Transport Planner

Transport Planner

This purpose of this role is to plan vehicles and routes, in order to maximize efficiency and minimize costs for the company.

Responsibilities

• Undertake the daily planning for 13 Airport vehicles which involves meeting timed Collections & deliveries as required by customers.
• Liaising with the drivers throughout the day and monitoring their progress to ensure they complete required work in the required timescales.
• Liaising with Import & Export team, and third party in house customers regarding airline collections.
• Communicating effectively with customers to keep them informed of the progress of their deliveries.
• Organizing planning of vehicle availability for vehicle service schedule and maintenance/repairs of vehicles and trailers, such as creating schedules and monitoring associated costs.
• Reviewing practices to ensure that transport is utilized using the most cost-effective solution
• Using third party hauliers to cover loads beyond capacity of fleet.
• Managing PML/[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] Day board, ensure this is updated for all consignments, with driver details and vehicle registrations.
• Managing the import inventory within Multished, ensure Status 1 and BI’s are completed.
• Completing customer reports, of Status 1, time collected, and time back to PML/[Employer hidden] facility.
• Have an awareness of industry compliance and relevant legislation that the operation is subject to.
• Answering any incoming phone calls and dealing with them in the appropriate way.
• Carry out any other tasks required to keep the transport office and vehicles/drivers running efficiently.
• Learning other roles within the business to assist in the future development

Experience & Qualifications

• Managers CPC Qualification is an advantage but not essential.
• Knowledge of driver’s hours/working time directive regulations.
• The successful candidate will ideally have 3 years minimum experience of working within the UK transport industry with good geographical knowledge of the UK would also be beneficial.
• You must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office / Excel

Characteristics

• Excellent communication skills with an ability to liaise effectively with drivers, subcontractors, customers, work colleagues and members of the public is a requirement.
• Working under your own initiative regularly is a large part of the role after full training has been given.
• The individual would need to have excellent problem-solving skills and be able to adapt to a fast-paced changeable environment and to take responsibility for decisions made at short notice as and when required.
• The applicant will need to have very good organizational skills to keep on top of a variety of essential time specific tasks.

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