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Our clients servesa wide range of customers in the water, wastewater, waste, municipal, healthcare, and industrial sectors in the UK and they are looking for a DistributionPlanner to join their team
Keyresponsibilities
Tocoordinateandplanprojectactivitieswithintheteamworkingwithotherprojectstakeholdersto
deliveragreedchangestowaysofworking
Toresearch,identifyandimplementchangesandimprovementstothedistributionsystems
andprocesses.
Toadvise/trainandassistotherstakeholdersinrelationtodistributionsystemsandprocesses
Toengagewithotherstakeholders(VendorsandCustomersinthemain)topromotethebenefits
oftheTMSsystem
ToassistwithensuringtheoptimumintegrityofdatawithinTMSandrelatedsystems
TosupportDistributionrelatedSPOT2025taskforces
Tocoachandmentorteammembers/colleagues/vendors
Extractaccuratedatafromsystemsandutilisethistobuildanddistributerelevantreporting
Leadbyexampleandensureregularandopencommunicationwithallstakeholdersto
keepthemupdatedonbusinessdevelopments
Workcloselywithstakeholderstoformulateandimplementshort,mediumandlong-termplans.
Toprovidecoverfortheteamwhenandwhererequired.
SupporttheteamonphasetwoandanyfutureprojectsoftheTMSrollout,
identifyingopportunitiesandchangethatwillbenefitthebusiness.
Skills
Tocommunicateeffectivelyandefficientlywithallstakeholdersbothinternalandexternal
TouseknowledgeofdistributionoperationstooptimisethebenefitsoftheTMSsystem
anddistributionprocesses
Tobuildstrong,professionalrelationshipswithcustomersandsuppliersidentifyingtheirneeds
andimplementingprocedurestomeettheirrequirements
Tohaveaproactiveapproachtoandproventrackrecordofproblemsolving
Setandmonitorprogresstowardstheachievementofobjectivesandtargetswhichsupport
ourcustomersandbusinessneeds
Beabletoworkcalmlyunderpressureandidentifysolutionstoissuesthatmayarise
Beinquisitiveandinvestigativeinyourapproachtoproblemsolvingandchallengethe
statusquowherenecessary
Haveadrivetodeliverexcellenceandseetasksthroughtotheendwhilemaintaining
focusthroughout.
Beabletowinoverscepticalstakeholdersbyusingaccuratedataandeffective,factual
communication
Behaviours
ToengageprofessionallyandpromotetheTMSsystemwhereandwhenrequired
Tosupportthedistributionmanagementteamwithtasksandprojectswithenthusiasmanddrive
Toshowleadershipwhenrequiredandmanagetasksandindividualseffectively
Musthaveakeeneyefordetailandacontinuousimprovementmindsetapproaching
problems/opportunitieswithaholisticapproach
Toberesponsible/accountablefortheiractionswithastrongcostcontrolmentality
Ensuredeliveryofoutstandingcustomerserviceandstrivetoconstantlyexceedexpectations
Tofieldtelephoneenquiriesandmanageinternalandexternalcommunications
effectively,referringcomplaintsorqueriestotheSeniorOperationsManagerwherenecessary.
ToKeepuptodatewithrelevantindustrylegislation,regulationsandinternal
compliancerequirementscontinuouslylookingatselfimprovement.
KnowledgeEssentials
Thecandidateshouldhavethefollowing:
Aknowledgeofthewasteindustry
Anexcellentknowledgeofdistributionandlogisticsoperations
AnindepthknowledgeoftheSteadtlerTMSsystemandMM
Financialawareness
Strongcommunicationskills
Previoussupervisoryexperience
AnexcellentknowledgeofMicrosoftOffice
Strongattentiontodetail
Aproventrackrecordofproblemsolving
Aprovenhistoryofpersuading/influencingotherstakeholders
Qualifications
TransportOperationsCPC(NationalandInternational)
TPBN1_UKTJ