Strategic Transport Planner | Fleet & Route Optimisation

Right Now Recruitment; Bristol; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Right Now Recruitment is recruiting a Transport Planner for a financially secure industry leader near Bristol. This is a full-time permanent role centered on planning, scheduling, and fleet management. You will coordinate orders, optimise haulage, and ensure stock availability to meet customer forecasts.

Based at Avonmouth, the position offers a Monday–Friday week with 1 in 4 Saturdays. Salary ranges from £34,000 to £38,000 per year, with emphasis on accuracy, route efficiency, and strong

Qualifications

• Experience in logistics, transport or fleet management.
• Experience scheduling materials.
• Strong route planning and geographical knowledge.
• Full UK driving licence (Essential).
• Good time management and initiative.
• Flexible with strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Planning and scheduling orders on the inhouse system and managing inventory
• Management and utilisation of the haulage fleet.
• Timely processing of customer orders against forecast usage, ensuring stock availability.
• Key point of contact for customers and drivers.
• Ensuring the integrity of our internal database in order to maintain a high level of accuracy on customer orders.
• Planning the routes of the company fleet, focusing on cost and efficiency
• Monitoring the progression of transports advising the client at agreed milestones, and ensuring the transports are running to schedule.
• Ensuring our Goods-In team receives the correct quantities of ordered materials

Skills

Attention to detail

Fleet management experience

Scheduling materials

Route planning

UK driving licence

Time management

Flexible mindset

Job description

Right Now Recruitment is recruiting a Transport Planner for a financially secure industry leader near Bristol. This is a full-time permanent role centered on planning, scheduling, and fleet management. You will coordinate orders, optimise haulage, and ensure stock availability to meet customer forecasts.

Based at Avonmouth, the position offers a Monday–Friday week with 1 in 4 Saturdays. Salary ranges from £34,000 to £38,000 per year, with emphasis on accuracy, route efficiency, and strong