Transport Planner

Univar Solutions; Cadishead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global distribution company seeks a Transport Planner to join their team in Cadishead. The role involves planning transportation efficiently, monitoring costs, and enhancing the use of the Transport Management System (TMS). Ideal candidates should be self-motivated with strong communication and customer service skills. Flexibility and attention to detail are key. Join a company dedicated to improving quality of life while ensuring safety and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated and willing to learn.
• Possess excellent customer service skills.
• Maintain high standards in all tasks.

Responsibilities

• Validate plans against criteria and make necessary changes.
• Monitor costs and record carrier expenditure.
• Manage invoices and handle query settlements.
• Support systematic improvements in transport planning.

Skills

Transport experience

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Flexibility in work times

Job description

Overview

Start your career journey with Univar Solutions! Here you can make an impact on the world around you and accelerate your career in areas that energize and excite you.

Duties: We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Transport Planner to join the Transport Planning team at Widnes or Cadishead. Reporting to the UK Transport Planning Manager and operating in a competitive market, you will be responsible for planning UK planning volume efficiently and cost effectively to meet KPI and budgetary targets. You will achieve this by using the Transport Management System (TMS) to plan transport for all our operational sites across the UK. The role presents an opportunity to learn all aspects of planning across the UK portfolio.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

• Review systematic plan created in TMS – validate the planning against specified criteria and make changes and improvements where necessary to minimise spend.
• Pre- plans volume where appropriate – review the order screens and plan ahead on specific relevant orders. Pull forward orders that could be released in advance of delivery day to improve vehicle utilisation and realign orders in case of full routes to save on carrier costs.
• Closely control and monitor costs and record common carrier expenditure; adhere to cost budgets. Actively strive to reduce costs and implement cost saving initiatives.
• Responsible for freight settlement – manage invoices in query, validate costs and approve or decline differences.
• Support and help to implement systematic improvements to improve further the effectiveness of the transport planning.
• Responsible to arrange haulage and to manage assigned haulers relevant to the operational sites.
• Actively support and play a key role in adopting TMS system across the UK in the most cost efficient and logical manner.
• The role is pivotal around Customer Service and Operating Safely in line with one of our key values "Serious about Safety".

We are looking for

• Transport experience is preferred but not essential.
• It is essential that you are self-motivated, willing to learn, have excellent communication skills, attention to detail and be flexible with work times.
• You will have high standards in all that you do and possess excellent customer service skills.

About Univar Solutions

We are a global network of more than 9,500 employees. To build a company where the best people want to work. As a valued Univar Solutions employee, you understand that we are more than a distribution company. From delivering vital ingredients for food and nutrition, to helping keep drinking water safe, our company is dedicated to improving quality of life with our customers, suppliers and partners as we serve the world\'s most essential industries.

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity

Univar Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classification.