Transport Planner - day shift

4 on / 4 off

Ashford, Kent outskirts

This is all about planning UK road freight routes for upwards of 20 refrigerated trucks:

maximising the load - you'll need excellent geographical planning too
planning efficient routes
updating client and order information onto Cargowise
collaboration with colleagues in Kent and Heathrow
providing excellent customer service
liaise with clients to discuss road freight bookings and iron out any issues

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

As Transport Planner your responsibilities are to ensure that efficient transport planning processes are in place to enable delivery schedules to be met and that customers receive goods on time. Taking the mandate from the sales and planning team at the Head Office, adding each order onto the planning sheet and managing this data to ensure maximised load and customer satisfaction.

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

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

Along with the relevant experience 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)

Occasional Saturdays if required

£30-35k depending on experience

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