Central Planner

**PERMANENT ROLE - CENTRAL PARAGON PLANNER**

A new and dynamic opportunity has arisen within our Planning Team on site at Derby Central Planning, that we operate on behalf of our clients.

**How will you contribute?**

Produce & manage daily transport plan for several major retail customers within the Wincanton network including store deliveries, salvage collections, backhaul stock collections and other work as required. Ensure plan produced is accurate and efficient, building upon feedback to make improvements to the plan. Manage day to day booking of agency drivers and support production of accurate driver rotas. Support and lead development changes including seasonal, network and project changes to delivery schedules. Help drive backhaul growth by working closely with backhaul team to identify opportunity areas to target.

**What will you bring?**

Key accountabilities that are expected for this role are as follows:

- Ensure cost effective efficient plan is produced on daily basis for all transport operations
- Develop planning tools and systems to drive commercial benefits and CI improvements across the contract
- Support planning for future changes, developments, improvements and customer requirements
- Improve and develop forecasting to ensure resource is appropriately managed
- Work with Customer Demand, Planning and warehouse teams to ensure accurate information and plans are aligned and produced on a daily, weekly, monthly and periodic basis.
- Help develop and grow synergy opportunities within Wincanton network.
- Work with Transport Teams to create effective and controlled driver rotas
- Develop best in class planning function
- Ensure plan is effectively resourced with core and agency drivers
- Seek feedback on plans created and explore opportunities to improve plans using a variety of sources from driver forums, transport workshops, activity sheets, systems data and store feedback.
- All contractual KPI’s met / exceeded
- Annual budget target achieved
- Wincanton H&S targets achieved
- Achievement of Gain share budget achieved through CI
- Successful project implementations
- Growth of backhaul offering

**Skills & Experience**:

- Planning experience in fast paced retail environment (Essential)
- Paragon or other TMS Planning experience, ideally in a retail environment
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong back ground in retail and transport
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to make clear decisions with rational to support.
- Customer focused

**What do we offer?**

We really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment and a competitive salary along with other benefits including; company pension scheme, 25 days hols + bank hols with the option to buy more, share incentive plan, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits online discount platform, onsite parking + much more

Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That’s why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.

Wincanton is a leading supply chain partner for British business, providing supply chain solutions up and down the country. Through a wealth of experience and knowledge Wincanton provides business critical services including storage, handling and distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer ‘dark stores’; two-person home delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of the UK’s best-known companies.