Logistics Planner

Working within Resource Team, the Logistics Planner will provide support to the whole business. Contribute to logistics planning, through the allocation of resource (crews/vehicles and 3rd parties). Monitor costs and efficiency whilst ensuring outstanding customer service.

• Plan and schedule crews, vehicles, and equipment, creating activity plans that follow established procedures and ensure on‑time delivery.
• Monitor daily progress and adjust schedules proactively to manage delays, resource shortages, or changing customer requirements.
• Respond to enquiries promptly and professionally, ensuring clear and accurate information is provided.
• Communicate effectively with field crews, ensuring operatives have all necessary instructions, documentation, and safety information to complete work efficiently and safely.
• Liaise with customers to provide updates on logistics requirements, changes, or potential impacts to delivery schedules.
• Maintain accurate records of schedules, bookings, and resource allocations.
• Liaise with suppliers and internal teams to ensure cost‑effective solutions that meet customer requirements within budget and timescales.
• Book and administer third‑party haulage and labour, ensuring accurate billing through correct PO raising, receipting, and reconciliation against POD/POC documentation.
• Monitor supplier performance and escalate issues where service levels fall below expectations.
• Identify opportunities to optimise routes, loads, and resource utilisation to reduce cost and improve service.
• Ensure all logistics activities comply with relevant safety, legal, and operational standards, including vehicle, driver, and site requirements.
• Support incident reporting and investigation where logistics‑related issues occur.
• Prepare documents for use by the Resource team and other departments.
• Extract and combine data to generate standard reports.
• Contribute to process improvements by identifying inefficiencies and recommending changes to planning, scheduling, or supplier management processes.

• Proven experience & success in scheduling a multi‑tasked fleet of wagons & operatives preferable, though not essential.
• Obtains and uses necessary information to make decisions, however, refers decisions to others when appropriate.
• Intermediate IT literacy skills, Microsoft Suite. Ability to learn and work with new systems.
• Knowledge of Zendesk and resource planning software is desirable.
• Knowledge of the hire and roadways industries is desirable.
• Problem‑solving skills to overcome obstacles or improve existing processes.
• Customer service experience would be beneficial.
• A flexible 'can do' attitude, remaining calm under pressure and acting as a support for the rest of the team.

Disability Confident: A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

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