Distribution Planner

SUEZ; Bristol; On-site; GBP 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading waste management company in Bristol is seeking an experienced Logistics Distribution Planner. This role involves collaborating with various departments to manage logistics, ensuring compliance with contracts, and monitoring financial performance. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in transport or logistics and possess excellent problem-solving and IT skills. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits including an annual bonus and pension.

Benefits

10% Annual Bonus

Company Pension

25 Holiday Days + Banking Holiday

Benefits Catalogue

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of waste flows and service delivery.
• Excellent administrative skills for accurate data management.
• Creative problem-solving abilities in logistics.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with departments on logistics control.
• Implement cost-effective haulage solutions.
• Monitor financial performance and budget production.

Skills

Logistics knowledge

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Commercial skills

IT skills

Job description

Overview

Contract type Permanent

Working Pattern Full time

Location based Bristol

Hours per week 37.5

Dates that interviews will take place Interviews will be held in person.

Salary £37,128

Summary of vacancy

Are you an experienced Distribution Planner? At Suez, we’re committed to making our world a more sustainable place – a highly complex challenge. That’s why we need diverse and inspirational individuals to help us move forward.

As a compensation we offer basic salary of £37,128, plus up to 10% Annual Bonus, Company Pension, 25 Holiday Days + Banking Holiday, Benefits Catalogue.

We’ll help you progress, and develop yourself further, and will support you with creating a development plan to achieve that.

About The Role

What will I be doing?

As a Logistics Distribution Planner at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, you’ll be contributing to a growing waste management company that’s helping customers reduce their impact on the environment, conserve natural resources and reduce landfill.

• Within this role you will collaborate with colleagues in other SUEZ Departments throughout the UK to control the Logistics of mixed materials to our end markets and deliver continued improvements to service and cost reductions in the haulage operations.
• Being the first point of contact for haulage customers within a region.
• You will source and implement cost effective haulage solutions, liaise with external haulier and arrange haulier contracts.
• You will ensure haulier compliance to the contracts, obtaining prices, negotiating and market testing of work.
• The production of budgets, the monitoring of the financial performance of the region and monitoring the haulage business through the production and analysis of data are also key elements of the role.
• Working as part of a wider team covering the UK, you have confidence communicating at all levels both verbal and written.

What are the requirements?

• You will have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of material stocks and waste flows, ensuring smooth service delivery in accordance with the customers’ requirements.
• You will have an excellent level of administrative attention to detail to be able to ensure that accurate data is collected onto the system and an analytical approach to problem solving is requisite.
• You will demonstrate the ability to find creative solutions to the Logistics requirements of our customers.
• An in depth knowledge of waste / recycling would be an advantage however experience in the Transport, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Logistics or Shipping industry, particularly in relation to bulk haulage and configurations of vehicles and trailer types, is needed.
• A friendly, door is always open manner is paramount as well as good numerical, commercial and IT skills.

Who We Are

SUEZ recycling and recovery UK is a forward-thinking company recognised as one of the top places in the UK to work. We are proud of the fantastic opportunities for personal growth and development we offer our people. As we continue to develop and grow, you can play an important part in the essential work we are doing to make businesses and communities more sustainable.

With a raft of benefits, family-friendly policies and excellent remuneration packages, there’s never been a better time to join SUEZ recycling and recovery UK. A friendly and supportive place that you will love to work in, we believe creativity, clear communication and our drive for excellence are the keys to our success. If you share our thinking – and have the qualities we’re looking for – you could play a big part in our dedicated team.

We reserve the right to close this role early, should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

No agencies please*

Closing Date 10/11/2025

Once we have sufficient applicants we withhold the right to close job vacancies early.