Transport Planner

£30,000 to £35,000 per annum

Hoddesdon

Monday to Friday, 7 am to 4 pm

Full time

Permanent

Our client is an award-winning commercial vehicle repair bodyshop. Working with all the major UK insurers and numerous blue-chip businesses, the company is growing rapidly and looking to expand their team.

We are looking for enthusiastic and dynamic people to join the organisation and drive that growth forward.

The Transport Planner role will suit a well-rounded organiser and excellent communicator.

Transport Planner / Co-ordinator. This role will suit a well-rounded organiser and excellent communicator.

Logistics Planning And Execution

Designing and implementing effective logistics plans. This includes optimizing routes, scheduling deliveries and collections, and coordinating the movement to ensure timely and cost-effective operations. They must consider factors such as vehicle availability, load capacity, customer requirements, and legal restrictions.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and assess best route for delivering and collecting customer vehicles  bearing in mind cost implications of logistics and customer service and instruct drivers accordingly.
• Book in collections and deliveries using our in house system
• At the end of each day manage and report all failed collections.
• Ensure that drivers are informed of lorry inspection date and time, liaise with other departments to ensure the smooth running of this.
• Complete a daily update of drivers/rounds (Including breakdowns/driver problems) and advise the General Manager
• Implement a new route planner and tracking system
• Initial contact in dealing with the collection of information from drivers for the notification of damage
• Continually review all administrative processes and systems in place and to assist with any proposals for improvements required.
• Prepare the weekly driver working rota to ensure necessary cover to fulfil deliveries and collections including Saturday working for the drivers and advise the General Manager accordingly.
• Ensure vehicle daily checks are carried out by drivers and that each vehicle is kept clean and tidy by drivers.
• Carry out any other required tasks by the General Manager
• Co-ordinating and updating all delivery schedules
• Liaising closely with customers with regards to delivery ETA’s/scheduling etc

If this sounds like just the role you are looking for please apply today.

Thank you for your interest. 

Due to the high number of applications we receive on a daily basis we are unable to reply to each candidate.  If you have not heard from us in the next 7 days then I am afraid that you have not been selected for this role.  However, we will keep your CV, and will contact you should a suitable role become available in the future.