Transport Planner

B&S Group (Laxmico Ltd); Greater London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

B&S Group (Laxmico Ltd) is seeking a Transport Planner in Greater London to plan, optimise and manage delivery routes, aiming to reduce mileage, fuel use and costs while maintaining high service levels.

You will use Samsara and WMS daily to keep routes current, respond to disruptions promptly, and support reporting and project work across multiple depots.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational and time-management skills required.
• Excellent geographical knowledge and route-planning ability.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Good knowledge of transport operations, vehicle capacity and delivery scheduling.
• Competent in Microsoft Excel and data reporting.

Responsibilities

• Plan and optimise daily delivery routes on a regular basis.
• Allocate new deliveries to suitable routes based on capacity and requirements.
• Use Samsara to plan allocation of new customers and routes to depots/sites.
• Update Samsara with route IDs and sequence changes.
• Update WMS daily with route IDs and sequences for all customer accounts.
• Review routes for each depot/site to improve efficiency.
• Communicate delivery delays and route disruptions to the customer services team and provide solutions.

Skills

Organisational skills

Route planning

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Work under pressure

Communication

Teamwork

Transport operations

Delivery scheduling

Excel

Data reporting

Tools

Samsara

WMS

Job description

The Transport Planner is responsible for planning, optimizing and managing delivery routes to ensure that vehicles and drivers operate efficiently, safely and cost-effectively. The role focuses on reducing mileage, fuel consumption, transport costs and delivery times while maintaining high levels of customer service and meeting delivery schedules.

1. Route Planning and Optimization

• Plan and optimise daily delivery routes on regular basis.
• Allocate new customer deliveries to suitable routes based on capacity, location and customer delivery requirements.
• Use fleet management software (Samsara) to plan allocation of new customers, new routes to respective depots/sites.
• Update and maintain fleet management software (Samsara) on regular basis with vehicle registrations against their corresponding route IDs.
• Update fleet management software (Samsara) on a daily basis with route and sequence changes.
• Update and maintain Warehouse Management System (WMS) on a regular basis with all customer accounts with their correct route IDs and sequences.
• Update Warehouse Management System (WMS) on a daily basis with route and sequence changes.
• Review and adjust routes periodically for every depot/site to accommodate growth and to identify inefficiencies in the routes.
• Communicate/Respond to customer services team with delivery delays, route disruptions and other logistical issues and provide necessary solutions.

2. Bookings and Special deliveries

• Liaise with Booking teams to arrange deliveries and collections for special category of customers (Wholesalers/Specials Customers/Syri Customers/Supplier collections).
• Liaise with depot supervisors and arrange special transport and provide updated information to depots about bulk deliveries for specific customers.
• Liaise with booking team to re-arrange any failed deliveries.
• Provide proof of deliveries/temperature logs upon request to customers and relevant stake holders.

3. Reporting and Administration

• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly transport performance reports to correspond business KPIs.
• Maintain accurate route plans, delivery records and logistics data.
• Support transport planning projects and business improvement activities.

Essential Skills & Qualifications

• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Excellent geographical knowledge and route-planning ability.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Good knowledge of transport operations, vehicle capacity and delivery scheduling.
• Competent in Microsoft Excel and data reporting.