Logistics Coordinator at Woking Depot

Day Aggregates Ltd.; Woking; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a vital team member, where you'll coordinate customer orders and manage logistics efficiently. This role emphasizes pride and excellence while ensuring smooth operations within the aggregates and construction industry. You will be responsible for planning, scheduling, and maximizing the use of the company's fleet, while also ensuring adherence to safety practices. With competitive benefits, including annual leave and pension contributions, this is an exciting opportunity for those looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Annual Leave of 29 Days

9% Employer Pension Contribution

Recruitment Referral Bonus

Death in Service Benefit

Employee Assistance Programme

Bike to Work Scheme

Gym Membership Discounts

Qualifications

• Good geographical knowledge and excellent communication skills are essential.
• Proficiency in IT, especially Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate customer orders and manage contract hauliers.
• Plan and schedule work for vehicles and drivers.

Skills

Geographical Knowledge

Oral Communication Skills

Literacy Skills

Numeracy Skills

IT Proficiency

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Main purpose of this job is to become a valuable member of the team that fulfills internal and external customer orders in line with the Company’s values of pride and excellence.

Responsibilities:

1. Receiving and coordinating customer orders and enquiries.
2. Sourcing and managing contract hauliers.
3. Planning incoming materials, outgoing orders and internal transfers.
4. Planning, scheduling and allocating work to vehicles and their drivers.
5. Utilising the Company’s fleet of HGVs and maximising the earnings of these vehicles.
6. Carrying out the administration associated with the invoicing of orders, vehicle earnings and drivers’ wages.
7. Adhering to, and promoting, good safety practices.
8. Managing visitors, and all vehicles entering the depot, and inducting each driver.
9. Practicing and promoting the core values of the Company.

Qualifications:

1. Able to demonstrate good, relatively local, geographical knowledge.
2. Excellent oral communication skills in English, especially over the telephone.
3. Able to demonstrate sound literacy skills in English.
4. Able to demonstrate sound numeracy skills.
5. Proficient in the use of IT, including Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Excel.
6. Preference will be given to people who are familiar with the laws associated with driving hours and the working time directive (WTD).
7. Preference will be given to people who have experience of the aggregates and/or the construction industry.

Working hours/times: 46.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday between the hours of 0600 and 1800 plus 45 minutes unpaid for lunch, one in three Saturdays on rotation. Specific hours will be agreed locally.

Package: Annual salary plus the 9% employer pension contribution with Scottish Widows. You may be entitled to the discretionary Annual and Christmas bonuses. Annual leave of 29 days per year, including 8 Bank Holidays.

Benefits after a successful probationary period will include: Recruitment referral bonus, ‘Death in Service’ benefit. Company also offers an Employee Assistance Programme which is accessible 24/7 via the YuLife app, a ‘Bike to work’ scheme and special membership rates at various gyms with GymFlex.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK. Day Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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