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National Transport Planner

Posted 10 days 6 hours ago by GXO Logistics

£37,440 Annual
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Cheshire, Warrington, United Kingdom, WA4 6
Job Description

Are you an experienced Transport Planner or Senior Transport Administrator ready for your next career move? Do you want to take the next step in your professional development with an employer committed to supporting your growth?

Here at GXO, we are currently recruiting for a National Transport Planner to join our team in Warrington, supporting our customer Iceland. You will be responsible for the route planning for our depots across our UK network, playing a key role ensuring the efficient and smooth operation of our transport and warehouse departments.

This is a full time, permanent position, working any 5 days from 7, 06:00 till 14:00 however, due to the nature of this role, flexibility with working hours is essential.

Pay, benefits and more:

We're looking to offer a salary of up to £37,440.00 per annum, and 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays). Your benefits package includes, a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You'll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!

What you'll do on a typical day:

  • Plan routes for multiple depots in line with KPI's and to agreed service levels
  • Create a transport plan through standard ways of working to optimise resource whilst maximising service and delivery cost
  • Communicate with stakeholders across multiple sites and departments
  • Control costs in line with budget and propose initiatives that will support cost reductions
  • Provide accurate and effective information to sites and stores regarding the plan. Including feedback to aid engagement

What you need to succeed at GXO:

  • Excellent understanding of manual transport planning
  • Experience within a planning or operations environment that demonstrates the capability to schedule a plan within Paragon
  • Strong geographical experience required
  • Knowledge of transport legislation, driver hours and tachograph

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team - energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.

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