Job Description:

Job information Transport Planning Administrator from the Company Miniclipper Logistics, this latest Transport Planning Administrator job vacancy is located in the city Dunstable LU located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Logistics field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

About us

We are an award winning 3PL operating in Central Bedfordshire for over 53 years, expanding into East Staffordshire in 2023. As a robust, fast growing family business, we now have over 210 employees working across our 5 warehousing sites and Distribution Centres. We offer a competitive salary, excellent employee benefits and continuously invest in our workforce.

Job Type: Full time: Monday - Friday, 1.00pm - 10.00pm

Location: Dunstable

Salary: £27,992.64

Job summary:

In this role you will be using the vehicle planning software to ensure efficient & effective plans are created daily. You will be responsible for the Dunstable Transport Operations site's daily vehicle planning, ensuring all jobs are planned and allocated for the following days plan and all timed and special requirement deliveries are planned accordingly and maintained daily.

Major Duties and responsibilities

• Complete efficient and effective routes for the following day
• Managing customer/network orders and prioritisation based on customer requirements
• Support the operations team in maintaining service to customers and networks
• Help build runs for the groupage (general) drivers
• Print and collate all driver's paperwork ahead of the following day's trips
• Give a detailed night shift plan and handover for the night shift and the following morning's shift to allow smooth operations throughout the shifts
• Pre-assign required collections ahead of the following shift.
• Support the Planning Manager in maintaining the routing data within the planning system

Profile

• Experience working in a transport operation and knowledge of the logistics industry
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to changes to meet the demands placed on Miniclipper by our customers
• Strong communicator and customer service skills
• Calm under pressure and good at problem solving
• Innovative, forward thinking, able to think ‘outside the box' and generate new opportunities for improvement
• Flexible and a team player
• A positive attitude to work and willing to contribute to an enjoyable workplace environment
• Committed and dedicated to the role and providing the best possible service for the customer
• Experience of with various IT systems and a quick learner to be able to learn new systems

Technical competencies

• Previous administrative and transport planning experience is essential
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word
• Adaptable IT skills
• Experience in using TMS or route planning systems is preferrable
• Paragon planning software experience is preferred but not essential

Behavioural competencies

• Ability to establish positive relationships of trust and credibility with customers, colleagues and drivers
• Completes work accurately, on time
• Shows commitment to customer satisfaction
• Courteous, responsive and professional with others
• Good verbal and written communication skills and strong organization.
• Flexible in role; willing to adapt to changing/new duties
• Encourages innovation and progressive ways in the workplace
• Actively seeks new knowledge and skills

Additional benefits

• 23 days holiday + bank holidays - goes up 1 day from 3 years service to a max of 28 days + bank holidays
• 4% ER and EE pension contributions with life assurance
• Medicash

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £27,992.64 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 15/07/2024Reference ID: MCL DTO Transport Planning Administrator late shift

Keywords : Dunstable jobs
Closed Date : 2026-01-11