Transport Planner: Route Optimisation & Customer Delivery

Breedon Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension

Annual leave

Share Saver

Holiday Buy

Life Assurance

Digital GP

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts on employee benefits

Career progression

Job summary

Breedon Group plc is seeking a detail-oriented Transport Planner to join the Customer Service and Distribution team at Treforest Office. You will plan, schedule and coordinate deliveries, optimise routes and coach Distribution Coordinators to deliver orders on time and in full.

The role requires strong IT skills and knowledge of transport regulations, plus excellent organisation, communication and problem-solving abilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in distribution planning or transport coordination.
• Knowledge of logistics regulations and planning best practices.
• Strong IT skills: Excel, Word, Outlook.
• Understanding of routing, vehicle capacity and cost-efficient loading.
• GCSEs or equivalent.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• Attention to detail and problem solving.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Customer-focused with service excellence.
• Team player with ability to work independently.
• Analytical thinking with cost vs service trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a forward view of haulage and production capacity and work with the Transport Manager to enhance capacity and vehicle availability and service levels daily.
• Work collaboratively with Operations, Transport and Commercial Teams to optimise distribution plans on the day(s) prior to delivery.
• Act as the point of contact for Operations and Transport to communicate production disruptions as a result of plant breakdown, driver absence etc., sharing with the Commercial Team to enable them to proactively manage customer expectations.
• In response to changes to the plan, respond to changes by communicating changes proactively and look across the area/region to identify opportunities to minimise impact on customer.
• Facilitate and guide Distribution Coordinators to respond to changes in the plan caused by customer circumstance, production availability etc, minimising impact across the area.
• Ensure compliance with transport legislation, including driver hours, weight limits, and health & safety regulations.
• Support the development of Distribution Coordinators and implementation of distribution KPIs and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Analyse declined orders to understand opportunities to enhance capacity to produce/deliver product.
• Analyse lost volumes (cancelled or reduced orders) and share repeat occurrences of customer cancellations/reduced orders with the Distribution Supervisor.
• Implement and embed changes to ways of working in line with Customer & Commercial Excellence initiatives.

Skills

Distribution planning

Transport coordination

Logistics operations

Excel

Word

Outlook

Routing

Vehicle capacity

Cost-efficient loading

GCSEs

Organisation

Attention to detail

Communication

Problem solving

Team player

Independent work

Analytical thinking

Education

GCSEs or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Breedon Group plc is seeking a detail-oriented Transport Planner to join the Customer Service and Distribution team at Treforest Office. You will plan, schedule and coordinate deliveries, optimise routes and coach Distribution Coordinators to deliver orders on time and in full.

The role requires strong IT skills and knowledge of transport regulations, plus excellent organisation, communication and problem-solving abilities.