Transport Planner

B&S Group (Laxmico Ltd); London Borough of Ealing; Presencial; GBP 28.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

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Descripción de la vacante

B&S Group (Laxmico Ltd) is seeking a Transport Planner to plan, optimise and manage delivery routes, reducing mileage and costs while maintaining high customer service. You will use Samsara for fleet planning, coordinate with bookings, and generate regular transport performance reports to drive efficiency.

Key responsibilities include daily route optimisation, depot coordination, and maintaining accurate route data in WMS/Samsara, with a focus on meeting delivery schedules.

Formación

• 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.

Responsabilidades

• 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 daily.
• Update WMS with correct route IDs and sequences.
• Review and adjust routes periodically to improve efficiency and growth.
• Communicate delays and disruptions to the customer services team and provide solutions.
• Prepare daily/weekly/monthly transport performance reports.

Conocimientos

Route Planning

Fleet Management

Data Reporting

Stakeholder Communication

Time Management

Problem Solving

Excel Proficiency

Herramientas

Samsara

Descripción del empleo

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.

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.

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.

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