Senior Transport Planner - UK Road

Found Consultancy; England; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A large global organisation is seeking a Senior Transport Planner to join their team in the UK. The successful candidate will be responsible for operational transport planning support, maintaining strong relationships, and ensuring excellent performance across logistics. Key qualifications include logistics experience, familiarity with data systems, and strong communication skills. This full-time role offers a competitive salary along with excellent benefits.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational transport planning support to drivers and customers.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers and internal customers.
• Give effective and clear instructions in a professional manner.
• Plan, book, record and confirm transport arrangements.
• Operate the computer traffic system ensuring accurate data input.
• Liaise with drivers, shipping agents & freight forwarders.
• Handle any consignment issues within the transport office.
• Provide calculations regarding sales and job costs.

Skills

Logistics experience

FMCG

Excel

Power BI

Excellent communication

Commercially focused

Job description

Senior Transport Planner - UK Road

Salary: £38,000k - £44,500k plus excellent benefits

Role: Full Time Permanent

Location: North West / M62 / Warrington

Global organisation - UK road

Immediate Hire

This is an excellent opportunity to join a large global organisation in a Senior Transport Planner role. You will be responsible for planning and providing support to road, Sea & Rail freight throughout the UK / Europe. This is a new additional role to the planning team and you will be able to add real value to the FMCG organisation.

You will act as a key and effective member of the Central Logistics team, driving efficiencies, continuous KPI improvement, providing analysis, data and commercial support with telematics and tracking systems to plan UK road transport.

Key Areas

• Planning - Optimisation of assets and routes
• Customer Service / Client Management
• Maximising commercial opportunities
• Team lead / managing junior team members
• Transport data, systems, digital, Power BI, excel
• Transport CPC qualification or willing to complete as extra training / development for the role

Role Information

• To provide operational transport planning support to drivers and customers.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers and internal customers ensuring excellent operational performance.
• You will be responsible for giving effective and clear instructions using excellent communication skills, both verbally and written, in a professional manner to all internal and external contacts/personnel.
• Plan, book, record and confirm all appropriate transport arrangements.
• Operate the computer traffic system ensuring accurate data input, regularly checking and updating confirmations, transactions and orders.
• Liaise with drivers, shipping agents & freight forwarders supplying them with clear and detailed instructions.
• Assume responsibility for any consignment issues within the transport office, reporting these to the Transport Manager and effectively handling any queries.
• Provide calculations regarding sales and job costs in accordance with internal procedures. Responsible for issuing rate confirmations as and where necessary and recording these agreements.
• Arrange additional resource or alternative options to effectively cover all operational activity.
• Ensure planning carried out in the most efficient and cost-effective way to achieve optimum margin potential.

Experience & Qualifications

• Logistics experience
• FMCG
• Familiar with using Excel / data / Power BI
• Excellent communication
• Commercially focused