Transport Planner

CPS; Leicester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics organization in the UK is seeking a Transport Planner / Logistics Planner. This role requires a proactive and customer-focused individual, ideally fluent in French, who can drive operational improvements and enhance vehicle flow across networks. The company offers ambitious career plans and personalized development to foster success. Ideal candidates are confident, IT literate, and possess excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Ambitious career plans

Personalized development plan

Regular promotions

Growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be confident and quick-witted, with a strong customer service orientation.
• Proactive and results-focused with excellent communication skills.
• IT literate with an understanding of logistics systems.

Responsibilities

• Improve vehicle flow throughout the network.
• Work with development team on IS system implementation.
• Drive improvements in the carrier network.
• Manage carrier availability and reference data.

Skills

Fluent in French

Customer service focus

Proactive and driven

Excellent communication

IT literate

Education

A-levels or equivalent

Job description

Transport Planner / Logistics Planner / Customer Service

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

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• Key tasks undertaken in this role include:
• Must be able to speak French
• 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

Qualifications / Attributes

• 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!