Logistics Planner: Optimise Loads & Carrier Performance

Aptean; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Aptean is hiring a Logistics Planner for our Enderby, UK office to support growing operations. The role focuses on planning and coordinating transport activity, ensuring carrier compliance, service performance, and cost controls within customer SOPs.

You will contribute to efficient load planning and high-quality service delivery across transport operations. Ideal candidates bring logistics planning experience, strong IT and analytical skills, and the ability to build trusted relationships with

Qualifications

• Experience in a logistics planning function or similar environment.
• Strong IT, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage loads from planning through completion, making changes and escalating issues when needed.
• Create plans and bookings for returns, collections and special transport requirements.
• Optimise loads, assign work and liaise with carriers to support efficient capacity use.
• Monitor carrier compliance, service performance, invoicing and non-conformance, escalating recurring issues to carrier management.
• Manage cost adjustments and investigate and agree special transport costs.
• Maintain accurate operational data and resolve data-quality issues.
• Monitor costs and invoice quality, ensuring issues are corrected promptly.
• Generate and manage fleet plans.
• Achieve service-level agreement targets and contract KPIs.
• Produce accurate weekly and monthly operational reports.
• Report volume or activity-profile changes against forecast and elevate findings to the line manager.

Skills

Logistics planning experience

IT and data analysis

Communication and stakeholder mgmt

Job description

Aptean is hiring a Logistics Planner for our Enderby, UK office to support growing operations. The role focuses on planning and coordinating transport activity, ensuring carrier compliance, service performance, and cost controls within customer SOPs.

You will contribute to efficient load planning and high-quality service delivery across transport operations. Ideal candidates bring logistics planning experience, strong IT and analytical skills, and the ability to build trusted relationships with