National Transport Planner

AB Agri Ltd; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a National Transport Planner, where you'll play a key role in optimizing transport operations. This part-time position offers a unique opportunity to collaborate on meaningful projects while developing your skills in a supportive and innovative environment. You'll be responsible for creating effective transport plans, analyzing data for improved efficiency, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. With a focus on teamwork and continuous improvement, this role is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in the transport sector. Don't miss out on the chance to grow your career with a company that values your contributions and offers a rewarding work experience.

Benefits

Annual Salary Reviews

Incentive Bonus

Career Development

Enhanced Family Benefits

Wellbeing Benefits

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills for effective team collaboration.
• Ability to thrive in high-stress scenarios and adapt to new IT tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop transport plans to optimize efficiency and performance.
• Analyze data for enhanced route planning and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with teams to improve transport processes.

Skills

Communication Skills

Stress Management

IT Skills

Tools

Paragon Planning System

Job description

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title: National Transport Planner

Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

Contract, Shift: Six months Fixed Term Contract, Part Time – Monday, Tuesday & Friday – 8 hours per day

We offer hybrid working; however, this role requires onsite presence in Peterborough on Tuesdays and at least two days per week during the training period.

This role goes beyond standard planning—it’s an opportunity to work on meaningful projects, collaborate with a motivated team, and contribute to the efficiency of our transport operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement effective transport plans that optimise efficiency and performance.
• Analyse data and schedules to enhance route planning and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with teams across departments to ensure continuous improvement in transport processes.
• Maintain clear and effective communication with management teams and sites across the UK to ensure reliable service delivery.
• Track and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure success and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Represent drivers' feedback to ensure performance-driven efficiencies are implemented.
• Prioritise safety and O’Licence compliance, ensuring all transport operations meet legal and regulatory requirements.

What We’re Looking For:

• Communication skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with various teams.
• Skill in navigating high-stress scenarios and thriving in an engaging work atmosphere.
• Willingness to learn and develop new IT skills as required.
• Experience with Paragon Planning System (Desirable)
• Knowledge of demand planning (Desirable)

This is a valuable chance to acquire practical experience in national transport planning while collaborating with a team that prioritises efficiency, innovation, and cooperation.

About The Company

Rewarding your passion

When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.

About us

ABN is the UK’s number one animal feed business, serving pig and poultry producers across the UK. These range from large corporate customers through to family-owned farm enterprises. We service these customers with feed, nutrition, advice, and related services.

We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we’re building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture.

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.

Application Notes

We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.

When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application.

Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.