Location: On site / Wrexham LL13, UK
Job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Supply Chain | Production & Operations
Annual Fixed salary: £34,000.00
Owens Group is a fast developing, multisite organisation, with a large diverse customer base, making this an exciting opportunity.
As a result, Owens Group is looking to recruit a Transport Planner.
4 on 4 off Nights - 6pm to 6am
Salary : £34,000.00
To take responsibility for the timely traffic planning of routes and scheduling delivery times to ensure that the customer receives a first class service in a cost effective way.
Responsibilities and Duties
* Carry out tasks largely unsupervised to cost and quality standards
* Plan ahead - tasks and resources. Liaise with internal/external customers to resolve problems
* Collect, analyse and distribute information/data
* Provide professional/specialist advice both internally and externally
* Develop relationships with external customers
* Specify and ensure levels of support service are in place
* Prioritise and co-ordinate workloads
* Completion of tasks to time and quality standards
* No customer complaints and working to budgets
* Successful working partnerships with customers, internal and external
* Delivering the right advice in a timely manner and achieving respect of others for your competence
* Practise safe working procedures
Specific Key Accountabilities
* Working with customers/suppliers/drivers and other traffic desks, planning routes and scheduling delivery times to ensure the smooth running of the operation
* Prioritising workload, route planning driver brief and de-brief
* Liaise with other depots within the company
* Driver communication and monitoring
* Strong organisational skills for planning schedules, journeys and loads
* Proactively work to reduce late deliveries and missed time slots
* Ability to work flexibly and to make decisions quickly
* Excellent communication skills and the ability to deal with people at all levels
* Maintain computerised system Stirling and have the skills to use Excel spreadsheets
* A good understanding of transport regulations currently in force
* Good geographical knowledge
* Booking driver agency staff depending on workload
* Monitor compliance and work with drivers and compliance to eliminate infringements
* Ensure all drivers are aware of SAFED and be actively involved in improving SAFED achievements to goals
* Be an integral part of and is responsible for employee health and safety
* Ensure vehicles and trailers are available in a timely manner to adhere to compliance and inspection requirements
* Provide general support appropriate to management when required
Specific Qualifications / Job Training
* Experience of working at a similar level
* Job-specific qualification preferred
* Specific experience
* Traffic management
* Dealing with VOSA compliance
* Problem solving / logical thinking
* Working unsupervised, continually managing time and prioritising work to meet tight deadlines
Specific Skills
* Good communication skills, interaction at all levels internal and external
* Geographical knowledge
* Team player with a flexible "Can Do" attitude
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