Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced

Transport Planner

to join our team working within our Waste Sector, based at our Knostrop (Leeds) office. This role is a

permanent

working

Monday to Friday.

As a Planner/Controller for Schenk, you'll be fundamental to our consistent delivery of high quality, cost effective, logistics services driving for excellence. You'll be influential in supporting our innovative approach to logistics and add significant value to the team.



You will manage and plan the daily workload for the drivers, with efficient scheduling and resource management. You'll be influential in ensuring excellent customer satisfaction and vehicle legislative compliance with a safety first approach.



The planning and controlling process must deliver the required KPIs (OTIF, mileage efficiency, vehicle utilisation etc.) and be sufficiently robust to cope with anticipated events and customer-driven changes.

Our Core Values we all live by here at Schenk are:

Safety First: Look after yourself, your colleagues and the public Customer Focus: Relentless pursuit of excellent customer service Personal Responsibility: Being rigorous, responsible and accountable Integrity: Being open, honest and fair Teamwork: Challenging and supporting each other to achieve common goals

Your responsibilities will include:

Responsible for the development and communication of the daily activity plan using the Schenk planning system Ensure the plan achieves the defined KPI parameters and respects health and safety of the team and environmental impact of the operation Provide drivers with their route instruction and review the daily completion of plan Administer as appropriate the IT systems ensuring that they are updated in a timely and accurate manner Ensure the plan is updated to reflect changes such as task variation, driver unavailability, traffic restrictions etc. Review planning effectiveness on a regular basis to identify opportunities for improvement in service, cost and resource utilisation Liaise with third party resource providers to ensure clarity of requirements and expectations (agency and sub-contract providers) Provide out of hours on call support (via a rota)
The Package

In return you will receive a competitive salary and package. You will also benefit from a company pension scheme, paid holidays (25 days + 8 bank holidays), cycle to work scheme, tech scheme and the opportunities that come with a strong, established and growing company.



In addition, Schenk provide every UK employee with access to Schenk Perks, our Employee Assistance Programme and reward platform. Schenk Perks provides discounts to 100s of top name brands, high street offers, and holidays, as well as Employee Wellbeing and Support.



Please note, all offers of employment are subject to valid Right to Work documentation, completion of a Pre-Employment Basic DBS check, Medical Questionnaire and a Drug and Alcohol test



Type: UK Staff


Location: Knostrop