Temporary Transport Planner/Administrator

Berry Recruitment Group; Banbury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Berry Recruitment are NOW hiring a committed and experienced Transport Planner to work for a company in Banbury. This role is a Temp to Permanent position based in Banbury, with typical hours Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 17:30pm.

The candidate will plan daily workload for a fleet, coordinate with multiple warehouse facilities, and handle queries from customers and sub-contract hauliers. SAP/BPCS/Road Runner knowledge is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in busy transport planning environments.
• Strong problem solving and analytical abilities.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure within tight timescales.
• Flexible and adaptable to peak periods.
• Experience with SAP, BPCS, or Road Runner is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Subcontracting and planning orders across UK warehouse facilities and sites.
• Plan daily workload for a fleet of vehicles on and off site.
• Handle queries by telephone, fax and email from customers and hauliers.
• Liaise with Traffic and Administration teams to maintain performance.
• Maintain and update spreadsheets and databases for reports.
• Report problems and handle queries as they arise.
• Support fleet and driver training as needed.
• Complete pre- and post-briefs for driver shifts.
• Deliver professional internal and external communications.

Skills

Transport planning

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Communication

Decision making under pressure

Tools

SAP

BPCS

Road Runner

Job description

Berry Recruitment are NOW hiring for a committed and experienced Transport Planner to work for a company in Banbury

Role: Transport Planner (Temp to Permanent)

Salary: 35,000 per annum

Location: Banbury

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-17:30pm

Key Responsibilities of the Transport Planner:

• Subcontracting and planning orders out of multiple warehouse facilities and manufacturing sites across the UK.
• Planning daily workload for a fleet: vehicles based on and off site.
• Dealing with queries and issues by telephone, fax and email from our customers, sub-contract hauliers and warehousing sites.
• Liaising with Traffic and Administration teams to ensure the highest standards of performance are maintained at all times.
• Maintaining, creating and updating spreadsheets and databases for customer reports.
• Reporting problems and dealing with issues and any queries that arise.
• Support the fleet and driver training team as and when required.
• Complete pre and post de-brief for all driver shifts.
• Deliver effective, professional and timely internal and external communications.

About you:

• Be able to demonstrate a high level of transport planning expertise in a busy and demanding environment.
• Have excellent problem solving, analytical and organisational skills.
• Be able to make decisions under pressure, and to a tight timescale.
• Have a flexible and adaptable approach to working in order to meet the requirements of the business, particularly at peak periods during the year.
• Be able to communicate well at all levels within the business.
• Have the ability to identify and suggest improvements to benefit both the Company and our customer.
• Be a highly motivated individual able to work as part of a small, friendly team, and under own initiative.
• Knowledge of SAP, BPCS and Road Runner would be advantageous.

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification we have listed. If your experience looks a little different but you think you can role; value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

We are committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. All applicants will be considered on the basis of their skills, experience, qualifications and ability to perform the role, and no applicant will be treated less favourably because of a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.