Transport Planning Manager
Outline: Planning, optimising and controlling all deliveries / collections /returns across the transport operation.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Monitor and action all emails in a timely manner
- Ensure all client collections are planned
- Ensure driver routes are optimized and take in to account fuel cost, drivers hours
- Allocate driver resource to all routes ( employed, agency and subcontractor )
- Develop and maintain relationships with all external providers and internal departments
- Produce daily run sheets for all drivers
- Plan all returns in consultation with the site returns team
- Complete inbound log for warehouse visibility of inbound loads
- Ensure all returns are booked in as per customer requirements
Generic tasks:
- Brief / de-brief drivers.
- Ensure all keys are accounted for, and that vehicles are swept out and utilised / returned in a clean state.
- Ensure all drivers book in / out
- Download digi cards of returning drivers daily
- Download digi cards of all agency drivers at start of shift prior to issuing run details and confirm no major infringement history
- Ensure the returns procedure for return vehicles is adopted and followed correctly
- Remain in contact with drivers throughout the shift
- Raising PO's
(Note: this list is not exhaustive and only an outline to some of the tasks measured for this role)
Key Competencies:
- Certificate of Professional Competence would be advantageous, but not essential
- Experience managing a fleet of up to 20 vehicles and 50 trailers
- Commercial awareness & cost management
- Resilience and ability to perform under pressure
- Customer-first mindset
Salary is dependent on experience
