Transport Planner – Manchester: Route Optimization & Planning

Jingdong Development France; Manchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

JINGDONG Logistics, part of JD.com, is seeking a Transport Planner for our Manchester operation. This on-site, full-time role focuses on planning daily transport routes, allocating vehicles, forecasting demand, and optimizing efficiency within the Middle-mile Transportation team.

You will work closely with transport operations, warehouses, drivers, and 3PL carriers to ensure cost-effective, compliant routes and timely deliveries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Logistics, Supply Chain, Transport Management, Business, Operations Management, Data Analysis, or related discipline.
• Candidates with strong relevant transport planning or logistics experience may also be considered.

Responsibilities

• Plan daily transport routes based on order volume, delivery requirements, cut-off times, vehicle availability, driver availability, and operational priorities.
• Arrange vehicle allocation and dispatch plans to ensure sufficient transport capacity for daily operations.
• Use volume forecasts, historical data, peak plans, and operational trends to estimate vehicle demand and support capacity planning.
• Optimise route planning to improve vehicle utilisation, reduce empty mileage, control transport cost, and maximise efficiency.
• Analyse transport cost, route performance, vehicle fill rate, mileage, and driver hours to identify improvements.
• Collaborate with transport operations, warehouse, drivers, DSPs, subcontractors, and 3PL to ensure routes are executable.
• Adjust transport plans in response to volume changes, customer requirements, traffic conditions, and disruptions.
• Support daily vehicle dispatch by providing route plans, vehicle requirements, and delivery instructions.
• Monitor planned vs actual route performance including departure/arrival times and deliveries.
• Identify risks in transport plans such as insufficient capacity or non-compliant schedules.
• Ensure plans comply with driver hours rules and Working Time Directive requirements.
• Prepare daily and weekly planning reports including volume forecast, cost analysis, and performance.
• Support peak season planning, new route design, and network expansion projects.
• Maintain accurate planning records with route plans and cost data.

Skills

Transport planning

Logistics coordination

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or above in a related field

Job description

JINGDONG Logistics, part of JD.com, is seeking a Transport Planner for our Manchester operation. This on-site, full-time role focuses on planning daily transport routes, allocating vehicles, forecasting demand, and optimizing efficiency within the Middle-mile Transportation team.

You will work closely with transport operations, warehouses, drivers, and 3PL carriers to ensure cost-effective, compliant routes and timely deliveries.