Transport Planner
3 days ago
**Transport Planner - Supply Chain & Logistics - Widnes - £28,000 - £32,000 pa**
**About the company**
Our client is currently looking for an experienced Transport Planner to work at their base near Widnes. This is a great opportunity to work with a well-established, vastly experienced national haulage company.
If you have a proven track record of first-class and cost-effective Transport Planning, and are a great communicator then we would like to hear from you.
**Traffic Planner - The Rewards**
- Salary £28,000 - £32,000 pa
- Mon to Fri, 6 am to 2 pm, 9 am to 5 pm, 11 am to 7 pm rotation
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Weekend roster
**Traffic Planner - Requirements**
- Experience of working in a comparable planning role
- Proven ability to plan multi-site operations
- Driver Management Experience
- Analytical with ability to translate customer-facing reports/ internal reporting
- Understanding of UK and EU driving regulations legislation
- Experience of systems such as Manpack, Mandata, Microlise is desirable
- Ideally, Health & Safety management qualification
- IOSH / NEBOSH
- Effective communications and report writing
- Negotiation/ influencing skills
**Traffic Planner - Responsibilities**
- Responsible for the day-to-day planning requirements of the business by effectively challenging the way in which the business plans in order to highlight and suggest areas for improvement whenever they arise
- Proactive shift management. Ability to respond quickly to changing operational needs by making effective decisions based on the information available, translated into effective planning.
- Understand the driver capability and pair with available resources to meet planning requirements
- First point of call for drivers to ensure they understand their planned work and resolve any day-to-day issues
- Providing solutions to customer queries and complaints, also demonstrating the anticipated level of customer service
- Reacting to changes in customer demands to meet their needs
- Work with compliance team to ensure vehicles are planned appropriately to meet maintenance schedules
- Working accurately and effectively with data from multiple systems including vendor managed inventory (VMI) telematics, customer demand forecast
- Order entry - single loads, multiple loads, block orders
**About Us**
**Salary**: £28,000.00-£32,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Widnes: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
**Experience**:
- Transport Planning: 3 years (preferred)
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