Transport Planning and Development Manager

1 week ago

Derby, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

Location: East Midlands Gateway - Derby (DE74 2BB)
Hours: 45 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract: Initial 12 month FTC
Salary: £40,000-£45,000 per annum, Car Allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
 
About the Job
 
You’ll have an important part to play in this role initially a 12 month Fixed Term Contract ensuring all direct assets and resources deployed upon the client Transport Contract are continuously utilised to their optimal capacity.
 
Here at Unipart we don’t just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way.  It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.
 
As a Transport Planning and Development Manager you will act as the main point of contact for all resource related project or day to day activity and represent the client Transport Management team at performance reviews and at other forums
 
As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:

Create and maintain daily asset resource plans, responding with agility to changing priorities and effectively communicating those changes to the internal and external stakeholders
Identify where and when periods of under-utilisation cannot be filled with core demand, and liaise with internal Partners to identify additional activity that can be undertaken adding economic value
Produce daily, weekly and monthly reporting to demonstrate plan versus actual fluctuations against key ratios and their impact to operating cost
Ensuring all available technology is employed to its full potential
Ensuring all Transport related productivity measures are tracked and improved where required
 
About You
 
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role

Transport planning experience
A proactive and solution-oriented mindset, with a focus on continuous improvement
A high degree of initiative and strong problem-solving capability
Experience of working with digital planning software (Paragon, DiPS etc would be advantageous)
Ability to compile and interpret key transport related commercial and operational data
A strong understanding and experience with Logistics & Supply Chain Operations and considered an SME in Transport Operations
Experience in utilising tracking solution such as Microlise
Certified Transport Manager Refresher Course (or qualification) achieved recently (Advantageous) 
 
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies.  We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales.  As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.

You may have experience in the following: Transport Planning Manager, Logistics Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Transport Operations Manager, Fleet Manager, Logistics Planning Manager, Transport Development Manager, Transport Coordinator, Logistics Planning Specialist, Distribution Manager, Transport Operations Analyst, Supply Chain Planner, etc.

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