Transport Planner

The Transport Planner is responsible for planning organizing and overseeing daily transportation activities to ensure efficient cost-effective and timely delivery of goods. This role acts as the central communication point between carriers warehouses suppliers and customers ensuring smooth execution of all transport operations.

Tasks and Responisbilities

• Create deliveries & shipments for every outbound activity
• Calculate loading meters and timely book transport to ensure a timely delivery
• Schedule transport on requested loading date and inform customer about the ETA of the shipment
• Follow up very closely the status of the shipments to load:
  • Content of the shipment will all materials be available on the moment of loading  If not take action together with colleagues of production/purchase
  • Arrival of the driver if a driver is too late take action in order to check the real time of arrival and communicate with the warehouse.
  • Arrival of the driver at assembly site if a driver will be late inform the project manager and try to inform him/her with a new eta.
• Follow-up & reschedule missed deliveries & loadings
• Prepare and verify the required transport documents including export documentation where needed
• Coordinate the customs formalities for every export delivery with our logistics partner
• Coordinate the outbound activities in the warehouse
• Handle transport complaints in close cooperation with the Quality Department

Qualifications :

• You have a bachelors degree in logistics or economics (or related) or equivalent through experience
• You have a first experience in transport coordination logistics planning or warehouse operations.
• You have a strong knowledge of transport regulations and documentation.
• You have proficiency with TMS systems ERP platforms and MS office. Proficiency with SAP is a plus.
• You are an excellent communicator with good problem-solving skills.
• You are able to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• You have experience with international shipments and customs procedures or you are willing to develop your knowledge in this matter.
• Knowledge of route optimization and costsaving strategies is a plus.
• You have an interest / affinity in working in a technical environment
• In addition to Dutch you have a fluent knowledge of English (spoken and written)

Additional Information :

Unsolicited representations by third parties (recruitment agencies headhunters ...) of CVs via mail and/or telephone for our vacancies are considered as direct applications where no compensation is provided to the third party. 
Any T&Cs from these third parties will not be accepted unless upon signature of the T&Cs by a person in charge of HR.
Candidates remain registered in the system for 12 months and cannot be proposed again during this period.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time