Transport Planner / Transport Coordinator
Severn Transport Services
Description
We are currently looking to recruit a Transport Planner / Transport Coordinator to join our friendly team. The successful candidate will play the crucial role of coordinating and planning pallet deliveries within the TF, SY, LD postcodes.
This is a dual role position, very much hands on in our busy traffic / pallet network department
Shifts alternate every other week, 05.00am to 3.00pm and 08.00am to 6.00pm
The Successful Candidate Would Have
- Previous experience in multi-drop transport planning role (an advantage)
- Experience working in the transport sector
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- A can do attitude
- The ability to work within a fast paced environment
- Excellent telephone manner
- The ability to work on your own initiative
- Computer literate (Outlook, Excel, Word)
- Training supplied on our Transport Management & Vehicle Tracking Systems.
- Pallet Network experience would be an advantage but not essential
- Training will be offered to the right candidate
- Excellent opportunity for progressing within the business
- National and local geographical knowledge are advantageous for this role
- Planning routes, and loads for a large vehicle fleet around the TF, SY, LD postcode area
- Maximise vehicle and driver utilisation
- Communicating with the C&D drivers clearly throughout the day.
- Solve real-time logistics issues to maintain customer satisfaction
- Ability to work within a team and support the Operations Team
- Organising collections from our customers utilising our own fleet of vehicles and drivers
- Planning, manifesting and scanning of pallets for national onward transportation via our Pallet Networks.
- Collating and uploading customer paperwork
- Dealing with customer emails
- Liaising with other member depots around the UK
- Develop and build relationships with relevant staff and our distribution hubs
- Develop and build relationships with UK member depots
- Providing customers with support booking in deliveries and collections
- Managing shipment process for European and Irish consignments ensuring customs data is collated and uploaded for clearance and ongoing shipment.
- Dealing with customer service calls and network member queries
- Assisting drivers with any delivery or collection issues
- Supporting the wider transport / operations team
- Communicating with the C&D drivers clearly throughout the day.
- Liaising with other departments within the business
- Follow company procedures to maintain service excellence
Full-time, Permanent
Salary
- xcellent (Dependant on experience)
Shifts alternate every other week, 05.00am to 3.00pm and 08.00am to 6.00pm
Benefits
- 28 days holiday (Includes bank holidays)
- Company pension
- Weekly pay
- Company Uniform
- Secure onsite parking
- Employee assistance programmes
- Health & wellbeing support (Employee Assistance Helpline)
- Company events
- Fully funded training opportunities
- Continuous training & development in other areas if required
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