Truck Planner: Master Route Optimization & On-Time Delivery

Move Intermodal; Genk; Remote; USD 47,781 - 61,433; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Eco vouchers

Insurance coverage

Laptop

Nespresso in modern setting

Sporting and healthy activities

Job summary

Move Intermodal nv in Genk (BE) is seeking a Transport Planner to join the operations team and schedule drivers efficiently, minimizing costs and respecting opening hours and rest times. You will stay in daily contact with drivers, subcontractors and other departments, manage administrative data in our TMS, and report to the Team Leader Truck Planning.

A bachelor’s degree in logistics and fluency in Dutch and English are required; knowledge of German, French or Italian is a plus, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in logistics or equivalent is required.
• Experience in a similar Transport Planner role is a must.
• Fluent in Dutch and English in spoken and written form; German/French/Italian is a plus.

Responsibilities

• You will schedule drivers in the most cost-efficient way, considering empty kms, optimal combinations, waiting times and rail/train slots.
• Maintain daily contact with drivers, subcontractors and internal teams to ensure high service levels.
• Handle administrative processing in the TMS system to enable traceability and accurate invoicing.
• Report to the Team Leader Truck Planning and contribute to continuous improvement.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Team player

Dutch language

English language

German/French/Italian (plus)

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in logistics

Tools

MS Office

Job description

For over 30 years, Move Intermodal has been a leading provider of intermodal logistics solutions. Through our network and partnership approach, we serve our customers across Europe in an efficient and sustainable manner. Thanks to our 300 dedicated employees in 8 countries, and 2.800 load units, 170 own trucks, 60 company trains per week and priority access to European rail shuttle network, we successfully organise over 1.000 movements per day all over Europe. We are constantly looking for enthusiastic colleagues who want to grow with us in a dynamic market and are always striving for innovation.

For our office in BE-Genk we are looking for a Truck Planner (1,0 FTE).

Function

✓ You will join the operations team as a Transport Planner.

✓ You are responsible for scheduling drivers in the most profitable way, taking into account:

o Minimize operational costs (empty kms, most optimal combinations, waiting hours, customer opening hours, booked time slots and closing trains)

o Customer service expectations to achieve the highest possible customer satisfaction

✓ A daily follow-up of all drivers is necessary to keep everything on track. You are in daily contact with drivers, subcontractors and other operational departments to pursue the highest possible service level for customers.

✓ Further you take care of the correct administrative processing of the transport in our TMS system so that a constant follow-up of all resources is possible as well as correct invoicing.

✓ In this position, you report to the Team Leader Truck Planning.

Profile

✓ You are looking for a big dose of responsibility, you get a kick out of the daily stress that planning brings and solving problems proactively is a matter of course for you

✓ You have strong communication skills, logical reasoning ability, a positive attitude.

✓ You are analytically strong and are a great team player.

✓ You have completed a bachelor’s degree in logistics. Professional experience in a similar position is a must.

✓ You have a very good knowledge of the Dutch and English language in word and writing. Knowledge of German, French and/or Italian is a big plus.

✓ You have a strong geographical knowledge. You have knowledge of driving and resting times, CMR and ADR legislation within Europe.

✓ You know MS Office perfectly.

We offer you

✓ A full-time job with flexible working hours (7h/11h – 16h/19h) in a young, dynamic and collegial working environment in Genk. In consultation with your team, a rotating schedule will be arranged for weekend and standby duties. Weekend duties are limited in scope and are not full-day shifts.

✓ A varied and broad range of tasks with growth potential. You will be trained on the job and further development is stimulated within the entire organization.

✓ In addition to our competitive terms of employment, you can count on numerous extra-legal benefits such as meal vouchers and eco vouchers, group and hospitalization insurance, a laptop, sporting and healthy activities, and on top of that also delicious Nespresso in a modern setting.

Interested?Apply now!

If after reading this vacancy you would like to join our ambitious team, don’t hesitate to send your CV and motivation to [e-mail] to the attention of Aurélie t’Kindt, Recruiter.

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