Transport Planner Night Shift

THE GLOBAL SEARCH COMPANY LIMITED; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

THE GLOBAL SEARCH COMPANY LIMITED is recruiting a Transport Planner for a luxury food delivery business where freshness, reliability and attention to detail matter on every delivery. This night shift runs 10pm to 4am, offering an organised, commercially minded planner a busy multi-drop operation where customer commitments are central.

As Transport Planner you will plan daily routes, allocate vehicles and drivers, and work with warehouse and customer service teams to keep schedules realistic and

Qualifications

• You will have experience in transport planning or route optimisation within a busy delivery operation.
• Confident using routing software and Excel; Maxoptra experience is welcome.
• You balance operational efficiency with premium service expectations.

Responsibilities

• Plan and optimise daily multi-drop delivery routes.
• Allocate vehicles and drivers to meet delivery requirements.
• Factoring customer time windows and product handling into plans.
• Monitor progress and adjust schedules to manage delays and disruption.
• Coordinate with warehouse to align loading and departure times.
• Use transport planning systems and data to improve utilisation and service performance.
• Maintain schedules and communicate clear instructions to the transport team.

Skills

Transport planning

Route optimisation

Excel

Maxoptra experience

Education

Tools

Maxoptra

Job description

We are recruiting a Transport Planner for a luxury food delivery business where freshness, reliability and attention to detail matter on every delivery.

NIGHT SHIFT 10pm - 4am.

This is an opportunity for an organised, commercially minded planner who enjoys making a busy multi-drop operation run efficiently while keeping customer commitments firmly in focus.

The role

You will plan daily delivery routes, balancing order volumes, delivery windows, vehicle capacity and driver availability. Working closely with the Transport Supervisor, warehouse and customer service teams, you will build realistic schedules and respond quickly when priorities change.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Planning and optimising daily multi-drop delivery routes.
• Allocating vehicles and drivers to meet delivery requirements.
• Factoring customer time windows, access restrictions and product handling requirements into each plan.
• Monitoring progress and adjusting schedules to manage delays, additional orders and operational disruption.
• Coordinating with warehouse colleagues to align loading and departure times.
• Using transport planning systems and delivery data to improve vehicle utilisation, mileage and service performance.
• Maintaining accurate schedules and communicating clear instructions to the transport team.

About you

You will have experience in transport planning or route optimisation within a busy delivery operation, ideally in foodservice, chilled distribution or another time-sensitive environment.

Confident using routing software and Excel, you will bring strong geographical awareness, attention to detail and a calm approach to solving problems. Experience with Maxoptra or a comparable transport planning system would be particularly welcome.

You will understand how to balance operational efficiency with the service expectations that come with premium products.