Transport Planner

Great Bear; Wigan; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Wellness

Eye Care Vouchers

Reward & Recognition

Everyday discounts

Job summary

Great Bear in Wigan is seeking a Transport Planner to oversee day-to-day transport planning at our busy site. This full-time, permanent role operates on a 4 on 4 off shift pattern (5am–5pm), offering opportunities to optimise routes and coordinate subcontractors to deliver cost-effective solutions for our customers.

You will work in a busy transport department, communicating across teams and maintaining reports while supporting driver training.

Qualifications

• Experience in busy transport planning environment.
• Strong analytical and organisational abilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day transport planning across the UK operations.
• Coordinate subcontractors and planning orders from multiple sites.
• Liaise with Traffic and Administration teams to ensure performance.
• Create/update reports and provide timely communications.

Skills

Transport planning

Problem solving

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Tools

SAP

BPCS

Road Runner

Job description

Great Bear (Part of the Culina Group) provides distribution services to FMCG clients. Customer centric service focus is delivered through a site-level empowered culture.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

We would like to present you with an exciting opportunity for a Transport Planner to join our friendly team at ourWigan siteon a full time permanent basis!

Salary:£33,220 per annum.

Working hours: 4 on 4 off, 5am-5pm.

As a Transport Planner you will overseethe day to day planning of the transport operation. A highly motivated and driven individual, you will be experienced at working in a busy transport department, able to deal with day to day challenges and provide cost effective solutions to the customer.

Key Duties of a Transport Planner:

• Subcontracting and planning orders out of multiple warehouse facilities and manufacturing sites across the UK.
• Planning daily workload for a fleet: vehicles based on and off site.
• Dealing with queries and issues by telephone, fax and email from our customers, sub-contract hauliers and warehousing sites.
• Liaising with Traffic and Administration teams to ensure the highest standards of performance are maintained at all times.
• Maintaining, creating and updating spreadsheets and databases for customer reports.
• Reporting problems and dealing with issues and any queries that arise.
• Support the fleet and driver training team as and when required.
• Complete pre and post de-brief for all driver shifts.
• Deliver effective, professional and timely internal and external communications.

• Be able to demonstrate a high level of transport planning expertise in a busy and demanding environment.
• Have excellent problem solving, analytical and organisational skills.
• Be able to make decisions under pressure, and to a tight timescale.
• Have a flexible and adaptable approach to working in order to meet the requirements of the business, particularly at peak periods during the year.
• Be able to communicate well at all levels within the business.
• Have the ability to identify and suggest improvements to benefit both the Company and our customer.
• Be a highly motivated individual able to work as part of a small friendly team, and under own initiative.
• Knowledge of SAP, BPCS and Road Runner would be advantageous.

As part of our drive to make Great Beara great place to work, we are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave– 20days inclusive of the bank holidays.
• Pension scheme –We want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirementso we offer agreat contribution of 4% employee and 4% employer.
• Life Assurance- x2 your annual salary.
• Wellness –Via our Employee Assistance Programmewe offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year.
• Eye Care Vouchers –We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
• Reward & Recognition –We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the Month and Year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts- Via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!