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You will be friendly, hard-working and love the buzz of getting things done. We love team players and here at DX we are committed to providing our people the technical and personal skills to progress their careers.
About us
We are a leading independent parcel, mail and logistics services company operating throughout the UK and Ireland delivering the important things in life. This could be the passport you need for the holiday of your dreams or that special gift for a loved one.
We have a team of over 3,000 hard-working and enthusiastic people who think we are more than just a delivery company. We know each consignment tells a story and we know that for someone somewhere, it'll make their day when we deliver exactly on time, every time.
What will it feel like to be part of our team?
At DX, we know our people are our foundation of success. We are passionate about you progressing your career with us. We strive to develop and promote from within whenever we can, so if you want to develop your career DX will provide the training and the opportunities!
Role summary:
The Transport Planner will plan all nightly trunking routes through DX Express. This position will support the National Trunking Manager with daily schedules and use the tools available to route all trunks and change routes as needed by reviewing volumes from past and forecasts for future to both create schedules in advance and review daily to best suit the network from a service and cost perspective.
Key responsibilities
- Always represent DX in a professional manner
- Follow all aspects of DX Manual Handling, Safe Working and Health and Safety policies
- Create all daily national trunking schedules.
- Ensure all trunking schedules are legal in terms of driver's hours legislation
- Review volumes on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis to ensure schedules are in place to ensure a clear floor policy in all hubs
- Manage routes in line with the trunking budget and time frames
- Ensure all schedules fit with hub operations and with the correct flow into and out of the individual depots
- Support the National Trunking Manager with communications to our DX employees onsite in our customer site on a daily basis ensuring the trunking schedules are clear and understood.
- Liaise with hub management and depot management on a daily basis.
- Fully communicate all changes daily
- Peak time planning
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Full driving licence preferable but not essential
- Excellent knowledge of Excel
- High PC literacy
- Excellent Communicator
- Transport planning knowledge an advantage
- Knowledge of DX systems an advantage
- High standards for getting things right
- Strong character who can challenge people from Warehouse operatives to General Managers and Directors
- Must be able to work well in a team
- CPC preferable but not essential however a basic knowledge of driver's hours legislation is essential
- Excellent attention to detail
- Relentless focus on delivering best practice
- Ability to quickly learn new processes and systems
- Resilient nature - able to deal with resistance
- Numerate - understands principles of revenue, cost and profitability
- Experience of Health and Safety principles preferred
- Resourceful - able to gather information from different sources
Benefits:
- Competitive Rates of Pay
- Holidays: 20 days increasing with length of service + bank holidays
- Long Service Recognition scheme
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity
- Company Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance programme including 24/7 Virtual GP
- DX Discounts Portal
- Excellent opportunities for career progression and more!!
We look forward to hearing from you!
