Transport Planner

Davies Turner ,
Slough, Berkshire
Salary: up to £25000 per annum PLUS Benefits

Overview

Davies Turner Air Cargo has an exciting opportunity for a Transport Planner to join their team based in Colnbrook, Heathrow Job Title: Transport Planner Location: SL3 0BQ Salary: up to £25,000 per annum PLUS Benefits Hours: 10:00 – 18:30 Monday – Friday Transport Planner required. Davies Turner is the largest independent Freight Forwarding Company in the UK. Family run and owned since 1870 Top Track 250 Companies awarded by Sunday Times. For this Transport Planning opportunity, if you have experience of the following, we want to hear from you:throw - Transport Planning/knowledge and experience is desirable as is experience of Transport Management Systems - Experience of scheduling and creating cost effective transport plans, making optimum use of the fleet vehicles versus sub-contractor haulage - Agree with Logistics service providers to ensure on time pick-up and delivery service - Manage ad-hoc transport requests and adjustments and organise special transport requests - Manage drivers' daily schedules to maximise productivity and ensure costs are controlled - Be first line of support to drivers' queries - 2 years' experience in a busy Transport Office - IT Literate with good knowledge of excel - Good command of the English language and grammar - Able to use own initiative and work unsupervised as well as within a team Benefits for this Transport Planner position include: - Up to 25 days holidays plus Bank Holidays - Life Cover - Bonus - Defined benefit pension scheme - Discounted store/shopping benefit scheme - Private Healthcare - Car Parking - Employee Assistance Programme - Mandatory Training - This position is based at Colnbrook, Heathrow. We believe that this valuable range of benefits together with a competitive salary, offers an overall benefits package befitting of a caring, family owned Company. The closing date for this Transport Planning opportunity is 27 March 2020. To apply for this role, please click ‘Apply' now. Keywords: Transport Planning, Logistics, Transport, Goods Received, Transport Management, Drivers