Trainee Transport Planner
Location
Banbury, Oxfordshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Great Bear (Part of the Culina Group) provides distribution services to FMCG clients. Customer centric service focus is delivered through a site-level empowered culture.
At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!
Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Transport Planner to join our team in Banbury on a full time permanent basis.
Salary: £26,250 per annum.
Working hours: Monday-Friday (8am-5pm).
The purpose of a Trainee Transport Planner to effectively assemble loads / deliveries and resource the correct transport requirements as well as providing administrative support.
Key Duties of a Trainee Transport Planner:
- Planning loads nationwide from Great Bear Banbury.
- Assembling 40 + multi drop / consolidated loads in every 24 hour period.
- Planning approximately 200 + collections to clients agreed KPI.
- Liaising daily with personnel across different levels (Shift Managers, Transport Coordinators, Customer Service & Client Support Colleagues).
- Dealing with day to day operational issues.
- Maintain and expand relationships with subcontractors.
- Dealing with client requests.
- Booking in collections for customers and completion of relevant paperwork.
- Ensure all paperwork is returned for all customer deliveries despatched from site, and chase outstanding POD’s.
- Investigate any collection queries.
- Other duties as reasonably required
Qualifications
- Ideally at least 1 year experience working in a logistics company, preferably in a transport or planning environment.
- PC literate with a sound knowledge of Microsoft Excel & Word.
- Attention to detail / accuracy.
- Good geographical knowledge.
- Good communication skills in order to deliver accurate information.
- Ability to work without direct supervision.
- Effectively prioritise workload in order to meet set deadlines.
Additional Information
As part of our drive to make Great Bear a great place to work, we are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.
Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.
Our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:
- Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement.
- Pension scheme – We want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 4% employee and 4% employer.
- Life Assurance - x2 your annual salary.
- Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year.
- Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
- Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the Month and Year, special recognition and long service awards.
- Everyday discounts - Via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!
If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity, please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!
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