Are you an ambitious and enthusiastic individual with experience of working in the transport or logistics sector?
Our client, a fuels distribution company, is looking to grow their transport team with the appointment of a new Transport Planner. This role offers excellent career progression in the future and an excellent training programme.
You will be someone who is organised, flexible, a good team player with excellent communication skills and have a passion for customer service.
You are a strong candidate for this role if you:
Have previous work experience in transportation routing, scheduling or logistics
Have strong IT skills, in particular Microsoft Excel
Understand or have knowledge of EU driver’s hours and regulations
Are someone who has excellent communication and customer service skills
Can work as part as a team or independently
Use initiative to recommend process improvements
Work well under pressure in a time critical or pressured environment
If successful, your role would require you to:
Perform daily routing of tankers at designated depots, using industry specific routing software, maximizing transport efficiencies whilst remaining customer focused
Perform daily routing of artics to all depots to manage depot stock levels
Have daily communication with delivery drivers to ensure delivery schedules are met whilst remaining compliant
Contact customers to advise of delivery dates/times
Liaise with sales team on delivery queries
Deal with all driver queries regarding deliveries and being their first point of contact
Liaise with the Fleet Manager on vehicle maintenance and industry compliance
Provide daily updates to the team on vehicles, drivers, areas etc.
You will be based out of their North Lincolnshire office, working a 40-hour week. The company will look to offer a basic salary of between £25 and £30K for the right candidate as well as excellent career progression in the future and excellent training programme.
If you would like to know more about this role, please contact Lucinda Eyre on Tel. 07854 576318 or email lucinda@elevenrecruitment.com