Transport Planner
Full-Time Butterfly Shift Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Week 2: Wednesday & Thursday) Hours of work 8.00am 8.00pm.
Permanent Lisburn
Salary 36-40k
Inclusion IQ is delighted to be supporting our multi-award-winning client as they continue to expand their service offering to their international clients and as a result, they are seeking to appoint a Logistics Planner to join their NI Headquarters Quarters based at Lisburn.
The Role
This successful applicant will join a multi-award-winning organisation who have been operational for over 55 years. Within the last 12 months, they have promoted 10 people into management positions, with an investment of an external 6-month management training program; they have also promoted 15 people across the business in the last year throughout the organisation. With extensive and ambitious plans to grow even further in the next 5 years, the promotional opportunities are endless.
This is the perfect opportunity for a transport planner to join an organization with a deep local and national heritage whereby you will receive onsite in-depth training in order to progress your career with a highly innovative business that is growing at an exceptional rate.
Day-to-day duties
- Assign customer orders to transport in the most cost-effective and efficient way to make a delivery.
- Great geographical knowledge particularly NI
- Plan and assign SORs to drivers and confirm booking dates.
- Strive to ensure that all delivery requests are met for customers.
- Maintain driver and customer relationships
- Create reports and delivery schedules for customers
- Liaise and communicate with Customer Services and Sales to identify issues that may affect the agreed delivery time and ensure the customer is updated regarding delivery changes.
- Work closely with the Sales team to ensure that accurate order information is obtained before a delivery is scheduled.
- Ensure effective communication with customers across different communication platforms.
- Continually maintenance of customer files and records and provide quick accurate information when required.
- Work to a high standard and take responsibility for delivering all expected tasks.
- Meet targets and deadlines to the required standards and within agreed timeframes
Criteria
- Minimum 18 months experience in transport planning or 24 months of Transport coordination
- Strong geographical knowledge of NI
- Comfortable communicating with all levels of business
- Good timekeeping and being able to work in a structured manner adhering to timetable requirements.
- Strong geographical knowledge and route planning experience across NI
- Problem-solving ability.
- Flexible attitude to working hours & shift patterns to support the needs of the business.
Benefits
- Full-Time Permanent Role.
- Competitive Salary
- Additional Annual Leave for each year of service
- Matched employee/employer pension contribution.
- Life & death in service insurance.
- Certified Training Courses.
- Additional Company Benefits
- Free Onsite Parking
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