Distribution Planner: On-Time Deliveries & Customer Impact

Breedon Group plc; Leeds; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension Scheme

25 days annual leave

Life Assurance Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Breedon Group plc is seeking a Distribution Coordinator at the Leeds Concrete Plant. You will ensure on-time, in-full delivery by coordinating production visibility, orders, and transport plans, while liaising with Commercial, Operations and Transport teams to optimise distribution and EBIT.

Responsibilities include order capture, plan optimisation, driver scheduling, proactive customer communication, and maintaining data integrity to support informed decisions and performance improvements

Qualifications

• Managing competing priorities in a dynamic work environment.
• Overcoming logistics challenges to delight customers.
• Maintaining focus on outcomes in a constantly changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain visibility of production and transport availability to influence distribution planning.
• Capture and process customer orders in line with quotations and defined processes.
• Build and optimise a distribution plan to meet customer needs with cross-team collaboration.
• Plan driver rest times and manage adherence to H&S policy.
• Contact customers one day before delivery to confirm orders and schedules.
• Respond to plan changes promptly, minimising customer impact.
• Ensure transport and distribution data integrity for informed decisions.
• Build strong customer relationships over the phone and identify sales opportunities.
• Monitor KPIs and drive improvements in customer experience and distribution efficiency.
• Implement changes aligned with Customer & Commercial Excellence initiatives.

Skills

Managing priorities

Logistics challenges

Outcome focus

Tools

MS Office

CRM software

Job description

Breedon Group plc is seeking a Distribution Coordinator at the Leeds Concrete Plant. You will ensure on-time, in-full delivery by coordinating production visibility, orders, and transport plans, while liaising with Commercial, Operations and Transport teams to optimise distribution and EBIT.

Responsibilities include order capture, plan optimisation, driver scheduling, proactive customer communication, and maintaining data integrity to support informed decisions and performance improvements