Transport Planner

As one of our Planners, you will be a commercially aware candidate who will play an integral part in the delivery of high quality, cost effective, logistics services for our customer base by being responsible for the efficient movement of LGV tanker trailers across the country including single and multiple drops per day at customer sites., Being an efficient communicator and multi-tasker, you will work with our customers and ensure that our drivers have a good understanding of their daily transport plan and keep a thorough check on their completion of work. You will also need to keep our customers up to date with the status of their jobs and ensure a high level of customer satisfaction is maintained. Ideally you will be an experienced Planner who is familiar with various Planning tools including Microlise and have good Excell skills. If you have experience with other planning software, full training will be provided.

You will be tasked to deliver the required KPIs (Revenue Per Shift, OTIF, mileage efficiency, vehicle utilisation etc.) and be sufficiently robust to cope with anticipated events and customer-driven changes. You will be customer and driver facing, so being able quickly build excellent professional relationships is key.

In this position, you will work Monday to Friday across rough office hours, start times between 8-9am, finish times between 5-6pm.

As part of this role there will be an element of On Call work across weekends on a rota basis roughly 1 weekend in 4.,

• Effective planning of driver and vehicle resource to achieve delivery/collection times, creating and updating daily run summary


• Liaise with local operations covering pre loading & unloading operation


• Ensuring that service levels are achieved and maintained, in conjunction with other departments


• Optimisation of resource and adherence of WTD and drivers hours legislation


• Using the Driver Rota, plan drivers according to shift pattern and available hours, taking into account holidays and sickness


• To ensure legal compliance regarding any defects, services, MOTs etc


• Ensure all accidents/incidents/near miss are logged and reported in line with company procedures


• Maintain clear and effective communication with drivers, communicating accurate start times, load information, directions, additional shifts etc


• To increase staff retention and maintain good morale, reporting any drivers issues or concerns to management. In turn, communicate any operational changes that may affect a drivers daily duties


• Ensure adherence to all statutory and legal requirements, adhere to all health & safety/ safe systems of work


• Utilise and interpret the Transport Management System to maximise route planning efficiencies within given time constraints and service criteria


• Provide effective communication during shift handovers and engage with other Transport Controllers regarding issues arising during the shift


• Other duties assigned by their manager from time to time
  
  Experience of working in a Health & Safety Focused environment


• Have a strong working knowledge of the Geography of the UK


• Previous experience from the logistics/transport sector


• Can anticipate and resolve problems effectively


• Experience of working in a cost-sensitive environment


• Competent in the use of IT based Transport Systems and MS Office


• Successful track record of dealing with customers directly both internal and external
  
  In the UK, Suttons Tankers operates a nationwide road tanker fleet which has been successfully serving the chemicals, gas, fuels, waste, and powders sectors for over 60 years, and is the largest chemical transporter in the UK.


We have a fleet of 8,000 tank containers, 500 trucks, and 700 trailers. We carry out 170,000+ shipments per year - that equates to a delivery every 3 minutes!

Please note, all offers of employment are subject to valid Right to Work documentation, completion of a Basic DBS check and Drug and Alcohol screening prior to start.
Suttons Group is an equal opportunity employer.

2.8 out of 5
Scunthorpe
£31,000 a year, Pulled from the full job description

• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Employee discount


• Tech scheme, In return, you will receive a competitive salary of up to £31,000 dependent on experience with On Call payments. You will also benefit from a company pension scheme, paid holidays (25 days + 8 bank holidays), cycle to work scheme, tech scheme and the opportunities that come with a strong, established and growing company.


In addition, Suttons provide every UK employee with access to Suttons Perks, our Employee Assistance Programme and reward platform. Suttons Perks provides discounts to 100s of top name brands, high street offers, and holidays, as well as Employee Wellbeing and Support.