Transport Planner (Airfreight)

Quest Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading airfreight transport company in Greater London is seeking a Transport Planner to join their expanding team. The successful candidate will manage workloads, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction and compliance with procedures. Applicants should have prior experience in transport planning, excellent communication skills, and adaptability to work under pressure. This role offers a dynamic work environment with day and night shifts available.

Qualifications

• Must have previous knowledge of transport planning.
• Experience working in a busy transport operation.
• Knowledge of Air and Road Logistics is required.
• Good written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Experience in a busy office environment is preferred.
• Must possess a good level of IT literacy.
• Ability to adapt and think on your feet is crucial.
• Must be able to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Understand the role of UK Transport team.
• Build strong relationships with customers.
• Plan workloads to meet and exceed targets.
• Provide reports to relevant departments.
• Ensure legislative compliance in all areas.
• Support improvements and cost savings in the department.
• Perform general administrative duties as required.

Skills

Transport planning

Communication skills

IT literacy

Adaptability

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

About the job Transport Planner (Airfreight)

Exciting opprortunity with growing business to join their successful team as a Transport Planner. Our client, leading airfreight transport company, based in Housnlow is expanding their Transport team and are looking for day and night planners to cover 4on 4off shifts.

Responsibilities

• Understand the role of UK Transport team.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with our customers putting their best interest at the forefront of everything we do, delivering consistently high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Plan workloads to ensure all targets are planned, met, and exceeded consistently.
• Provide reports to relevant departments within the business.
• Ensure legislative compliance in all areas.
• Ensure that the company operates within all agreed operational procedures and within statutory requirements including the provision and maintenance of a safe working environment.
• To identify possible savings and improvements for the department and support their implementation.
• Other general administrative duties that the management may reasonably request.

Requirements

• Previous knowledge of transport planning.
• Previous experience of working in a busy transport operation.
• Knowledge of Air and Road Logistics.
• Good communication skills - written and verbal.
• Experience working in a busy office environment.
• A good level of IT literacy.
• Adaptable and able to think on your feet.
• Ability to work under pressure.

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