Resource Planner

GB Recruitment (England, Scotland, Wales); Highgate; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Resource Planner in Birmingham to optimize fleet and personnel allocation for timely deliveries. Required qualifications include transport operations experience and strong communication skills. This full-time position offers benefits like free parking, 25 days of annual leave, and a pension scheme. Join a dedicated team to enhance logistics operations in the automotive sector.

Benefits

Free on site parking

25 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Free confidential GP consultations

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Affordable loans and mortgage advice

Qualifications

• Previous transport operations experience with tactical planning responsibilities is essential.
• Strong communication skills are required.
• Ability to demonstrate logical thinking is important.

Responsibilities

• Produce daily transport plans ensuring optimal solutions.
• Conduct data analysis to forecast volumes and assess freight plans.
• Manage external carrier and agency requirements.

Skills

Transport operations experience

Excellent communication skills

Strong computer literacy

Organising and planning skills

Logical thinking

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

PowerPoint

DHL systems (OTM & Paragon)

Job description

Position: Resource Planner Location: Tyrefort, Birmingham (Operation is moving to Castle Bromwich in December) Grade: RCS. N Shift patterns: Monday-Friday. Day time hours (09:00-17:00) Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time). Drive your career forward as a Resource Planner in Birmingham, where you'll play a crucial role in managing resources for our key automotive customer contract! In this transport‑focused position, you will be responsible for optimising fleet and personnel allocation to ensure timely and efficient deliveries. If you have a passion for logistics and a knack for strategic planning, we want you to help us enhance our operations in the automotive sector. Join DHL Supply Chain and be part of a team dedicated to excellence in transport solutions!

A typical day may involve

• Produce daily Transport plans ensuring optimal solutions are achieved from both a cost and service level perspective
• Data Analysis to forecast future and retrospective volumes to assess impact to freight plans
• Managing external carrier and agency requirements vs core fleet requirements
• Work closely with all stakeholders within both JLR & DHL to ensure that freight provides the Customer with a best in class supply chain solution
• To investigate operational challenges & data discrepancies and provide solutions in a timely manner
• Data integrity checks on a daily basis to ensure driver requirements are planned efficiently and correctly
• Ensure all planning is executed within parameters of customer services levels
• Accurate management of network changes and additional / cancelled collections on a daily basis

This role would suit people who

• Previous Transport operations experience with tactical planning responsibilities is essential
• Previous experience in Freight planning based role would be desirable
• Excellent communication skills - Verbal and written
• Knowledge of DHL systems specifically OTM & Paragon would be beneficial, but not essential
• Strong and effective organising, planning and process work methods
• Strong computer literacy, with a comprehensive working knowledge of Microsoft Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Ability to demonstrate logical thinking

Why join us?

• Free on site parking
• 25 days annual leave
• Join our generous pension scheme and benefit from an 8% employer contribution, alongside a 4% employee contribution
• Free confidential 24/7 GP consultations
• Hundreds of retail and lifestyle discounts
• Affordable loans, savings schemes and free mortgage advice
• Visit https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/working-at-dhl-supply-chain to learn more

WHO WE ARE

We're the global leaders in supply chain management with 188,000 people in over 50 countries. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more.

BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE

At DHL, we're all about creating a workplace where everyone's skills and experiences matter, and where you can be your true self every day. As proud supporters of the Armed Forces Covenant, we value the skills and experience of ex‑service personnel and are dedicated to helping our veterans find jobs.

Please be aware that interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place during the week commencing 1st December and/or 8th December. Applications received after this date may not be considered but will be added to our talent pool for future opportunities, subject to your consent. Please also be aware that we review applications continuously and where we have a large number of applications the application period may close ahead of the provisional interview date. To ensure your application is considered we recommend submitting it as early as possible.