Transport Planner  
General Haulage & Groupage
Selby, North Yorkshire
£32,000 - £34,000
Monday – Friday, Days
I’m currently recruiting for an experienced Groupage Transport Planner to join a run business who specialise within groupage loads for the UK.  
They are seeking a Transport Planner to effectively plan multi-site transport activities utilising own vehicles and subcontract haulage.
The Candidate;
* Manual transport route planning experience
* Proven experience of planning within a groupage transport operation is highly desirable
* Previous experience of working in a general haulage operation
* Experience of working within a busy transport office
* Have a dynamic approach to solve resource and planning resolution/ modifications
* ICT literate
* Have a basic understanding of Large Goods Vehicles (weights, dimensions and terminology)
* A good geographic knowledge
* A proactive approach to continual professional development
* An excellent team player, able to work on own initiative and make decisions
* An effective communicator
* A positive attitude towards customer service and continuous improvement
* Ability to question, challenge and improve upon existing processes
Duties and Responsibilities;
* Plan the fleet, and use sub contractors to deliver a load plan which meets all customer delivery time windows
* Work with the planning manager and other planners to achieve the required levels of revenue per day on own vehicles
* Actively source and generate backloads for a fleet of circa 100 Tractor Units
* Keep all customers informed of all failed services or significant delays
* Provide the communication link between customers and drivers
* Monitoring customer requests, allocating jobs and issuing instructions
* Keeping up to date with transport issues and dealing with changes to the days schedules
* Communicate fleet availability and issues to the whole team
* Troubleshooting critical transport related issues as they arise in a live environment
If you have Transport Planner experience and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please apply via the link.
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