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Bennett and Game are working with a well-respected haulage business looking to add a Transport Planner to the team as they continue to grow as a business. As a business they specialise in supplying services to the Rail, Construction and Engineering sectors.
Transport Planner Job Overview
- Commercial awareness and able to provide high service levels to clients.
- Prioritising workload to complete all tasks in a timely and concise manner.
- Transport planning and scheduling.
- Taking phone calls and dealing with general enquiries, customer quotations via email.
- Developing business with clients and maximising opportunities to ensure all available trailers have loads.
- Input of data including entering/updating job files maintaining our transport planning system(Fleet Wizard)
- Delivering good customer service consistently.
- Ensuring the drivers and hauliers provide adequate levels of service.
- Liaise with drivers and driver management.
- Other general department duties and any other tasks as deemed reasonable for the effective running of the department.
Transport Planner Job Requirements
* Experience of working in a transport environment is essential.
* Must possess a good geographical knowledge of the UK.
* Minimum 2 years' experience in a similar role and must possess knowledge of planning and routing.
* Knowledge of Hiab, flatbed and or plant and machinery transport an advantage.
Transport Planner Salary & Benefits
07:30 to 17:00 Monday - Friday
33k plus monthly performance bonus (after 3x months) (equivalent to circa 10k pa at present at current rate of performance)
Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries. We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, and contact you in relation to this application and the services we offer.
