Transport Planner
- Manchester
- £35,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work closely with the Transport manager & 1 Transport planner as a team to deal with all daily transport delivery issues.
- Managing routes for mixed fleet deliveries - Deliveries are generally bulk haulage
- Mostly multi-drop – up to 7 drops p/day max
- Fleet size of 17, with own drivers
- Planning and scheduling delivery routes
- Work closely with a large client base on confirmation of deliveries, dealing with changes to delivery slots/days , cancellations etc.
- Ensuring drivers have the correct paperwork to fulfil their deliveries.
- Having good geographical knowledge of the local area across the North West
- Primary contact for drivers throughout the day that experience vehicle or delivery issues.
- Responsibility for receiving vehicle defects and escalate to the Transport manager.
- Joint responsibility for managing driver’s hours and tachograph compliance.
- Working with the transport manager to have vehicles and trailers available for inspection and servicing in accordance with their schedules.
- Work closely with the team to maximise delivery efficiency.
- During busy periods answer the phone for inbound calls.
- A proven transport planner who has planned for mixed fleet.
- Good customer service & communication skills.
- Proficiency in IT applications.
- Ability to focus and provide solutions under pressure.
- Willingness to work additional hours to meet demand.
- Ability to work in a team and on own initiative.