Transport Planner – Fleet & Route Optimisation

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Banbury; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 28 days

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Wellness programme

Eye care vouchers

Reward & Recognition

Discount platform

Job summary

Great Bear (Part of the Culina Group) in Banbury is seeking a Transport Planner to join our busy team on a full-time permanent basis. You will oversee the day-to-day planning of the transport operation and provide cost‑effective solutions to our customers.

The ideal candidate will have proven transport planning experience, strong problem-solving and organisational skills, and the ability to make decisions under pressure. Working hours are 8:30am–5:30pm, Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate a high level of transport planning expertise in a busy and demanding environment.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical and organisational skills.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure, and to a tight timescale.
• Flexible and adaptable approach to working to meet business requirements, especially at peak periods.
• Be able to communicate well at all levels within the business.
• Ability to identify and suggest improvements to benefit both the Company and our customer.
• Highly motivated and able to work in a small team or on own initiative.
• Knowledge of SAP, BPCS and Road Runner would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• 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 high standards of performance.
• 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.

Skills

Transport planning

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Communication

Decision making

Flexibility

SAP

BPCS

Road Runner

Tools

SAP

BPCS

Road Runner

Job description

Great Bear (Part of the Culina Group) in Banbury is seeking a Transport Planner to join our busy team on a full-time permanent basis. You will oversee the day-to-day planning of the transport operation and provide cost‑effective solutions to our customers.

The ideal candidate will have proven transport planning experience, strong problem-solving and organisational skills, and the ability to make decisions under pressure. Working hours are 8:30am–5:30pm, Monday to Friday.