Role: Transport Administrator / Planner
Location: Sunderland
Hours: Saturday to Tuesday – 0600-1800
Salary: £27,000
An excellent opportunity has now arisen for a Transport Administrator /Planner to join our client's successful team.
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Opportunities to progress
- Opportunities to pick up different job responsibilities
- Training opportunities
Role Overview:
- Be responsible for transport diary across the business
- Prepared to undertake FLT and manual handling training as will also support warehouse role
- Responsible for establishing and maintaining strong relationships with transport/freight suppliers whilst managing documentation and customs compliance with a view to continuously improving our import/export processes to drive operational excellence
- Develop and implement transportation policies, procedures, and standards
- International fleet management and planning experience needed
- Optimize transportation routes to improve efficiency and reduce costs
- Monitor transportation expenses and identify cost-saving opportunities
- Develop and enforce safety protocols and procedures
Responsibilities include:
- Transport team general correspondence and administration, including suppliers and yards
- The maintenance of central vehicle records for all vehicles and plant and updating paper and computerised filing systems
- Dealing with incoming telephone calls
What we need from you:
- Previous experience of working within a Transport environment
- Excellent administration skills
- Competent in the use of Microsoft Word and Excel
- The ability to meet deadlines and multi-task, with great attention to detail
- Great communication skills, both verbal and written
- Flexible and able to adapt to change
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Thank you for your interest in this vacancy, which is being advertised by Osborne Appointments, who are acting as an employment agency / business. Your application will be considered in competition with others and we will contact you within 3 working days.
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