Transport Planner — UK Fleet & Logistics Optimisation

Great Bear; Oldham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 28 days

Pension 4% employee

Life Assurance 2x salary

Employee Assistance Programme

Eye Care Vouchers

Recognition programme

Retail discounts

Job summary

Great Bear, part of the Culina Group, seeks a Transport Planner at its Oldham site to oversee day-to-day transport planning and deliver cost-effective solutions for customers. The role operates Monday–Friday, 10am–6pm, with a salary of £32,000 per annum and a supportive team environment.

You will manage subcontracting, plan fleet workloads, coordinate with traffic and admin teams, and maintain performance metrics while ensuring clear communications across the business.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate high level transport planning expertise in a busy environment.
• Strong problem solving, analytical and organisational skills.
• Able to make decisions under pressure and to tight timescales.
• Flexible and adaptable to meet business peak demands.
• Communicate well at all levels within the business.
• Identify and suggest improvements to benefit the Company and customers.
• Self-motivated, able to work in a small team and on own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Subcontracting and planning orders across multiple UK warehouse facilities and sites.
• Plan daily workload for a fleet of vehicles on and off site.
• Handle queries from customers, subcontract hauliers and warehousing sites via phone, fax and email.
• Liaise with Traffic and Administration teams to maintain high performance.
• Maintain, create and update spreadsheets and databases for reports.
• Report problems and resolve queries that arise.
• Support the fleet and driver training team as required.
• Complete pre- and post-debrief for all driver shifts.
• Deliver timely internal and external communications.

Skills

Transport planning

Problem solving

Organisational skills

Decision making

Flexible/adaptable

Effective communication

Improvements identification

Team player

Tools

SAP

BPCS

Road Runner

Job description

Great Bear, part of the Culina Group, seeks a Transport Planner at its Oldham site to oversee day-to-day transport planning and deliver cost-effective solutions for customers. The role operates Monday–Friday, 10am–6pm, with a salary of £32,000 per annum and a supportive team environment.

You will manage subcontracting, plan fleet workloads, coordinate with traffic and admin teams, and maintain performance metrics while ensuring clear communications across the business.