Transport Planner
Transport Planner
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Permanent Opportunity 40 hours per week
Sunday Thursday 08:3017:00
13.71 14.63 per hour (c28600 c30500) per annum) plus Sunday shift premium and bonus scheme
Life at Next
- 25% discount on Next merchandise and up to 15% on Brands
- Up to 70% discount at our staff shops
- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
- Eligibility to join our Sharesave Scheme
- Free parking
Next is one of the biggest and best known online and high street Retailers in the UK. At the heart of our operation we have a state of the art Warehousing and Logistics business employing more than 9000 people across our network. We thrive by constantly adapting and innovating to meet the growth in demand for our online operations which serves over 5 million global customers across more than 70 countries.
Life at Next is fastpaced varied and challenging and takes a large talented and efficient distribution operation to keep our 500 retail stores stocked deliver our worldwide online offer and strengthen the growing partnerships with over 1000 brands and the third party customers using the Nexts Total Platform.
Lets take it on!
Reporting to Senior Transport Planner you will form part of a small team responsible for ensuring that all business requirements for deliveries are booked and matched to Transport operational requirements of LGVs vans and drivers on a daily basis. You will be responsible for allocating drivers to deliveries & routes and managing their rotas requests and queries. Responsible for the trunking plan across the UK and Ireland and allocation of agency and core drivers you will be running daily checks to ensure that the route/driver plans that are in place are correct to ensure the operation runs smoothly without issue and that Nexts service delivery levels are met. Transport Planners at NEXT are responsible for peak & sale planning along with various amounts of project work to deliver continuous improvements to the Transport department and the wider business. You will produce reports as required and highlight data trends.
About you
The successful candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to build strong working relationships at all levels within the business both in the UK and internationally.
Experience within transport logistics or supply chain and knowledge of Road Transport Directive (RTD) and Working Time Directive (WTD) would be advantageous but not essential. You might be currently in a Transport Administration role looking to take the next step within Transport or be a recent graduate within Transport or Logistics ready to start your career within Transport. In all cases you should be PC literate notably within Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel and data entry experience is beneficial. You will be organised with a keen eye for detail; the nature of the role requires you to accurately match information within the systems.
Employment Type
Full-Time
