Transport Planner - Lisburn, United Kingdom - Inclusion IQ

Inclusion IQ

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Lisburn, United Kingdom

1 day ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Transport Planner

Full-Time Butterfly Shift

Permanent Lisburn

Inclusion IQ is delighted to be supporting our multi-award-winning client as they continue to expand their service offering to their international clients and as a result, they are seeking to appoint a Logistics Planner to join their NI Headquarters Quarters based at Lisburn.

The Role

This successful applicant will join a multi-award-winning organisation who have been operational for over 50 years and is forecast to turn over in excess of £40 million this year.

Within the last 12 months, they have promoted 10 people into management positions, with an investment of an external 6-month management training program, they have also promoted 15 people across the business in the last year throughout the organisation.

With extensive and ambitious plans to grow even further in the next 5 years, the promotional opportunities are endless.

This is the perfect opportunity for a transport planner to join an organization with a deep local and national heritage whereby you will receive onsite in-depth training in order to progress your career with a highly innovative business that is growing at an exceptional rate.

You will be required to undertake the following day-to-day duties:

Assign customer orders to transport in the most cost-effective and efficient way to make a delivery.
Plan and assign SORs to drivers and confirm booking dates.
Strive to ensure that all delivery requests are met for customers.
Maintain driver and customer relationships
Create reports and delivery schedules for customers
Liaise and communicate with Customer Services and Sales to identify issues that may affect the agreed delivery time and ensure the customer is updated regarding delivery changes.
Work closely with the Sales team to ensure that accurate order information is obtained before a delivery is scheduled.
Ensure effective communication with customers across different communication platforms.
Continually maintenance of customer files and records and provide quick accurate information when required.
Work to a high standard and take responsibility for delivering all expected tasks.
Meet targets and deadlines to the required standards and within agreed timeframes

The Person

Applicants must be able to work the following shifts:

Week 1:
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday

Week 2:
Wednesday & Thursday) - Hours of work 8.00am - 8.00pm.

Minimum of 18 months of experience working in transport planning or 24 months of Transport coordination experience
Strong geographical knowledge of the UK and Ireland.
Comfortable communicating with all levels of business
Good timekeeping and being able to work in a structured manner adhering to timetable requirements.
Strong geographical knowledge and route planning experience across the UK
Problemsolving ability.
Flexible attitude to working hours & shift patterns to support the needs of the business.

Why this role?