Transport Planner-off NIGHTS

Location: On site / Wrexham LL13, UK

Job type: Permanent / Full-time

Sector and subsector: Supply Chain | Production & Operations

Annual Fixed salary: £34,000.00

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

As a result, Owens Group is looking to recruit a Transport Planner.

4 on 4 off Nights - 6pm to 6am

Salary : £34,000.00

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
• Develop relationships with external customers
• 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 and working to budgets
• Successful working partnerships with customers, internal and external
• Delivering the right advice in a timely manner and achieving respect of others for your competence
• Practise 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
• Liaise with other depots within the company
• 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 and have the skills to use Excel spreadsheets
• A good understanding of transport regulations currently in force
• Good geographical knowledge
• Booking driver agency staff depending on workload
• Monitor compliance and work with drivers and compliance to eliminate infringements
• Ensure all drivers are aware of SAFED and be actively involved in improving SAFED achievements to goals
• Be an integral part of and is responsible for employee health and safety
• Ensure vehicles and trailers are available in a timely manner to adhere to compliance and inspection requirements
• Provide general support appropriate to management when required

• Experience of working at a similar level
• 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

• Good communication skills, interaction at all levels internal and external
• Geographical knowledge
• Team player with a flexible "Can Do" attitude