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Transport Planner - Manchester - Up to 39,000
Our client who are a Transport company are looking for a Transport Planner with Flatbed experience to join their team in the Manchester area.
The Transport Operator will play a central role creating an effective transport plan for their customers whilst complying with legal responsibilities, enhancing service, meeting revenue targets and vehicle utilisation.
Job type: Permanent
Hours: 07:00-17:00 or 08:00-18:00 - Monday to Friday (On-call one week in 3)
Salary: 39,000 DOE
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Accurate use of TMS, vehicle tracking system, monitoring deliveries, failures, rejections and rebooks, whilst ensuring appropriate revenues are captured and invoiced
- Listens and responds to customer requests and adheres to agreed SLA's
- Prioritise and plan workloads in line with company KPI's
- Operate vehicles ensuring optimisation of revenue
- Follow compliance and company processes relating to driver hours regulations, RTA and incident/accident reporting including relevant follow up
- Ensure both driver brief and debriefs are carried out without exception
- Using agreed quoting tools to ensure new work is rated correctly.
- Maintaining excellent working relationships with drivers, keeping a consistent and accurate flow of communication
- Progress client deliveries, adjusting plans where necessary due to changing situations
- Monitor driver performance and ensure effective management of available resources
- Escalate issues to line management in good time, suggest solutions to issues/problems
- Ensure driver compliance is in line with current legislation.
- Continually develop local relationships with existing customers including generating backload opportunities from external contacts / clearing house
- Check & approve drivers wage, and expenses claims ensuring they are accurate and pre-authorised
- Act in accordance with health and safety, quality and environment policies
- Ensure that all company assets are legal, compliant and operate safely
- Ensure all trailers are serviced and MOT in line with the DVSA and Company guidelines.
Requirements:
- Previous experience working in a fast-paced transport environment, ideally planning flatbed vehicles throughout the UK
- Previous driver management experience
- Excellent UK geographical knowledge
- Ability to plan and amend delivery schedules
- Customer focused
- Willingness to take on additional responsibilities.
- Current transport legislation knowledge
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