Transport Planner (FTC)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Transport Planner to join our Operations team. The candidate will be part of a larger Ops team who are responsible for co-ordinating all medical deliveries & collections nationwide for our hospital customers. You will be working alongside a number of other dynamic Ops teams all focused on providing a top quality customer experience.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Organising Multidrop deliveries around Leinster and nationwide in a timely manner.
• Efficient daily scheduling of Drivers collections & deliveries. Consolidating work as much as possible into efficient routes.
• Working with our logistics partners and overnight couriers to move our stock around in a' same day' and 'next day' service.
• Utilising the company fleet effectively to reduce costs.
• Monitoring and proactively working on team and department KPIs. E.g. Collections completed by 2pm, spend on 3rd party logistics etc.
• Working with all internal teams to create processes that work and constantly looking to improve the processes.
• Taking a lean and collaborative approach to how problems and challenges are tackled as a team.

Role Requirements

• Accuracy and attention to detail is a must in the Medical industry.
• Solution-driven and desire to continuously improve.
• Ability and acceptance of tight deadlines and doing what is necessary to achieve success.
• Have strong organisational and planning skills.
• A genuine team player who enjoys tackling challenges and working collaboratively.
• Good communication skills to successfully deliver messages to internal and external stakeholders.