Transport Planner

CPS; Leicester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics organization is seeking a passionate Customer Service / Planner to improve vehicle flow and manage transport requirements. You will work collaboratively with development teams on system implementations and ensure adherence to performance KPIs. The ideal candidate is confident, customer-focused, and fluent in German, with a proactive approach to driving results. This role offers ambitious career plans and is part of a rapidly growing company in the logistics sector.

Benefits

Ambitious career plans

Personalised development plan

Opportunities for regular promotions

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills with various levels of people.
• Ability to drive system improvements for logistics operations.
• Ability to manage and forecast transport requirements.

Responsibilities

• Improve vehicle flow throughout the network.
• Work closely with the development team on IS system implementation.
• Manage carrier availability and performance reviews.

Skills

Fluent in German

Customer service focused

IT literate

Quick-witted

Pro-active and driven

Results and performance focused

Education

A-level in relevant field

Job description

Transport, network, logistics, supply chain, planning, customer service A- level student considered.

Our client needs passionate, forward thinking people to join them on their mission to be the most technically advanced logistics organisation in Europe. Their vision is to radically reduce transport cost, provide service excellence and a platform for sustainable continuous improvement.

As a Customer Service / Planner they can offer you?

• Ambitious career plans
• A personalised development plan focused on your success
• Regular promotion for those who deliver their objectives consistently
• The opportunity to join a business experiencing year on year growth

Why? Because they want to change the Transport industry. In order to do that, they've got to be the first choice for any Logistics professional to work with.

Key tasks undertaken in this role include:

• Must be able to speak German
• Improving Vehicle flow throughout their Network
• Working closely with the development team on the implementation of IS systems
• Driving system improvement
• Focus on Carrier Network adherence and improvement
• Accountability and Ownership of cost based KPIs
• Daily performance reviews
• Forecasting transport requirements and sourcing vehicles
• Carrier availability management
• Maintaining Reference Data

You’ll be the one for this role if you are:

• Quick-witted
• Confident
• Customer-service focused
• Pro‑active and driven
• Results and performance focused
• Excellent at communicating with lots of different levels and types of people
• IT literate – our systems are the heart of our business!