Overview We are looking to recruit a Transport Planner to be based at Asda Rochdale.
Our Transport Planners are required to own and manage the daily planning for all store deliveries and Backhaul collections including managing communication of the plan to all stakeholders ensuring that this is accurately reflected in the system whilst monitoring performance and efficiency as appropriate. The successful applicant will receive full and in-depth training. This is a 37.5 hour contract and and 5 from 7.. Shifts will typically start from 4am to 6am. and will include alternate weekends. Salary £27,000
How will you contribute?
1. Manage all volume through Plan-It system and ensure they are planned into the appropriate routing software and this is communicated to the business.
2. Manage resource requests to ensure that all planned daily resource is accurate
3. Management of Health & Safety on site includes creating a culture that is H&S conscious and reports accordingly. Drive the use of STAR reporting and awareness to reduce the number of accidents and incidents.
4. Ensure reports and details are accurate for the receiving audience
5. Financially aware and ensures profitability is maximised by ensuring plans are efficient.
6. Manage customer relationships ensuring that communication is good, and issues are highlighted and dealt with quickly and appropriately. Suggesting improvements and working with the Customers team to maximise efficiency.
7. Ensure all decisions are taken with full knowledge of the P&L implications to the business and that team are aware of financial performance.
What will you bring?
8. Successful delivery of operational and service performance in line with Health and Safety excellence and KPIs
9. Effective planning and prioritisation skills
10. Ability to identify and report issues
11. Ability to drive P&L performance to analyse statistics and react quickly
12. Previous experience/knowledge of Transport Management systems desirable
13. Operationally focused and able to deliver and exceed expectations
14. Demonstrable experience in Microsoft Office Applications
What do we offer? We really value our people and offer a friendly, safety first working environment and a competitive salary along with other benefits including; company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme ,employee benefits online discount platform, onsite parking + much more Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That’s why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.