Location
Thirsk, North Yorkshire | United Kingdom
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Thirsk Permanent £30,000 - £35,000 per year
Our client is a leading FMCG Manufacturing business near Thirsk who due to growth are recruiting for a Transport Planner.
Job Description
- Promote a culture of people safety and feed safety by championing best practices in these areas and ensuring accountability and adherence to Company standards.
- Coordinate transport effectively via shift handovers and at the wider business daily operational review meetings.
- Work closely with the operational teams to ensure delivery targets and KPIs are met.
- Creation of comprehensive daily load plan (multi drops) and route plans for all loads.
- Allocation of loads to drivers and ensure load plans and routes are understood.
- Monitor drivers and real time tracking of daily load and route plan, expediting solutions to delays and altering plan to meet unforeseen conditions.
- Conduct daily briefings and de-briefing with the drivers.
- Ensure that all drivers remain legally compliant.
- Ensure the transport costs remain on target, specifically by balancing the use of external transport, with the use of own fleet and by driving efficiently within own fleet.
- Maintenance of driver rota and holiday planning.
- Book vehicle inspections, maintenance, MOT's and cleaning according to plan and arrange defect repairs.
- Use of basic problem-solving tools and knowledge sharing to drive continuous improvement.
The Successful Applicant
The successful candidate will live within a commutable distance to Thirsk and hold the following attributes:
- Previous experience as a Transport Planner
- Experience of working in a fast-moving environment
- Assertive, resilient and welcomes change
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent time management, results orientated and organised
- Proven IT competence - Excel, Outlook, fleet tracking system
What's on Offer
The successful candidate will be rewarded with a competitve salary of between £30-35,000 plus other benefits
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