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Transport Network Planner

Job Posted: 23 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Bradford

Expire in: 4 days

Job Description

All About Us
Barrett Steel Limited are the UK’s largest steel stockholder with over 150 years of heritage. Family owned, the group is made up of 29 sites and holds over 120,000 tonnes of steel stock. Barrett Steel is committed to providing innovative and exceptional service by continuously investing in the latest processing machinery and materials handling equipment. Customer needs and community support are at the heart of everything, ensuring Barrett Steel is always your local steel stockholder. 

All About the Role
 We have an opening available for an experienced Transport Network Planner based at our Bradford site.  Reporting to the Network Planning Manager, in this role you will create & deliver the daily transport load program for an allocated number of sites, in the most cost-effective way.

Specific tasks could include:

To create & deliver the Daily Transport Load Program for a number of sites in the most cost-effective way.
To manage & control vehicle maintenance requirements to meet statutory regulations including: Servicing, Plating, MOT, Road Tax.
Monitor / regulate driver hours to comply with legislation.
Liaise with drivers on day-to-day operations and be the point of contact for any issues.
Create load plans and all documentation/Review cost effectiveness of planned runs.
Pro-actively review In-house v 3rd Party delivery options.
Maintain agency relationships for site cover & support.
Measure KPI’s to review departmental performance.
Ensure all Health & Safety procedures are adhered to

We offer you

Salary depending on experience.
25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
Pension
On-site Car Parking 

Annual Cycle To work Scheme
Life Assurance
Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
Access to health and wellbeing services

All About You
Essential Skills for the role: 
You will have the passion, drive, and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way.

Experience as a multi-drop Transport Planner in a warehouse or logistics business in the UK, steel industry experience would be a benefit.
Pro-active & tenacious attitude & approach to problem solving.
Excellent communication skills with good computer / numerical skills.
Challenge peers on route efficiency / load efficiency.
Exceptional customer service both internal & external.
Flexibility in operational working hours with a commercial awareness.
One team mindset

How it feels to work for us
We provide a fantastic opportunity to work within a forward-thinking organisation that is respected as the UK’s leading steel stockholder. Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel, and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business. Barrett Steel encourages innovative thinking and has an open door for people to lead and influence change. 

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