At Adaptable Recruitment we have an Exciting opportunity for a Transport Planner to join a well established logistics industry based in the Runcorn area working in a brilliant office environment with a great culture.
Package: up to £30,000 DOE - (8.30 - 5.30)
Holidays: 25 days + bank
Location: Runcorn - Fully Office based - Parking on site
Benefits: FREE LUNCHES - Enhanced Company Benefits Package including pension - death in service - Medicash.
Main Responsibilities to include:
- Plan workloads ensuring compliance with driver's hours and working time directive legislation.
- Using geographical knowledge to maximise the fleet ability to work.
- Successfully, plan the vehicles in such a way to minimise running costs, and maximise vehicle revenue.
- Briefing and De-briefing drivers starting and finishing their shift.
- Supervising and managing driver workloads.
- Sourcing extra drivers when needed.
- Reacting to route planning changes when needed and re-routing.
- Ensuring KPI's are met.
- Responsible for providing a detailed and accurate handover to next shift.
- Maintaining driver and depot communication always.
- Ensuring drivers have the correct paperwork.
- Ensuring drivers are on time (using software installed)
- Responsible for driver queries face to face and via telephone.
- Ensuring drivers are up to date with any road problems and challenging drivers when needed to ensure Deliveries are on time.
- Working within a team of planners, to achieve the common goal of effectively servicing our current client base.
- Liaise with the Transport Manager regarding the regular maintenance intervals.
- Liaise with Site Managers, to obtain and provide key information such as ETAs.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Previous experience of working as a Transport Planner within a busy, fast paced transport office.
- Experience monitoring drivers.
- A solid understanding of Transport operating systems.
- A knowledge of tachograph regulations.
- Able to organise workload in a consistent and methodical way.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, relationship building and a strong communicator.
- Ability to plan, prioritise, work to deadlines, without supervision and on their own initiative.
- High levels of drive and enthusiasm.
- Meticulous in their approach.
- Dynamic and proactive.
- Numerate and IT literate.