European Transport Planning Team Lead

Pertemps; Kegworth; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 40,000; Full time

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Job summary

Pertemps, in partnership with Kuehne and Nagel, is recruiting for an International Transport Planning Team Leader to oversee the European road freight planning team. The role is hands-on, requiring leadership of a small team and decisive decisions to maintain customer service levels.

The successful candidate will manage European planning, communicate with customers and suppliers, and drive KPI performance in a busy transport environment.

Qualifications

• Strong transport or logistics planning experience.
• European planning experience.
• Able to coach and lead team members.
• A desire to lead from the front in a hands on role.
• Maintain clear communication with customers, suppliers, carriers and internal stateholders
• Commercial acumen to manage cost, performance and avoid financial penalties
• Maximise vehicle utilisation and avoid empty running

Responsibilities

• Have Automotive exposure or just in time deliveries or other time-critical operations
• Full-load, part load and groupage planning
• Experience planning in a KPI driven environment

Skills

Strong planning experience

European planning experience

Lead / coach team members

Hands-on leadership

Clear communication with stakeholders

Commercial acumen

Utilisation of vehicles

Job description

Pertemps, in partnership with Kuehne and Nagel, is recruiting for an International Transport Planning Team Leader to oversee the European road freight planning team. The role is hands-on, requiring leadership of a small team and decisive decisions to maintain customer service levels.

The successful candidate will manage European planning, communicate with customers and suppliers, and drive KPI performance in a busy transport environment.