Transport Planner: Fleet & Route Optimisation Lead

Culina; Stanton Hill; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave - 28 days

Pension scheme - 4% employee and 4% 4%

Life Assurance - x2 annual salary

Wellness - EAP 24/7

Eye Care Vouchers

Reward & Recognition

Everyday discounts platform

Job summary

Great Bear, part of the Culina Group, invites applications for a Transport Planner to join the Mansfield team on a full-time permanent basis.

You will oversee daily transport planning, coordinate subcontractors and routes across the UK, and ensure cost-efficient solutions while maintaining high service standards. The role requires experience in busy transport environments and strong problem-solving and communication skills, with flexibility during peak periods.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Subcontracting and planning orders out of multiple warehouse facilities and manufacturing sites across the UK.
• Complete compliance administration to support Transport Manager's daily / weekly tasks.
• 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.

Skills

Transport planning

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Decision making under pressure

Communication

Teamwork

Tools

SAP

BPCS

Road Runner

Job description

Great Bear, part of the Culina Group, invites applications for a Transport Planner to join the Mansfield team on a full-time permanent basis.

You will oversee daily transport planning, coordinate subcontractors and routes across the UK, and ensure cost-efficient solutions while maintaining high service standards. The role requires experience in busy transport environments and strong problem-solving and communication skills, with flexibility during peak periods.