Night-Shift Route Planner for Premium Food Delivery

THE GLOBAL SEARCH COMPANY LIMITED; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

THE GLOBAL SEARCH COMPANY LIMITED is recruiting a Transport Planner for a luxury food delivery business where freshness, reliability and attention to detail matter on every delivery. This night shift runs 10pm to 4am, offering an organised, commercially minded planner a busy multi-drop operation where customer commitments are central.

As Transport Planner you will plan daily routes, allocate vehicles and drivers, and work with warehouse and customer service teams to keep schedules realistic and

Qualifications

• You will have experience in transport planning or route optimisation within a busy delivery operation.
• Confident using routing software and Excel; Maxoptra experience is welcome.
• You balance operational efficiency with premium service expectations.

Responsibilities

• Plan and optimise daily multi-drop delivery routes.
• Allocate vehicles and drivers to meet delivery requirements.
• Factoring customer time windows and product handling into plans.
• Monitor progress and adjust schedules to manage delays and disruption.
• Coordinate with warehouse to align loading and departure times.
• Use transport planning systems and data to improve utilisation and service performance.
• Maintain schedules and communicate clear instructions to the transport team.

Skills

Transport planning

Route optimisation

Excel

Maxoptra experience

Education

Tools

Maxoptra

Job description

THE GLOBAL SEARCH COMPANY LIMITED is recruiting a Transport Planner for a luxury food delivery business where freshness, reliability and attention to detail matter on every delivery. This night shift runs 10pm to 4am, offering an organised, commercially minded planner a busy multi-drop operation where customer commitments are central.

As Transport Planner you will plan daily routes, allocate vehicles and drivers, and work with warehouse and customer service teams to keep schedules realistic and