Transport Planner

1 week ago

Cambridge, United Kingdom HWC Logistics Full time

**Transport Planner**
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
£24,000 per annum
Monday - Friday
8am - 5pm
**About Us**
HWC is an independent Logistics and Warehousing company, based across four locations in Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex. Our Cambridge depot houses our fleet of delivery vehicles operating across the network and to the end consumer base. HWC’s currentcustomers are White Stores Limited and Nova Outdoor Living Limited.
As part of a successful group of companies, we have a number of expanding projects and a growing team, offering a range of progression prospects for ambitious individuals who share our commitment and vision.
We’re currently looking for a Transport Planner to join our Logistics Team in Cambridge on a permanent, full-time basis.
**The Benefits**:

- Salary of £24,000 per annum
- Attractive reward package
- 21 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Free Parking
- Pension
This is an amazing opportunity for a talented logistics professional to join our growing company enabling us to further develop our skills in logistics and warehousing.
Your expertise will help us get deliveries to our customers in a cost effective manner, supporting our reputation for excellent customer service and enhancing our position in the market.
In return, we offer an abundance of support and encouragement to enable you to make a success of your role, as well as training and development opportunities to make this the right role for you now and in the future.
**The Role**
As a Transport Planner, you will effectively plan the delivery of orders to our customers, ensuring efficient utilisation and co-ordination of our fleet’s resources.
Using route planning software, you will plan multiple deliveries for our mixed fleet, creating daily routes for each vehicle, communicating with drivers throughout the day and dealing with any challenges that may arise.
You will ensure routes are cost effective and that the maximum workloads distributed to each driver can be completed safely and to high standards.
Your role will also involve:

- Liaising with customers to arrange delivery dates and times
- Communicating delays and possible issues to the customer
- Running model transport network scenarios to identify operational improvements
**About You**
To be considered as a Transport Planner, you will need:

- At least two years’ experience of logistics
- Strong literacy and numeracy skills
- Excellent communication skills
- A detail-oriented approach
- A proactive mentality
- Exceptional problem-solving skills
Please note, this role will require working occasional evenings and weekends.
Other organisations may call this role Transport Planning Officer, Transportation Planner, Delivery Planner, Logistics Planner, Operations and Logistics Planner, Transportation Modeler, or Transit Planner.
White Stores, Nova and HWC Logistics are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable wayto conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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