Transport Planner

Job Title:Transport Planner
Location: Castleford, West Yorkshire
Length: 4 months + (Possible temp-perm)
Pay per hour: £13.60
Shifts: Monday to Friday
Your new company
Kelly Services are recruiting for a Transport Planner to work for an International Buildings Material Company customer based in Castleford, West Yorkshire
Our customer has over 100 years experience, supplying products to the Construction Industry
Your new job
The role is temporary but with an opportunity to go permanent after a number of months. Reporting to the Distribution Supervisor/Transport Manager the role of Transport Planner will work with multidisciplinary teams with both internal and external stakeholders including customers, customer service, planning and haulage drivers. The role will also be responsible for
Key Features:

• Optimising all programs of works maximising both volume and best economic source principals for transport and supplying units
• Provide timely communication to all stakeholders updates on planned solutions to program changes - overseeing daily and weekly programmes
• Support fleet, Transport Planners and weighbridge staff to ensure high levels of vehicle utilisation and low levels of haulier queries
• Ensure that that all internal and external customers receive the high levels of service and communication expected from the office and area based distribution staff
• Manage material service levels to external and internal customers through detailed pre planning of programmed works through regular communication with strategic customers
• Process customer's orders
• Proactively chase and inform of changes

Skills you need to succeed
The ideal candidate for the role of Transport Planner will already have proven experience working in a hectic Planning role but we welcome applications from those who enjoy working in a busy, challenging customer focussed environment dealing with multiple stakeholders.

• Ability to build working relationships with customers
• The ability to deal with stakeholders and customers of varying levels
• Experience in planning programmes of work
• Handling of inbound and outbound calls

What this opportunity will do for you
This is a fantastic opportunity to work with one of the UK's largest Buildings materials companies.
Pay is £13.60 per hour working Monday -Friday.
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