Transport Planner

TLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transport company in the Greater London area seeks an experienced Transport Planner to manage daily route planning for container trucks. This role offers a salary around £38K, along with substantial benefits including health insurance and shopping discounts. Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in transport planning, particularly with containers, and familiarity with VBS/TOPS software is highly advantageous.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Life insurance

Health and wellbeing platform

Shopping discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Annual Technology vouchers

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Transport Planner.
• Previous container transport planning experience.
• Excellent multitasking and prioritisation skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce a daily Transport Plan in line with customer orders.
• Support and maximise daily revenue targets using vehicles.
• Negotiate subcontractor rates.

Skills

Multitasking

Prioritisation

Tools

VBS/TOPS software

Job description

Overview

Transport Planner - Salary & Benefits

• Salary circa £38K
• 45hr working week
• Monday to Friday
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Life insurance
• Health and wellbeing platform
• Shopping discounts
• Cycle to work scheme (car scheme also available)
• Annual Technology vouchers for laptops, phones etc.

Transport Planner Required to join one of the UK’s largest intermodal freight forwarders. The company are also a leading operator for the UK Heavy Haul rail freight market. Our client has operations across Europe offering both Intermodal/container transport as well as Heavy Haul freight services.

You will be working at the companies site located in Stanford-Le-Hope, providing route planning expertise for their container trucks and reporting directly to the onsite Transport Supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Produce a daily Transport Plan in line with customer orders and expectations
• Utilise vehicles with a view to support and maximise daily revenue targets
• Resource subcontractors ensuring full induction
• Negotiate subcontractor rates
• Bi-weekly on call rota for the weekend (this will be roughly twenty minutes work on the occasion that its required and can be done from home with NO requirement to be onsite)
• Attend daily planning review meetings
• Ensure customer service levels with all customers are achieved
• Working with our other depots throughout UK

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Transport Planner
• Previous container transport planning experience
• VBS/TOPS software experience (Highly Advantageous)
• Excellent multitasking and prioritisation skills

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