Transport Planner The 3PL Transport Planner will be responsible for the daily planning of the fleet for their palletised goods. Based out of Redditch you will be responsible for organising fleet logistics on a daily basis to complete the daily workload and a huge focus on managing the drivers closely and assigning work on a logical, time efficient manner. Anyone who has experience of minimising fuel costs and maximising driver hours within a 3PL provider will be at an advantage. Ensuring fleet maintenance schedule is kept and is met in a timely fashion thus minimising truck downtime and associated costs. Manage driver Tachograph records and ensuring driver compliance with VOSA regulations.Making drivers aware of breaches and keeping suitable records to share with internal management.Keep up to date with current legislation regarding Transport regulations ensuring company remains compliant.Talk to customers regarding delivery times and managing expectations. The successful candidate will have a good balance of both transport planning and transport operations management. Its a manual planning role, and so anyone has only worked with planning software will not be considered. There is a lot of driver engagement, and the current challenges within the operation are with driver conflicts as well as customer and financial restraints. As well it being palletised, the planning is carried out for multi-drops. Anyone with 3PL experience will also be at an advantage. A well established and leading 3PL based in Redditch. £28,000 - £32,000 + benefits Your application will be reviewed by Michael Page. Please be aware we receive a high volume of applications for every role advertised & regularly receive applications from candidates who exceed the job credentials. We will only contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview. Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. Location: Worcester, Worcestershire Salary: £32000 Job type: Permanent Contact: Anil Pattni
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 09:54:38 +0000
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