As our ideal candidate, you will be responsible for efficiently utilising tools and resources to prepare, plan, and execute both internal and external transportation operations, ensuring safe, cost-effective, and first-class service delivery. The role will require participation in a Saturday duty rota on a one-in-four basis. We are looking for an energetic, forward-thinking individual who can maintain effective communication channels and proactively solve problems. With commercial awareness and experience in a fast-paced, customer-facing environment, you will serve as the primary point of contact for planning our clients' transportation needs. Key responsibilities of the role include:
* Focal Point for the planning of clients' transport requirements, assisting other Transport Planners as required.
* Attend operations calls as required, providing those on the calls with relevant information.
* Utilise TMS (Transport Management System) effectively ensuring cargo is efficiently collected, delivered, and presented accurately for invoicing in line with individual customer requirements.
* Create and recreate jobs and journeys from pending materials pushed through from QMS, based on sailing time ensuring maximum efficiency.
* Discuss collections with vendors to confirm cargo for collection matches. Discuss timings loading sequence to ensure cargo is collected in line with vessel Loading/Sailing times.
* Review collection times v scheduled work plan. Communicating any late arrivals for collections to vendors/shipping teams.
* Validate chargeable work prior to invoicing.
* Review Power BI identifying areas for improvement.
* Respond in a timely professional manner to general queries.
* Reviewing vehicle tracking system to reduce inefficiencies and improve performance.
* You will be required to cover the Transport Controller role for annual leave/absence cover.
* Ad-hoc duties as and when required to support the Transport Manager and wider team.
Experience of Road Transport Legislation, including drivers' hours.
* Experience in a similar operations-based planning role.
* Good knowledge of Microsoft and ability to adapt and learn other systems.
* Excellent communication skills and team player.
* Remains highly focused under pressure, adapting to short timescales and changing priorities.
* Solutions based, motivated to achieve the highest standards of performance and customer support, maintaining a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
* A self-starter who demonstrates initiative and ownership and instils the same in others.
* Commercially aware.
* An attention to detail, the ability to analyse and report data, and excellent planning and organising skills., Experience working with a Transport Management System
As you would expect from a highly progressive company, an attractive remuneration package is available to the successful applicant. When applying, your CV should include your current/most recent employment, which clearly demonstrates examples of the skills and behaviours required for the above role., No
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* What evidence can you provide to confirm your eligibility to work in the UK?
* A passport showing the holder, or a person named in the passport as the child of the holder, is a British citizen or a citizen of the UK and Colonies having the right of abode in the UK A birth (short or long) or adoption certificate issued in the UK, Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Ireland, together with an official document giving the person's permanent National Insurance number and their name issued by a Government agency or a previous employer A share code to demonstrate digital immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme A current Biometric Immigration Document (Biometric Residence Permit) issued by the Home Office to the holder indicating that the person named is allowed to stay indefinitely in the UK, or has no time limit on their stay in the UK A current passport endorsed to show that the holder is exempt from immigration control, is allowed to stay indefinitely in the UK, has the right of abode in the UK, or has no time limit on their stay in the UK A current Immigration Status Document issued by the Home Office to the holder with an endorsement indicating that the named person is allowed to stay indefinitely in the UK or has no time limit on their stay in the UK, together with an official document giving the person's permanent National Insurance number and their name issued by a Government agency or a previous employer A certificate of registration or naturalisation as a British citizen, together with an official document giving the person's permanent National Insurance number and their name issued by a Government agency or a previous employer A current passport endorsed to show that the holder is allowed to stay in the UK and is currently allowed to do the type of work in question A current Biometric Immigration Document (Biometric Residence Permit) issued by the Home Office to the holder which indicates that the named person can currently stay in the UK and is allowed to do the work in question A current Immigration Status Document containing a photograph issued by the Home Office to the holder with a valid endorsement indicating that the named person may stay in the UK, and is allowed to do the type of work in question, together with an official document giving the person's permanent National Insurance number and their name issued by a Government agency or a previous employer An Application Registration Card issued by the Home Office stating that the holder is permitted to take the employment in question None of the above If none, please provide details