Culina Group
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TransportPlanner
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“Transport Planner at Culina Group. Skills: transport planning, process management, cross-functional coordination, vendor/stakeholder management, operational metrics, resource planning, continuous improvement. oversee the day to day planning of the transport operation. subcontracting and planning orders out of multiple warehouse facilities and manufacturing sites across the UK”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure the highest standards of performance are maintained at all times
Industry & Context.
excellent problem solving, analytical and organisational skills; deal with day to day challenges; provide cost effective solutions; reporting problems and dealing with issues and any queries that arise
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
high level of transport planning expertise in a busy and demanding environment, excellent problem solving, analytical and organisational skills, ability to make decisions under pressure, and to a tight timescale, flexible and adaptable approach to working in order to meet the requirements of the business, particularly at peak periods during the year, ability to communicate well at all levels within the business, ability to identify and suggest improvements to benefit both the Company and our customer, highly motivated individual able to work as part of a small friendly team, and under own initiative
Nice to Have
Knowledge of SAP, BPCS and Road Runner would be advantageous
What You'll Do.
oversee the day to day planning of the transport operation
subcontracting and planning orders out of multiple warehouse facilities and manufacturing sites across the UK
planning daily workload for a 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
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
professional and timely internal and external communications
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Liaising with Traffic and Administration teams; work as part of a small friendly team
Communication Scope
communicate well at all levels within the business; Deliver effective, professional and timely internal and 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 would like to present you with an exciting opportunity for a Transport Planner to join our friendly team at our Wigan site on a full time permanent basis! Salary: £33,220 per annum. Working hours : 4 on 4 off, 5am-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 a 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 app
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