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Who are Schenk UK Ltd:
Schenk UK is an innovative, national tanker haulage business operating one of the largest road tanker fleets in the country. For over 60 years, we've proudly served the chemicals, gas, fuels, waste, and powders sectors, becoming the UK's largest chemical transporter. As one of our Planners, you will be a commercially aware candidate who will play an integral part in the delivery of high quality, cost effective, logistics services for our customer base by being responsible for the efficient movement of LGV tanker trailers across the country including single and multiple drops per day at customer sites.
Role:
Being an efficient communicator and multi-tasker, you will work with our customers and ensure that our drivers have a good understanding of their daily transport plan and keep a thorough check on their completion of work. You will also need to keep our customers up to date with the status of their jobs and ensure a high level of customer satisfaction is maintained. Ideally you will be an experienced Planner who is familiar with various Planning tools including Microlise and have good Excell skills. If you have experience with other planning software, full training will be provided.
You will be tasked to deliver various internal KPI's and be sufficiently robust to cope with anticipated events and customer-driven changes. You will be customer and driver facing, so being able to quickly build excellent professional relationships is key.
In this position, you will work Monday to Friday across rough office hours, 08:00-17:00.
You will be responsible for:
Effective planning of driver and vehicle resource to achieve delivery/collection times, creating and updating daily run summary
Liaise with local operations covering pre loading & unloading operation
Ensuring that service levels are achieved and maintained, in conjunction with other departments
Optimisation of resource and adherence of WTD and drivers' hours legislation
Using the Driver Rota, plan drivers according to shift pattern and available hours, taking into account holidays and sickness
To ensure legal compliance regarding any defects, services, MOT's etc
Ensure all accidents/incidents/near miss are logged and reported in line with company procedures
Maintain clear and effective communication with drivers, communicating accurate start times, load information, directions, additional shifts etc
To increase staff retention and maintain good morale, reporting any driver's issues or concerns to management. In turn, communicate any operational changes that may affect a driver's daily duties
Ensure adherence to all statutory and legal requirements, adhere to all health & safety/ safe systems of work
Utilise and interpret the Transport Management System to maximise route planning efficiencies within given time constraints and service criteria
Provide effective communication during shift handovers and engage with other Transport Planners regarding issues arising during the shift
Other duties assigned by their manager from time to time
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Experience Required:
Experience of working in a Health & Safety Focused environment
Have a strong working knowledge of the Geography of the UK
Previous experience from the logistics/transport sector
Can anticipate and resolve problems effectively
Experience of working in a cost-sensitive environment
Competent in the use of IT based Transport Systems and MS Office
Successful track record of dealing with customers directly both internal and external
The Package:
In return, you will receive a competitive salary of up to £32,000 to £35,000 dependent on experience. You will also benefit from a company pension scheme, paid holidays (25 days + 8 bank holidays), cycle to work scheme, tech scheme and the opportunities that come with a strong, established and growing company.
In addition, Schenk provide every UK employee with access to Schenk Perks, our Employee Assistance Programme and reward platform. Schenk Perks provides discounts to 100s of top name brands, high street offers, and holidays, as well as Employee Wellbeing and Support.