Traffic Planner

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Full time
Location: Carlisle
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Job offered by: Bis Henderson
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Transport Planner

Carlisle

£35K - £40K + additional benefits

We are looking for a well-organised individual who will be responsible for the planning of our vehicle movements, working alongside other Traffic Planners within the Operation teams to efficiently schedule daily planning activity, ensuring the most efficient use of vehicles and drivers during collections and deliveries, whilst taking account of WTR and Drivers Hours Rules, vehicle weights and dimensions and the Road Traffic Act.

Responsibilities

Effective planning of an agreed amount of resource (vehicles, drivers, trailers) maximising vehicle utilisation and minimising cost. Ensuring planned routes are in line with working time directive (WTD) and drivers hours rules. Effective communication with stakeholders to ensure agreed customer SLA's are achieved and maintained, in conjunction with other departments and customer requirements. Liaise with relevant internal departments to ensure that customers are notified (and charges reflect) of any changes to collections / deliveries. Allocation of work from vehicles, drivers, collections and deliveries are as efficient as possible taking into account customer requirements. Ensure paperwork and KPI information is kept up to date and accurately recorded onto company and other IT systems, understanding and achieving KPI targets relating to the safe and efficient use of our fleet. Communicate with Operational Leads to maximise collaboration between departments and increase profitability for the organisation. Daily support with drivers, handling real time communications, solving or escalating issues and concerns as appropriate where they occur. Driver de-briefings, checking and authorising driver timesheets, and download of Tachograph data.

Requirements

Previous Transport and logistics experience. Previous use of transport systems. Strong understanding of driver's hours regulations and working time directive. Excellent problem-solving skills with an analytical approach. Good interpersonal skills, written and verbal. Ability to work unsupervised, or as part of a team, and be able to use your own initiative. Confident, outgoing personality with a 'can do' attitude. Have excellent attention to detail. Good numerical and analytical skills, including experience of spreadsheets and computer-based systems, including Microsoft products. Flexible approach to work demands, including some evening and weekend work. Good telephone manner and communication skills.

All applicants must have an unrestricted right to work in the UK as our client will not support visa sponsorship for this role. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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