Location: On site / Cardiff CF10, UK
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Supply Chain | Planning
Salary: Competitive salary
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 in our Cardiff Depot.
Working hours: 06.00-15.00- week one, 10.00-19.00 week two on rotating basis
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.
* Developing 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 working to budgets
* Successful working partnerships with customers, internal and external
* Delivering the right advice in a timely manner, achieving respect of others about your competence.
* Practising 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
* Liaising 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; 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
* Must monitor compliance and work with drivers and Compliance to eliminate infringements
* Must ensure that all drivers are aware of SAFED, and be actively involved in improving SAFED achievements to goals
* Must be an integral part of, and be responsible for employee health and safety
* Ensure that vehicles and trailers are available in a timely manner to adhere to compliance and inspection requirements
* Provide general support appropriate to the 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 internally and externally.
Geographical knowledge.
Team player with a flexible ‘Can Do’ attitude.
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