Senior Transport Planner
General Haulage
Burnley, Lancashire
£34,000 – £40,000 (flexible depending on experience)
I’m currently recruiting for an experienced Transport Planner to join a large transport business who specialise within pallet network & general haulage.
They are seeking a Senior Transport Planner to support the current transport operation in the management of the compliance & planning.
The Candidate:
* Transport route planning experience
* Previous experience of working in a general haulage or pallet network operation
* Experience of working within a busy transport office
* Have a dynamic approach to solve resource and planning resolution/ modifications
* ICT literate
* Have a basic understanding of Large Goods Vehicles (weights, dimensions and terminology)
* A good geographic knowledge
* A proactive approach to continual professional development
* An excellent team player, able to work on own initiative and make decisions
* An effective communicator
* A positive attitude towards customer service and continuous improvement
* Ability to question, challenge and improve upon existing processes
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Review driver routes and plan to maximise efficiency
* Keep all customers informed of all failed services or significant delays
* Provide the communication link between customers and drivers
* Supervising and managing driver workloads
* Managing your driver’s daily activities in line with the Working Time Directive and Driving hours.
* Planning vehicles around requests, challenges and changes
* Monitoring customer requests, allocating jobs and issuing instructions
* Keeping up to date with transport issues and dealing with changes to the days schedules
* Communicate fleet availability and issues to the whole team
* Liaising with drivers and colleagues to ensure on time deliveries
* Pre-brief and de-brief drivers on their daily runs throughout the day
* Troubleshooting critical transport related issues as they arise in a live environment
If you have Transport Planner experience and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please apply via the link.
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