Logistics Planner - Fleet & Scheduling Expert

Four Jays Group; East Sutton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance with GP24 access

Employee Assistance Programme

Electric Car salary sacrifice

Cycle to work scheme

Company Events

GymFlex salary sacrifice

Job summary

Four Jays Group in Maidstone invites a Logistics Planner to oversee and coordinate the movement of goods across the hire fleet. You will support deliveries, collections, and servicing, working closely with drivers and operations to keep schedules efficient.

The role requires practical knowledge of hire planning, strong numeracy, and IT literacy. It offers a full-time, permanent position with attractive benefits and a proactive team culture.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of event and/or hire planning and scheduling.
• Transport familiarity or experience.
• Good knowledge and use of maps.
• Good knowledge of the south east of England road network.
• Good numeracy.
• IT literate; Experience of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Hire Logistics Manager in day-to-day planning of deliveries, collections, and servicing of the hire fleet.
• Review, allocate and schedule jobs using the company's MCS hire system.
• Learn and manage the MCS platform to drive fleet efficiency.
• Interact with the hire desk, fleet drivers and operations teams to ensure the smooth day to day scheduling of the work programme.
• Liaise with drivers regularly to ensure smooth operations.
• Ensure that all queries within the logistics department are dealt with in a timely and professional manner.
• Adopt a can-do attitude toward the day to day tasks.
• Be prepared to assist other parts of the business with new lines of work and opportunities.
• Adopt a positive attitude towards learning and complying with the company's management systems.
• Contribute towards a positive business culture through attention to detail, aspiring for excellence, and teamwork.

Skills

Event planning

Hire scheduling

Transport knowledge

Maps knowledge

Numeracy

IT literacy

Tools

Outlook

Teams

Word

Excel

Job description

Four Jays Group in Maidstone invites a Logistics Planner to oversee and coordinate the movement of goods across the hire fleet. You will support deliveries, collections, and servicing, working closely with drivers and operations to keep schedules efficient.

The role requires practical knowledge of hire planning, strong numeracy, and IT literacy. It offers a full-time, permanent position with attractive benefits and a proactive team culture.