Culina Group
Logistics
TransportPlanner
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“Transport Planner at Culina Group. Skills: Transport planning, Order planning, Fleet planning. Plan transport operation daily. Subcontract and plan orders”
Industry & Context.
Problem solving; Analytical skills; Decision making under pressure
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Transport planning expertise, Problem solving skills, Analytical skills, Organisational skills, Decision making under pressure, Flexible approach to working, Adaptable approach to working, Communicate well at all levels, Identify and suggest improvements
Nice to Have
Knowledge of SAP, Knowledge of BPCS, Knowledge of Road Runner
What You'll Do.
Plan transport operation daily
Subcontract and plan orders
Plan daily workload for fleet
Deal with customer queries
Deal with sub-contractor queries
Deal with warehousing site queries
Liaise with Traffic teams
Liaise with Administration teams
Maintain spreadsheets
Support driver training team
Complete pre de-brief
Complete post de-brief
Deliver internal communications
Deliver external communications
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Liaise with Traffic teams; Liaise with Administration teams; Work as part of team
Communication Scope
Internal communications; External communications
Full Job Description
Great Bear (Part of the Culina Group) provides distribution services to FMCG clients. Customer centric service focus is delivered through a site-level empowered culture. At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired! We have an exciting opportunity for a Transport Planner to join our friendly team at our Minworth site on a full time permanent basis! Salary: £30,541 per annum. Working hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. As a Transport Planner you will oversee the day to day planning of the transport operation. A highly motivated and driven individual, you will be experienced at working in a busy transport department, able to deal with day to day challenges and provide cost effective solutions to the customer. Key Duties of a Transport Planner: * Subcontracting and planning orders out of multiple warehouse facilities and manufacturing sites across the UK. * Planning daily workload for fleet: vehicles based on and off site. * Dealing with queries and issues by telephone, fax and email from our customers, sub-contract hauliers and warehousing sites. * Liaising with Traffic and Administration teams to ensure the highest standards of performance are maintained at all times. * Maintaining, creating and updating spreadsheets and databases for customer reports. * Reporting problems and dealing with issues and any queries that arise. * Support the fleet and driver training team as and when required. * Complete pre and post de-brief for all driver shifts. * Deliver effective, professional and timely internal and external communications. ## Qualifications * Be able to demonstrate a high level of transport planning expertise in a busy and demanding environment. * Have excellent problem solving, analytical and organisational skills. * Be able to make decisions under pressure, and to a tight timescale. * Have a flexible and adaptable approach to working in ord
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