Transport Planner

Frontier Agriculture; Sandy; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in UK agriculture is seeking a Transport Planner based in Sandy for a full-time position. The role involves planning deliveries, managing relationships with hauliers, and ensuring effective service to customers. Ideal candidates will have strong problem-solving skills and experience with Transport Management Systems.

Benefits

Home and site working options

25 days holiday plus purchase option

Dedicated Learning & Development team

Employee Assistance Program

Increased family leave benefits

Life Assurance scheme and pension plan

Paid volunteer leave

Employee network groups

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee retail discount scheme

Qualifications

• Experience of using a Transport Management System (TMS).
• Proven experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated and tenacious.

Responsibilities

• Planning fertiliser deliveries to maximise capacity and service.
• Coordinating with hauliers to agree service requirements and performance.
• Managing incoming customer queries and liaising for swift resolution.

Skills

Problem-solving

Planning

Organisational skills

Effective communication

Negotiation

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Tools

Transport Management System (TMS)

Job description

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We are looking for a Transport Planner to join the Frontier team, based at Sandy, on a permanent, full-time basis.

You will be passionate about excellent customer service, work well under pressure, possess good problem-solving skills and be adaptable and willing to learn! If you think you have the transferable skills, this could be the role for you.

The Benefits

• Opportunities for a mixture of home and site working (to be agreed with Line Manager)
• 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase up to 5 more days (subject to meeting eligibility requirements)
• Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
• Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
• Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
• Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
  
• Up to two days paid volunteer leave per year (only applicable to permanent employees)
  
• The opportunity to join our employee network groups including LGBTQ+, Menopause wellbeing, Neurodiversity and Women’s network groups.
• Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers

About You

• Possess an assured and professional telephone manner
  
• Experience of using a Transport Management System (TMS)
  
• Strong planning and organisational skills
  
• Effective written and oral communication skills
  
• Ability to work on own initiative, finding resolutions, managing own workload and time, whilst developing effective and supportive relationships with colleagues and customers
  
• Proven experience of working in a fast-paced environment whilst maintaining a high level of attention to detail
  
• Experienced in negotiating rates, deadlines and capacity with hauliers and suppliers
  
• Able to hold suppliers and third parties to account using agreed Service Level Agreements
  
• Able to adopt a flexible approach to work
  
• Experience of meeting deadlines and dealing with pressure associated with these
  
• Self-motivated and tenacious
  
• An effective & collaborative team player
  
• Solution focused

Your Role

As a Transport planner your role will involve:

• Planning fertiliser deliveries to maximise our capacity whilst achieving a high level of service to our customers
  
• Developing relationships with 3 rd party hauliers, agreeing service requirements, volumes and rates, and following up with regular haulier performance reviews
  
• Coordinating and communicating the availability of fertiliser and seed intake with suppliers / commercial and sales teams
  
• Coordinating drivers of both Frontier and 3rd Party vehicles to provide an effective delivery service, across both our seed and fertiliser product range and regional network of product terminals
  
• Working with internal stakeholders to ensure efficient planning and execution of the business to meet both customer and supplier requirements
  
• Developing industry knowledge, understanding Health & Safety and security procedures to be able to continue to develop logistics solutions for the future
  
• Demonstrating strong customer focus with both internal and external customers
  
• Managing incoming customer queries and liaising with commercial and admin teams to achieve a swift resolution

We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date as applications will be reviewed and interviews may be booked in before that date.

We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

About Us

Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than £1.5 billion. With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.

Our business approach is underpinned by our core values Integrity, Customer First and Expertise or ‘ICE’. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.