Transport Planner

Job description

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Contract Type: 16 hours per week

Shift Pattern: Covering Friday and Saturday set shifts

You don’t get to be one of the nation’s largest and most loved supermarkets without a brilliant team — and our Transport colleagues are central to keeping our operations running smoothly, ensuring our customers can buy the goods they need in store.

When you work for Sainsbury’s, you are helping your community eat, shop, and live better, all while being part of a family that’s 187,000 people strong. After all, making the best-quality products available in-store for our customers is what we’re about. Just ask the millions of people up and down the country who choose to shop with us every week.

As one of our Transport Planners you will be playing a central role in creating effective transport plans for our customer network, whilst complying with legal responsibilities.

We’d like to hear from you if…

• You have transport experience within the logistics sector, you will be used to working as part of a team
• You are able to work on your own initiative, with the willingness to resolve complex issues.
• You have good knowledge of transport hours and regulations
• You have good geographical knowledge of the UK
• You have experience of working closely with transport operations

What you’ll be doing

• Ensuring the daily plan is completed in real-time, managing resources effectively, maximizing utilization whilst minimizing cost
• Controlling and planning the agreed amount of resource (vehicles, drivers, trailers); ensuring all legal requirements are adhered to (Working Time Directive and EU Drivers’ hours' regulations)
• Understanding and achieving key performance targets relating to the safety and efficiency of our fleet (including utilization and costing)
• Creating collection plans to inform suppliers of loading requirements.
• Customer/Supplier/Subcontractor management at a number of levels.

Your benefits

• Pre-planned shifts
• Work with the best colleagues and the latest equipment
• Colleague discount card after 4 weeks that gives you and a second user 10% on most items in Sainsbury’s, Argos and Habitat.
• Comprehensive training to help you perform well in the role