Transport Planner (JOB-3436) Dyce, Scotland
OBM are currently seeking a Transport Planner on behalf of our oil and gas service client based in Dyce, Aberdeen.
Job Purpose:
Responsible for efficiently utilising tools and resources for preparing, planning and implementing Internal and external transportation movements to ensure safe, cost effective and first class service delivery with excellent customer engagement.
* Utilise TMS (Transport Management System) effectively ensuring cargo is efficiently collected and 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 and not impacting vessels.
* Discuss collections with vendors to confirm cargo for collection matches and discuss timings and loading sequence to ensure cargo is collected in line with vessel loading/sailing times.
* Review collection times versus scheduled work plan, communicating any late arrivals for collections to vendors/shipping teams.
* Support Transport Controllers as requested and required, ensuring sub-contractor timings and chargeable work are captured accurately at the time.
* Ensure chargeable work is entered correctly and validate chargeable work prior to invoicing, including hours to be billed.
* Review Power BI reports identifying areas for improvement.
* Attend morning calls as required and update on priorities, transport resources and any other relevant information, cascading to the transport team.
* Respond in a timely professional manner to general queries.
* Review vehicle tracking system to reduce inefficiencies and improve performance.
Minimum Qualifications:
* Experience of road transport legislation, including driver’s hours.
* Experience in a similar operations-based planning role.
* Commercially aware.
* Good knowledge of Microsoft and ability to adapt and learn other systems.
Minimum Competencies (Skills, Knowledge and Behaviours):
* 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 instills the same in others.
Desirable Qualifications/Competencies:
* An attention to detail, the ability to analyse and report data, and excellent planning and organising skills.
* Experience of a transport management system.
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