Senior Logistics Planner
Job Introduction
Tarmac is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long-term future.
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 as we are currently looking for a Senior Logistics Planner to join our friendly team based in Bawtry.
Role Responsibility
Reporting directly to the Planning Team Leader, you will support the Logistics & Transport Teams by leading the cost – effective planning of the transport schedules. You will be responsible for ensuring the business optimises its logistics capability to meet customer requirements through effective routing & resource allocation and reduction of uneconomic delivery profiles. Responsibilities will include the effective use of owned fleet and/ or subcontractor vehicles, whilst developing strong working relationships with these partners.
A typical day could see you involved in the following:
- Managing a small team of planners to meet the financial targets relating to all transport activity
- 100% adherence to all Transport legislation and Safety protocols and safety
- Ensuring all policies, processes and tools are utilised to plan customer deliveries with a high level of accuracy and within service level agreements
- Addressing scheduling issues with the Fulfilment & customer service teams, providing solutions as needed
- Analysing network performance and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement
- Escalating issues where appropriate and implementing recommendations to avoid recurrence
- Collaboration with suppliers/ hauliers to identify synergies to either reduce cost or maximise utilisation
The Ideal Candidate
To be successful in this role you will have previous experience in transport/ logistics planning within a busy, fast – moving environment. You will also need supervisory experience as you will be managing and developing a small team. You will also need excellent organisation and communication skills with strong IT skills, especially of the Microsoft packages. Finally, you will need good geographical knowledge of the UK.
Why Us
We offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits.
Some of the range of benefits on offer to employees include:
- 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.
- Training and development opportunities
Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go on… are you ready to build your future?
At Tarmac we are passionate that our workforce reflects the communities where we operate. Our ambition is that everyone regardless of level, role, or background will enjoy an environment of respect, inclusion and belonging. We actively remove barriers to ensure everyone is supported and can reach their potential with us. We take active steps to encourage people from a broad range of backgrounds to apply for jobs at Tarmac as we believe a diverse, inclusive company will enable everyone to thrive. We are a disability confident employer and will make reasonable adjustments as required. We are committed to support part-time and flexible working and believe getting the balance right is critical to personal and professional success.
Tarmac Trading Limited