Transport Planner

Owens Group is a fast developing, multisite organisation, with a large diverse customer base, making this an exciting opportunity.

Monday
- Friday

- week one,  week two on rotating basis

To take responsibility for the timely traffic planning of routes and scheduling delivery times to ensure that the customer receives a first class service in a cost effective way.

• Carry out tasks largely unsupervised to cost and quality standards
• Plan ahead - tasks and resources. Liaise with internal/external customers to resolve problems.
• Collect, analyse and distribute information/data.
• Provide professional/specialist advice both internally and externally.
• Developing relationships with external customer.
• Specify and ensure levels of support service are in place.
• Prioritise and co-ordinate workloads
• Completion of tasks to time and quality standards
• No customer complaints Working to budgets
• Successful working partnerships with customers, internal and external
• Delivering the right advice in a timely manner Achieving respect of others about your competence.
• Practising safe working procedures.

• Working with customers/suppliers/drivers and other traffic desks, planning routes and scheduling delivery times to ensure the smooth running of the operation
• Prioritising workload, route planning driver brief and de-brief

• Driver communication and monitoring
• Strong organisational skills for planning schedules, journeys and loads
• Proactively work to reduce late deliveries and missed time slots
• Ability to work flexibly and to make decisions quickly
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to deal with people at all levels
• Maintain computerised system Stirling. Have the skills to use excel spread sheet
• A good understanding of transport regulations currently in force
• Good geographical knowledge
• Booking driver agency staff depending on workload
• Must monitor Compliance and work with drivers and Compliance to eliminate infringements
• Must ensure that all drivers are aware of SAFED, and be actively involved in improving SAFED achievements to goals
• Must be an integral part, and is responsible for employee health and safety
• Ensure that vehicles and trailers are available in a timely manner to adhere to Compliance and inspection requirements
• Provide general support appropriate to the management when require

• Experience of working at a similar level.
• CPC holder desirable (National) but not essential
• Job specific qualification preferred
• Specific Experience
• Traffic Management
• Dealing with VOSA Compliance
• Problem solving/logical thinking
• Working unsupervised, continually managing time and prioritising work to meet tight deadlines.

• Computer skills, Stirling (desirable), Excel
• Good communication skills, interaction at all levels internal and external.
• Geographical knowledge
• Team player with a flexible 'Can Do' attitude