We are recruiting for a top of their industry, award-winning company based near the Maylands Industrial Estate in Hemel Hempstead, looking to recruit a Transport Planning Coordinator on a permanent basis.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with previous Transport, Logistics, Planning, or Import/Export experience to join a forward-thinking, award-winning organisation that provide a service and work with products that most people across the world will use and recognise.

The purpose of this role is to provide transport planning to the business by performing a number of activities to support the processes and services they offer, liaising with both internal and external clients and ensure that the logistics process is followed through from collection to invoicing, performed to a top-class standard.

This role is on a permanent basis, working a 50/50 hybrid pattern, 7am to 5pm or 9am to 7pm and will be on 4 days on and 4 days off shift pattern, so the days worked will vary weekly as part of this and does include weekends.

Free parking is on site, due to location you MUST own and be able to drive to work.

This role is offering a salary of £28,500 to £30,000 depending on candidate experience, plus bonus scheme, private healthcare, free lunch whenever in the office and many more benefits.

Please note before applying Transport Planning experience is essential for this posiiton. 

Main Duties:

• Review outstanding orders on the transport management system.
• Plan daily vehicle movements, consolidating orders where possible to increase vehicle fill and reduce empty mileage.
• Ensure that all vehicle movements are planned to use the most cost-effective routes to optimize costs.
• Organise Hauliers/Transport to meet these schedules.
• Arrange collection/delivery times & obtain booking references as required.
• Ensure all details are entered into the transport management system.
• Produce, complete, and distribute daily schedule.
• Produce and complete delivery schedule.
• Efficiently manage Helpdesk calls in a timely manner to ensure minimum escalations.
• Manage daily issues and escalate if appropriate.
• Assist the team with other duties where necessary and any additional tasks allocated by the Operations Team Leader.
• Ensure that all jobs have the right customer code assigned, all jobs are rated, all delays and exceptions are recorded in TMS.
• Provide quality operational data & KPI’s
• Support the Operations Team in with other relevant duties when required.

Candidate Skills

• Operational experience in transport planning role in a busy transport environment
• Having a good knowledge of Food Safety.
• Strong IT skills across the Microsoft Office Suite, specifically the ability to import and manipulate data from external sources.
• Knowledge of freight, transport, logistics industry

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