Transport Coordinator - Tamworth, United Kingdom - The Best Connection Employment Group

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Our client a highly successful logistics company based in Tamworth, requires Transport Coordinators. Possible permanent position following successful trial period.


Our client offers:

Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, covering between 07:00-15:30 & 07:30-16:00 (8 hours per day, on a rota basis).

£10.60ph rising to £11.05ph ph after 12 weeks


Duties include:

  • Coordinating all International multi mode transport operations and ensuring relevant legislation is adhered to.
  • Supporting the development of processes to manage freight movements and demonstrating control over carriers utilised ensuring service quality
  • Creating & tendering collection requirements to predefined carrier base utilising companies web based system (SCi)
  • Coordinating shipments from NOR (notice of readiness) through to delivery using the customer and clients systems.
  • Working closely with all stakeholders to ensure that company provides the Customer with a best in class supply chain solution through the use of mutually agreed carriers
  • Tactically plan international collections based on order criteria
  • Effectively track and manage International collections from NOR through to end delivery point inputting information into customer and DHL systems
  • Providing a key contact for all stakeholders customer, supplier, carrier & clients operations & FB&A transport service runs effectively and to plan
  • Ensuring that all aspects of the business operate within defined corporate and legislative requirements
  • Building and maintaining strong working relationships with the customer and carriers to ensure all targets are met
  • Supporting the delivery of EAC and EBIT growth for a new account.
  • Supporting achievement of contractual cost down targets
  • Ensuring effective communication mechanisms exist with all stakeholders
  • Increasing companies revenues by utilising clients services where appropriate
  • Assisting in creation of strategic plans
  • Ensuring all planning is executed within parameters of customer services levels
  • Achieving of operational performance as defined by customer contract and KPIs
  • Creating a culture of continuous improvement in routing and scheduling activities to ensure cost down targets are met
  • Building good relationships with customer to provide excellent service levels proactively supporting their requirements.

Requirements for the job:

  • Tactical planning & operational experience in LLP operations in Supply Chain division and multi modal transport operations (Road, Air & Sea)
  • Knowledge of companies systems specifically OTM & customer system SAP.
  • A good degree of computer literacy, with a comprehensive working knowledge of MS Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
  • Excellent communication skills (at all levels) good listener and effective in communicating ideas to support the development of good Customer relationships
  • Ability to demonstrate logical thinking
  • Strong and effective organising, planning and process work methods
  • A Level standard of education
Other benefits of working for The Best Connection Group Ltd include:

  • Weekly pay
  • Online payslips
  • Pension contribution
  • Ongoing temporary assignments
  • 28 days Paid Annual Leave prorata for PAYE (inclusive of statutory holiday)

Benefits & Requirements:


  • Hourly rate as above (not age dependent)

How to achieve higher pay rate:
After working 12 continuous weeks

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