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A new and dynamic opportunity has arisen within our Planning Team on site.
How will you contribute?
- Produce & manage daily transport plan for several major retail customers within the Wincanton network including store deliveries, salvage collections, backhaul stock collections and other work as required.
- Ensure plan produced is accurate and efficient, building upon feedback to make improvements to the plan.
- Manage day to day booking of agency drivers and support production of accurate driver rotas. Support and lead development changes including seasonal, network and project changes to delivery schedules. Help drive backhaul growth by working closely with backhaul team to identify opportunity areas to target.
What will you bring?
- Ensure cost effective efficient plan is produced on daily basis for all transport operations
- Develop planning tools and systems to drive commercial benefits and CI improvements across the contract
- Support planning for future changes, developments, improvements and customer requirements
- Improve and develop forecasting to ensure resource is appropriately managed
- Work with Customer Demand, Planning and warehouse teams to ensure accurate information and plans are aligned and produced on a daily, weekly, monthly and periodic basis.
- Help develop and grow synergy opportunities within Wincanton network.
- Work with Transport Teams to create effective and controlled driver rotas
- Develop best in class planning function
- Ensure plan is effectively resourced with core and agency drivers
- Seek feedback on plans created and explore opportunities to improve plans using a variety of sources from driver forums, transport workshops, activity sheets, systems data and store feedback.
- All contractual KPIs met / exceeded
- Annual budget target achieved
- Wincanton H&S targetsachieved
- Achievement of Gain share budget achieved through CI
- Successful project implementations
- Growth of backhaul offering
- Planning experience in fast paced retail environment (Essential)
- Paragon or other TMS Planning experience, ideally in a retail environment
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong back ground in retail and transport
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to make clear decisions with rational to support.
- Customer focused
Our Culture & Benefits
In addition to generous remuneration, we really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment, along with other benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits include, online discount platform, onsite parking and much more.
Our people are at the core of our business and what makesWincantongreat. Thats why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.
Be a part of our values; Were Thoughtful, Were Aiming High and Were Prepared.
Our Commitment
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. We strive for an environment where all colleagues feel included, supported and valued, whilst feeling they can be their whole selves within our workplaces. We are proud that our colleagues represent us and our successes and we welcome your application.
