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Transport Clerk

Wm. Armstrong (Longtown) Limited
Posted 4 days ago, valid for a month
Location

Glasgow, City of Glasgow G2 5LA, Scotland

Salary

£26,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

Life Insurance
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  • WM Armstrong is seeking a Traffic Clerk for their Uddingston depot, offering a salary of £26,785 per annum.
  • The role requires providing high-level administrative support to the traffic team, ensuring smooth operations and accurate communication with customers and drivers.
  • Candidates should have previous experience in a transport office and demonstrate strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
  • The position involves working 42.5 hours per week on a rolling shift pattern, including some Saturday work with bonus payments.
  • Applicants must be proficient in Microsoft Office and possess effective communication skills, with a focus on teamwork and customer care.

At WM Armstrong, we pride ourselves on our safe working environment, our excellent culture of teamwork and our strong family values.

We are currently looking for a Traffic Clerk to join our team at our Uddingston depot.

We are looking for a well organised individual to provide high level administrative support for the traffic team ensuring the accurate flow of information throughout our haulage operations, liaising with customers, providing timely updates, creating bookings of deliveries/collections, and liaising within the traffic team to ensure a smooth operation is delivered.

The hours for this role will be 42.5 hours per week, worked on a rolling shift pattern between 07:00 19:00 Monday Friday, with some Saturday working as per the agreed rota, which includes Saturday bonus payment.

Benefits Included

An attractive salary of £26,785 per annum

Life insurance

Medicash scheme

Sickness scheme

Company Pension

Responsibilities

Ensure all jobs are accurately recorded in systems with orders being updated to ensure accurate documentation including PODs, Consignment Notes, etc.

Book in deliveries / collections as required, entering details into systems inline with process.

Liaising with including brief and de-briefing of drivers on a daily basis.

Provide regular situation reports and updates to relevant personnel in traffic team as required.

Handle real time communications with our drivers, solving or escalating issues as appropriate where they occur.

Work collaboratively with other WMA departments, Palletforce Members and Network.

Ensure pricing tables are up to date and jobs are invoiced accurately as required

Liaise with customers and drivers, keeping a detailed record of actions on RR and HR records

Requirements

Previous experience of working within a transport office is preferred.

Previous transport / pallet network experience desirable.

Ability to work under pressure, and thrive in a busy, fast paced environment

Ability to be a team player, having a flexible approach to work.

Good attention to detail

Confident & professional telephone manner

Professional approach to customer care and relationships

Must be proficient in using Microsoft packages (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Effective communication skills, written and verbal

Ability to work unsupervised, or as part of a team, and be able to use your own initiative

Ability to multitask and prioritise tasks

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please click the Apply Button now.

If you have not received a response from us within four weeks of submitting your application to us, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion as unfortunately, we are not able to respond to all candidate applications as we would wish. We reserve the right to close vacancies at any time once we have received sufficient applications, we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.


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