Control Tower Team Lead - Transport Planning

ATC (part of Arvato); Slough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Hybrid work

AIG Virtual Care Programme

Employee assistance programme

Company pension

Job summary

ATC, part of the Arvato group, is seeking a proactive Team Lead to lead the Control Tower Planning Team that handles transport planning for hyperscale data centre clients across Europe, the UK and Ireland. You will oversee daily planning, monitor performance, coordinate with customers and partners, and drive continuous improvement while maintaining high service standards in a fast-paced environment.

This is a hybrid role with a focus on leadership, collaboration and delivering reliable logistics

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in transport planning, ideally with at least three years' experience in a similar logistics, transport or planning environment.
• Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to support, guide and develop a team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with customers, colleagues and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day activities of the Planning Team, ensuring shipments, routes and resources are planned effectively to meet targets.
• Oversee internal truck fleet planning to ensure utilisation targets are achieved.
• Provide regular updates on team performance, planning activity, vendor issues, risks, KPI trends and service delivery.
• Oversee shipment monitoring and customer communications, ensuring updates and changes are managed promptly.
• Lead daily operational calls and ensure priorities and actions are followed through.
• Support resource planning, including rota coverage and workload allocation.
• Liaise with subcontractors, overseas offices, operations, field teams, customers and supply chain teams to meet requirements.
• Coach and develop team members through performance monitoring and training.

Skills

Team leadership

Transport planning

Communication

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

Job description

ATC, part of the Arvato group, is seeking a proactive Team Lead to lead the Control Tower Planning Team that handles transport planning for hyperscale data centre clients across Europe, the UK and Ireland. You will oversee daily planning, monitor performance, coordinate with customers and partners, and drive continuous improvement while maintaining high service standards in a fast-paced environment.

This is a hybrid role with a focus on leadership, collaboration and delivering reliable logistics