We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Transport Planner to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for optimizing daily transport plans to ensure cost-effective solutions, utilizing transport planning software, and ensuring that all supplier orders are collected and delivered on time. The Transport Planner will work closely with all stakeholders to provide the customer with best-in-class supply chain solutions while ensuring compliance with corporate and legislative requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure all planning activity is within the parameters of the customer Service Level Agreement (SLA)

• Support the achievement of operational performance as defined by customer contract and KPIs

• Create and support a culture of continuous improvement in routing and scheduling activities to ensure cost-down targets are met

• Work closely with the Transport planning team to ensure that all operational activities are completed effectively and on-time

• Build trusted relationships with service providers, off-site colleagues, and customers to drive supply chain success

• Support other control tower work streams as required * Work with and develop suppliers to ensure compliance with ordering platforms

• Ensure all aspects of the business operate within defined corporate and legislative requirements

• Comply with best practice and highest standards and ensure these standards are consistently achieved, reviewed, and improved

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and “best in class” cost control

• Engage with all relevant HR policies and procedures, participating and contributing effectively

• Work closely with Line Management in developing a personal development plan

We are looking for:

• Experience gained within a Customer service/transport planning environment with UK planning experience

• A good degree of computer literacy, with a comprehensive working knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• Excellent communication skills (at all levels), good listener, and effective in communicating ideas to support the development of good Customer relationships

• Ability to demonstrate logical thinking

• Strong and effective organizing, planning, and process work methods

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