Transport Planner

Sunday – Thursday, Day shift, Dublin

Salary: €35,000 – €45,000 DOE

Our client is one of the country’s leading providers of Ambient, Chilled and Frozen logistics solutions throughout Ireland, the United Kingdom and Europe.

Responsibilities:

• Assign customer sales 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 all customers.
• Maintain driver, and customer relationships.
• Create reports and delivery schedules for customers and different departments.
• Liaise and communicate with Customer Services and Sales to identify issues that may affect the agreed delivery time, to keep the customer updated.
• Work closely with the Sales team to ensure that accurate order information is obtained before a delivery is scheduled.
• Ensure self-management of workload and multitask by communicating with customers across different communication platforms.
• Maintain files and records and provide quick accurate information when required.
• Meet targets and deadlines to the required standards and within agreed timeframes.
• Continue to identify ways in which further improvements to performance and service delivery can be made to our customers.

Criteria:

• Recent experience within a Transport Planner position or similar industry.
• Good geographical knowledge of the UK and Ireland.
• Have high level IT skills as the complete operation is digital.
• Good Knowledge of transport legislation
• Flexible attitude to working hours & shift patterns

Benefits:

Additional annual leave (service based); Bike to work scheme; Company events; Employee assistance program; On-site parking, Certified Training Courses; Career Progression; Life insurance.