Transport Planning Coordinator - 12 month FTC

PepsiCo Deutschland GmbH; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled transport planner to optimize logistics operations. This role involves coordinating deliveries, managing transport systems, and ensuring efficient use of resources. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and leadership skills, with a proven ability to manage stakeholder relationships effectively. Join a company recognized for its commitment to diversity and sustainability, and play a key role in shaping the future of logistics in a dynamic environment. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a global leader in the food and beverage sector.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with transport planning systems is essential.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, is required.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule deliveries to meet customer requirements.
• Coordinate customer deliveries and factory clearances.
• Ensure efficient use of available driver numbers.

Skills

Transport Planning Systems

International Transportation Movements

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Management

Numerical Skills

Microsoft Excel

SAP

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Job description

Overview

PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world's most loved food and drink products. Making every day favourites like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers and Monster Munch, to name a few! We have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers around the world more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories. The company generated $91 billion in net revenue in 2023. In the UK we pride ourselves on being a great place to work and in 2023 have been awarded the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality (formerly Times Top 50 Employers for Women) for the 18th year in a row and Top Employer for the 12th year in a row.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com

This is a day based role Monday - Friday, weekends are required on a rotating pattern

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule deliveries to meet customer requirements.
• Organize the movement of goods from factories.
• Coordinate customer deliveries, factory clearances, raw material collections, pallet collections, and pallet deliveries.
• Plan all internal and external movements involving the core fleet and third-party logistics (3PL).
• Ensure efficient use of available driver numbers.
• Regular interaction with Network Management Team and internal/external teams

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with transport planning systems.
• Preferable experience and understanding of international transportation movements.
• Ability to understand detailed information and its impact on the broader picture.
• Proven leadership, communication, influencing, and analytical skills, along with effective stakeholder management both internally and externally daily.
• Ability to balance competing priorities and effectively prioritize workload.
• Highly numerate, with the ability to accurately work with numeric data, handle large datasets, and possess strong skills in analysing and validating data.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, a general flair for IT, and exposure to SAP.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin.