Transport Planner (Temporary)
Location: Cornwall
Business: SecAnim
Salary: Competitive Salary and Benefits
Business: Originally founded as Prosper De Mulder Limited in 1926; SARIA’s UK operations have a market-leading presence in a wide range of sectors associated with the food chain. The Group’s companies manufacture quality products for use in human and animal foodstuffs, agriculture, aquaculture, and industrial applications. The company has a UK annual turnover approaching £280 million and employs around 1,000 people at 23 sites across the country.
The Position
Applications are invited for a Transport Planner to work at our well-established and busy Fallen Stock site based in Cornwall. This is a temporary, full-time position, working 40 hours per week.
As a Transport Planner, your duties and responsibilities will vary on the Company’s requirements but will include:
- Planning daily workload for vehicles based at the Cornwall site.
- Effective planning and utilisation of drivers and vehicles all collections.
- Effective route planning using Google Maps and other routing aids.
- Dealing with queries by telephone and email from customers, employees and colleagues.
- Dealing with driver hours ensuring they are compliant.
- Planning fleet services and MOT's in accordance to the O licence requirements.
- Monitoring fuel levels on site.
- Any other ad hoc duties as required by the Management Team.
The Person
- Good working knowledge of the transport industry.
- Previous experience within a similar planning role.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Highly organised and efficient.
- Be able to work well individually and within a team.
- IT literate, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Have good geographical knowledge.
- Willingness to be flexible in approach to work.
Salary: Competitive Salary and Benefits
Please apply in writing with your CV to the HR Department, Ings Road, Doncaster, DN5 9TL or e-mail recruitment@saria.co.uk
* Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted due to the high volume of CV’s being received.