Transport Planner

Kinaxia Transport & Warehousing; Telford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance

Pension

Full Uniform and PPE

Onsite Parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Loyalty Awards

Employee benefits and discounts

Job summary

Kinaxia Telford is seeking a Transport Planner to design and manage cost-efficient collection and delivery schedules from their site in Telford. You will coordinate vehicle and driver allocations, ensure vehicle availability, and work with the workshop to keep operations running smoothly while maintaining customer service goals.

You will use IT systems and TMS to optimise routes, manage staffing, and communicate plans across the transport team.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Highway Code and regulations.
• Experience with EU tachograph requirements and Working Time Regulations.
• Experience in transport operation systems and planning.
• Ability to analyse and solve logistic problems.
• Evidence of company values: Safe, Talented, Attentive, Reliable.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute collection and delivery schedules for cost-efficiency.
• Utilise vehicles to allocate drivers, vehicles and backloads.
• Coordinate with Workshop for vehicle/trailer availability and plan risks.
• Share plans with transport team to maintain service levels.
• Manage staffing levels, including agency staff, to meet daily plan.
• Communicate with customers on schedules and handovers for delays.
• Plan operations for next day and provide quotes for bookings.
• Participate in cross-training to ensure coverage.
• Identify and drive continuous improvements in operations.

Skills

Transport planning

Fleet deployment

TMS experience

Staffing management

Customer coordination

IT systems proficiency

Geographical knowledge

Tools

TMS

Fleet management software

Job description

Kinaxia Telford are looking to recruit a Transport Planner to join their team at their site in Telford. The role of the Transport Planner will be to plan and execute collection and delivery schedules via the most cost-efficient means, in line with the business objectives, customer service levels and current legislative requirements.

• Monday - Friday
• 52.5 hours per week
• Salary dependent on experience
• Afternoons
• Additional benefits:
• Life Assurance
• Pension
• Full Uniform and PPE
• Onsite Parking
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Loyatly Awards (recognises employees with 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 years' service)
• Employee benefits and discounts across a range of top brands (including shopping, travel, motoring and days out)

Job Role:

• Make full use of all IT systems, TMS and customer portals to ensure efficient fleet and employee deployment.
• Fully utilise all vehicles to ensure accurate and appropriate allocation of drivers/vehicles/trailers/customer deliveries and backloads.
• Work closely with the Workshop to ensure vehicles and trailers are available to support the transport requirement, service scheduling is built into the plan and advise the operation in a timely manner when there are any risks to vehicle or trailer availability.
• Communicate and share plans to the transport team to deliver through efficiency and maintain customer service levels.
• Manage staffing levels, including agency staff to ensure sufficient staffing levels are always in place to meet and exceed the daily plan and to meet customer requirements.
• Communicate effectively with all customers and work with them to understand and resource their schedules. Also, to include but not limited to; effective handovers to the relevant individuals / departments, and key stakeholders for any operational delays to ensure a smooth and efficient service is being delivered.
• Control and plan operational deliveries for the following day and provide rates, quotes and process all customer bookings to meet customers’ needs and expectations.
• Work as part of a team and participate in cross training initiatives to provide effective cover in a colleague’s absence.
• Identify, communicate, and drive any continuous improvements to continually develop the operation of the business.
• Operate to a high standard of general housekeeping and work safely, complying with all health and safety regulations to maintain a clean, safe, and tidy working environment.

Your knowledge and experience:

• Working knowledge of the Highway Code, EU tachograph requirements, Working Time Regulations, Road Transport Regulations
• Working knowledge of transport operation systems
• Geographical knowledge
• Health and Safety regulations
• Relevant transport and planning experience
• Analysing and solving logistic problems
• Transport operation systems
• Ability to demonstrate, understanding and apply our Company values. These are embedded in all roles and applicants must evidence these values as part of the application process:
• Safe
• Talented
• Attentive
• Reliable