Transport Planner

Transport Planner

Location:

Yardley, Birmingham, B25

Salary:

25,000- 30,000pa DOE

Hours:

12:00- 20:30 OR 13:30-22:00

Permanent:

This role will be an immediate permanent placement with the company.

Role Overview:

As a Transport Planner working on the afternoon shift your main duties would be to amend and keep up to date the route plans for approximately 30 vehicles according to any plan or order changes that may come about. This role is also responsible for the driver debrief desk for drivers returning from their daily routes.

Duties:

Planning utilisation and routing for all vehicles, ensuring all on time collections and deliveries

Ability to prioritise and change routes as and when required

Compliance with all O licence requirements and all relevant legislation and best practice

Manage and control of picked orders into Ireland and 3rd networks

Effective daily management of vehicle and driver resources, including holidays and absence cover

Review service delivery failures and produce incident reports when required.

Develop and maintain effective driver relations, through detailed pre and post driver debriefs

Monitor the use of Sub contractors and agency workers where appropriate.

Dealing with telephone enquiries from customers, drivers and colleagues

If you have the skills and experience required for this position, we would love to hear from you. To be considered for this role please click "Apply" JACS Group is an Recruitment Business based in Wolverhampton. We supply Temporary and Permanent Staffing to a range of sectors. Job Types: Full-time, Temp to perm

Requirements

Requirements:

Strong geographical knowledge of the UK

Must be familiar with automated transport routing systems, as well as manual process planning

Previous transport planning experience

Strong IT skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Experience within the Logistics sector