Transport Planner

Sunbelt Rentals Limited; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading equipment rental provider in the UK seeks a Transport Planner to effectively manage multi-depot transport operations. The successful candidate will optimize routes, ensure compliance with delivery KPIs, and lead a team of drivers. Ideal candidates will have experience in transport planning, excellent organizational skills, and familiarity with transport systems. A competitive rewards package is offered.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Life assurance

Retail discount scheme

Employee recognition awards

Company pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple depots, drivers, and vehicles.
• Familiarity with transport compliance and O licence regulations.
• Must be assertive and able to make decisions quickly.

Responsibilities

• Lead review process for route efficiency.
• Optimize delivery schedules and 3PL usage.
• Ensure compliance with KPI targets such as on-time deliveries.

Skills

Excellent organisation skills

Calm under pressure

Transport planning experience

IT skills in transport systems

Geographical knowledge of UK roads

Personable nature

Commercial focus

Proactive drive

Resilience

Education

Transport Manager CPC (ideal)

Tools

Paragon

Job Watch (Big Change)

Rotec

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

Business Objects

Job description

Overview

Are you ready to join a Company that really believes that people are the very heart of the business and really values your contribution? Due to the continued expansion of the business and increasing demands, we're looking for a Transport Planner who will thrive in a busy environment. Reporting to the Regional Transport Manager, you'll be responsible for the delivery of effective and efficient transport routes across multiple Sunbelt Rentals depots for a number of drivers and vehicles up to an approximate maximum of 10 drivers or 8 vehicles. You'll play an active role in the safe operations of our transport operation and to ensure our drivers, vehicles and routes operate to the highest levels of safety.

Responsibilities

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for route efficiency. Lead review process & compliance to optimise van/LGV schedules and 3PL usage
• Responsible for delivering the Operational Performance to the agreed KPI targets
• The agreed KPIs will include:
• On Time delivery performance
• Vehicle productivity in the form of jobs per vehicle (JPV) KPI
• Number of Accidents through demonstrative action to reduce the number of accidents
• Vehicle uptime by reducing vehicle off road (VOR) time
• 100% POD and POC compliance to ensure revenue collection
• Working pro-actively to reduce missed time-slots & late deliveries
• Ensuring any transport issues arising from customers & drivers are resolved
• Briefing & De-Briefing drivers

What we offer

What can we offer you in return? You'll be joining a highly successful FTSE100 company, the UK's largest equipment rental provider. We provide an Industry leading flexible rewards package including generous holiday allowance (with the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave), life assurance, retail discount scheme, employee recognition awards and a great Company pension scheme.

About You

About YouIf you join the team we'll provide you with everything you need and ensure you are equipped for success. We'll talk to you about your training and personal development needs and what you'd like to do to further your career and support your future aspirations.To succeed as a Transport Planner you will bring the following skill-set and behaviours:

• Excellent organisation skills and the ability to stay calm under pressure.
• The role will cover resources and routes in multiple depots with vehicles and people
• Transport planning in a similar or transferable environment such as a Transport office managing multiple locations, drivers and vehicles with responsibility for routing and route optimisation, Transport compliance and O licence regulations. Someone who has or is working towards Transport Manager CPC would be ideal
• IT skills, a good level of technical proficiency is preferred in both transport and workforce management related systems such as Paragon, Job Watch (Big Change) or Rotec and general Microsoft applications such as Excel or Access, Business Objects
• Excellent geographical knowledge of UK road network
• Personable nature with a "can do" approach to their work
• A good understanding of how to be assertive and to react appropriately depending on the circumstances
• Commercial focus with an understanding of the impact of cost on the Transport operation
• A drive to be proactive. This role requires forward planning and being able to react and thinking quickly
• Resilience. This is about the ability to stay calm when under pressure and continue to make decisions and solve problems on the go.