Night Planner
Job Introduction
At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.
We are currently looking for a Night Time Planner to join our team based at the Higham site, Newmarket, Suffolk.
We’re working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.
Role Responsibility
- To provide dedicated out of hours contact
- Optimise all night time works, maximising volume, whilst reacting in a timely fashion to any internal or external unplanned events.
- Deliver the regional orders in the most cost effective manor linked to S&OP sourcing whilst delivering optimal volumes.
- Ensure high levels of vehicle utilisation and low levels of haulier queries and continually provide high levels of customer service and communication to internal and external Customers.
- Take a proactive approach to cross functional working to enabling effective internal decision making across several functions.
- Identify and build effective links to influence and support cross regional border supplies.
- Prioritisation
- Consistently achieve customer’s timetables for delivery whilst ensuring commercial priorities are met to achieve maximum value whilst minimising the risk of costs through any lateness of delivery.
- Sourcing and Planning
- Cost effective distribution of Lafarge Tarmac’s products to external and internal Customers.
The Ideal Candidate
Ability to work with a wide team of stakeholders across all regional functions
Comfortable with out of hours working
Can work as part of a team in a highly charged environment
Ability to explain the reasoning behind their planning decisions to other functions
Will be able to make decisions within tight timeframes without direct supervision.
Highly adaptive style to cope with complex strategic, tactical & operational problems
Confident assertiveness
Resilience
Collaborative approach
Achievement-orientated
Energy/drive for results
Decisive Confidence
Co-operative
Helpful
Persuasive
Why Us
We offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits:
- Bonus scheme
- Enhanced holiday entitlement
- Contributory pension scheme
- Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
- Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
- Access to join our Employee Communities inc. BAME; LGBTQ+; Working Parents
- Training and development opportunities
Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go on… are you ready to build your future?
Tarmac is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Tarmac Trading Limited