Transport Planner - Late shift

CPS Recruitment Limited; Swindon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personalised development plan

Regular promotions for effective performance

Job summary

CPS in Swindon is looking for a Customer Service / Planner to enhance transport efficiency within the logistics sector. The ideal candidate is passionate about service excellence and is expected to manage vehicle flow, work with systems, and drive improvements in performance.

To succeed in this role, you must be confident, proactive, and adept at communicating across different levels. A-level students are encouraged to apply as they aim to promote ambitious career paths within their growing operations.

Qualifications

• Confident and quick-witted with excellent communication skills.
• Customer-service focused and proactive.
• Results-oriented with IT literacy.

Responsibilities

• Improve vehicle flow throughout the network.
• Work with the development team on IS systems implementation.
• Drive system improvements and focus on KPIs.
• Manage carrier availability and perform daily reviews.
• Forecast transport requirements and source vehicles.

Skills

Customer-service focus

Communication skills

IT literacy

Proactivity

Results-driven

Education

A-level student or equivalent

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:

• 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!

• Language skills would be beneficial