Transport Planner: Fleet Optimisation & UK Scheduling

Culina

Broughton

On-site

GBP 29,000 - 35,000

Full time

8 days ago
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Job summary

Great Bear, part of the Culina Group, is seeking a Transport Planner for our Oldham site on a full-time permanent basis. Salary: £32,000 per annum. Working hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-6pm. You will oversee the day-to-day planning of the transport operation and coordinate across UK facilities.

Key duties include subcontracting, planning workloads, and liaising with internal teams to maintain high performance. Strong problem solving and adaptability are essential.

Qualifications

  • Demonstrate high level of transport planning expertise in a busy environment.
  • Excellent problem solving, analytical and organisational skills.
  • Able to make decisions under pressure and tight timescales.
  • Flexible and adaptable to meet peak business requirements.
  • Communicate well at all levels within the business.
  • Identify improvements to benefit both the Company and our customer.
  • Motivated and able to work in a small team and on own initiative.

Responsibilities

  • Plan daily workload for a fleet of vehicles based across the UK.
  • Subcontracting and planning orders across multiple warehouse facilities and sites.
  • Handle queries via telephone, fax and email from customers, sub-contract hauliers and warehousing sites.
  • Liaise with Traffic and Administration teams to maintain high performance.
  • Maintain and update spreadsheets and databases for customer reports.
  • Report problems and handle queries that arise.
  • Support the fleet and driver training team as required.
  • Complete pre- and post-briefs for driver shifts.
  • Deliver professional internal and external communications.

Skills

Transport planning
Analytical skills
Problem solving
Organisational skills
Decision making under pressure
Communication
Adaptability
Continuous improvement
Team work

Tools

SAP
BPCS
Road Runner

Job description

Great Bear, part of the Culina Group, is seeking a Transport Planner for our Oldham site on a full-time permanent basis. Salary: £32,000 per annum. Working hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-6pm. You will oversee the day-to-day planning of the transport operation and coordinate across UK facilities.

Key duties include subcontracting, planning workloads, and liaising with internal teams to maintain high performance. Strong problem solving and adaptability are essential.

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