Transport Planner

**The additional Benefits of being part of the BEST team**
- 20% discount on F&F Clothing
- 10% discount at Tesco Café
- 10% Booker discount
- 25% discount at all Pizza Express & Pizza Hut Restaurants (exc. buffet & deals)
- 25% discount at selected Burger King restaurants
- Contributory Pension.
- 1 year life assurance for all colleagues; or 3 years if you join the pension scheme
- Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family & the opportunity to join a healthcare cash plan
- An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including cinema vouchers & a cycle to work scheme
- A great holiday package - 29 days pro rata

**Working Pattern**

**Shifts run 5 days per week rotating through a 5-week pattern covering Sunday to Friday inclusive. Team members must work 2 Sundays in every 5.**

**Mon to Fri shifts are 10.00 to 18.30, Sunday shift is 08.30 to 17.00**

Are you passionate about optimizing transportation systems and ensuring efficient movement of fresh, frozen, and other goods? We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Transport Planner to join our dynamic team at Best Food Logistics. As a Transport Planner, you will play a key role in developing and implementing strategies to improve transportation networks, on time deliveries, reduce congestion, and enhance overall mobility. The better utilisation of vehicle fill, utilisation in line with availability.

As our next Transport Planner, you should be highly motivated, well organised, have a can-do attitude individual and a solid grounding in Transport & Logistics planning in an FMCG environment.

Working alongside the Operations teams you will complete day to day route planning exercises to enhance service & efficiency at the Distribution Centre’s.
- Completing route changes, supporting the full re-planning process and with an increasing emphasis on continual improvement, including investigating & analysing route performance daily to identify areas for improvement.
- Each day we complete a full review of the live routes against real ordered volume. This process allows changes to the routes to make sure orders fit and that they run on-time.
- We put a strong emphasis on Service and within that the Transport Planners have several objectives. Routes need to be planned to comply with legal and agreed business parameters. Within that umbrella we aim to run On-Time, hitting high delivery performance targets of over 92% whilst maintaining high levels of vehicle efficiency.
- Reliability and flexibility are also key aspects of this varied role.
- An accurate and methodical approach to your work.
- To be well organised and self-motivated with the ability to work on your own initiative at times.
- Possess and be able to demonstrate good all round MS Excel skills, preferably to intermediate level.
- To be a confident communicator, able to present work in a clear and concise manner.
- To be comfortable working to strict deadlines whilst remaining accountable for your work.
- The ability to build close working relationships and form part of a small hard-working team. This is vital along with a clear willingness to get involved and help solve problems.

**About Us**

We have always aspired to be the Best and now we are.

We are so confident in our supply chain, our people and our service that we can truly live up to our name, The Best Food Logistics company. Our people are what make us the best. We take the greatest care to commit to our vision and values with each interaction and at every touch point through the supply chain. There is no magic system to what we do. We stick to our values, and everything else falls into place. We are proud of our simplicity and straightforward approach.

We love our customers We want them to love us We aim to do that by providing great service, every day, by providing value with vision, and performance with passion.

Be part of something special. Join our team at Booker.

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country.

Booker Group comprises of Booker Wholesale, Makro, Booker Direct, Classic Drinks, Ritter Courivaud, Best Logistics and Chef Direct. Our customers include Premier, Family Shopper, Budgens and Londis retailers and we have one shared aim - improving choice, price and service for all our customers.

Our business is incredibly diverse, so it takes a wide range of skills to deliver the exceptional service our customers require.

Wherever you join us, you’ll be part of an organisation that will help your career to keep moving forward.

*Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, however is operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such the benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco*