order to develop their team
- Ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure and to prioritise workloads to meet set deadline.

**Additional Information**
As part of our drive to make Great Bear a great place to work, we are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

- ** Annual Leave** - Competitive holiday entitlement.
- ** Pension scheme - **We want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a** **great contribution of 4% employee and 4% employer.
- ** Life Assurance**:

- x2 your annual salary.
- ** Wellness - **Via our Employee Assistance Programme** **we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year.
- ** Eye Care Vouchers -** We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
- ** Reward & Recognition -** We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the Month and Year, special recognition and long service awards.
- ** Everyday discounts** - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings