Transport Planning Specialist

3 weeks ago


Bury St, Suffolk, United Kingdom Hays Business Support Full time

About the role
As a Transport Planning Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for analysing and routing vehicles to ensure efficient delivery of goods to customers. You will work closely with the sales team to determine customer delivery requirements and communicate with the warehouse team to ensure smooth operations.

Main duties

  1. Decide the prioritised delivery requirements of customers and analyse and route vehicles accordingly.
  2. Communicate with sales staff to determine customer delivery requirements.
  3. Be involved in constant dialogue with the warehouse team.
  4. Communicate routing decisions to drivers, including all necessary and accurate delivery information.
  5. Request back-loading suitable for planned deliveries and stock transfers.
  6. Organise deliveries according to customer demands.
  7. Communicate with subcontractors.
  8. Work closely with the Sales team to ensure that all logistics solutions are fully integrated and designed to improve customer service.

What you'll need to succeed
This role requires experience in a similar role, with exposure to working within a transport planning/routing/office/team. You will need to be confident on the phone when speaking to a wide variety of people, from suppliers to drivers.

Working arrangements
This is a 100% office-based role with on-site parking, offering a competitive salary and benefits.



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