Transport Planner

Transport Planner - Day Shift

4 on / 4 off

Ashford, Kent Outskirts

This position involves planning UK road freight routes for upwards of 20 refrigerated trucks:

• Maximising the load - excellent geographical planning is required
• Planning efficient routes
• Updating client and order information onto Cargowise
• Collaboration with colleagues in Kent and Heathrow
• Providing excellent customer service
• Liaising with clients to discuss road freight bookings and resolve any issues

Our client is highly successful, ambitious, and growing, and they need YOU to bolster their team.

As a Transport Planner, your responsibilities include ensuring efficient transport planning processes are in place to enable delivery schedules to be met and that customers receive goods on time. You will take mandates from the sales and planning team at the Head Office, add each order onto the planning sheet, and manage this data to ensure maximised load and customer satisfaction.

You should have experience in this role and be able to demonstrate your capability in optimising the fleet, sourcing backloads, and ensuring minimum empty mileage is achieved.

For this role, you will need to have extensive knowledge of the UK road network and a solid understanding of Working Time Directives and EU Drivers Hours.

Good IT skills are essential to enable you to plan, edit, report, and store information accurately.

Hours: Monday to Friday - hours to be confirmed (between 6am and 6pm), with occasional Saturdays if required.

Salary: GBP30-35k depending on experience.