Planning Coordinator

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 an Planning Coordinator to join our friendly team based in Buxton. 

Here at Tarmac, we are 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

In the role of Planning Coordinator you will be responsible for: 

The role will act as the responsible person for planning & fulfilment of mortar products across our national production network. 

Co-ordinating deliveries, engaging with hauliers and external contractors to ensure the effective shipping of customer orders.

To provide a customer first focus whilst optimising profitability and maintaining key systems to achieve this. 
The role will support local plant management & commercial teams from within the logistics function.

The role will align with operational and commercial excellence objectives in delivering profitable material solutions to the customer.

Report any risk to Health and Safety immediately effectively.

Liaise with hauliers on daily safety risks 

Plan shipping effectively to ensure compliance with haulier lone working policy and working hours regulations

Liaise with production team to sync production and shipping effectively to ensure production and delivery targets are met

Liaise with production and sales to ensure special delivery requirements are met

Support planning supervisor with other reasonable duties, such as reporting and action plans

Be responsible for building an effective daily shipping plan through liaison with customers and internal teams, Shipping plans to meet cost, service and other targets  

Provide cover for other counterparts in other areas support the operations resilience plan, coordinate vehicle availability, all shipping activities are SOX compliant 

Input accurate data daily to provide KPI visibility to operations, commercial and logistics teams. This data is to enable continuous improvement initiatives to be identified 

Develop working relationship with customers to increase customers’ flexibility in relation to production and shipping arrangements, ultimately leading to better vehicle utilisation and reduced customer service complaints

Shipping plans meet set KPI targets -Reduced customer complaints 

Increased profitability 

Increased H&S awareness amongst hauliers; reduced H&S incidents 

Accurate and visible data allows to identify improvement opportunities 

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate for the role of Planning Coordinator will have experience of:

• Driving license (desirable)

• Experience working in a manufacturing environment

• Experience in planning haulage / production / plant outage schedules

Collaborative and professional – contributes to high team morale, polite and courteous even under pressure; shares best practice and   

Effective communicator who can adjust communication styles and methods to effectively influence others and subsequently meet targets 

Driven – passionate and able to meet targets without compromising the quality of work; able to multitask and meet tight deadlines 

Resilient – flexible and able to work in changing environment without losing the focus form key goals and targets 

Logical thinker who is able to think outside the box to come up with solutions to meet exceed targets and expectation

Why Us

We also offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits including:

• 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 (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc.(REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause
• Training and development opportunities

Interested? Why not click here to find out more?  Go on… are you ready to build your future?

Tarmac, a CRH company, 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.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Tarmac Trading Limited