Transport Planner reference: 35228

<div><div><div><p><strong>Contract Type: </strong>Permanent (Full-Time)<br><strong>Shift patterns: </strong>0900 - 1700, 40 Hours p/w<br><strong>Shift days: </strong> Sunday to Thursday or Tuesday to Saturday<br><strong>Location: </strong>Daventry, NN6 7GW</p> <p>DHL, an award-winning leading supply chain business is seeking an experienced Transport Planner to play a vital role ensuring continuous improvement of planning processes within the transport department.</p> <p><strong>WHAT DOES THE ROLE ENTAIL?</strong></p> <p>As part of your normal duties, whilst maintaining excellent health and safety practices, you will</p> <ul> <li>Create routes and allocate vehicles, alongside Driver resources to meet planning deadlines</li> <li>Planning and consolidating customer orders</li> <li>Liaising with Customer and Transport teams</li> <li>Building a cost effective and efficient plan</li> </ul> <p><strong>WHAT DO WE NEED FROM YOU?</strong></p> <p>We'd love to hear from you if you have the following experience but don't hesitate to apply if you don't tick every box on this page - we're great at spotting talent and potential in everyone:</p> <ul> <li>Transport planning experience within an FMCG environment (Essential)</li> <li>Excellent knowledge of planning</li> <li>Good critical thinking skills</li> <li>Able to communicate at all levels, internally and externally</li> </ul> <p><strong>WHY CHOOSE US? </strong></p> <p>As well as competitive pay rates, you will be entitled to an award-winning range of benefits including:</p> <ul> <li>Free confidential 24/7 GP service</li> <li>Hundreds of discounts (including retail, childcare + gym)</li> <li>Affordable loans & enhanced pension scheme</li> <li>24/7 employee support service for you (+ family) with access to free counselling and much more: <a href="https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/dsc-benefits">https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/dsc-benefits</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>OUR APPROACH TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION</strong></p> <p>We will ensure that all our resourcing activities are fair, transparent and consistent across the UK. Find out more about our global approach to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging: <a href="https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/diversity">https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/diversity</a></p> <p><strong>BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE</strong></p> <p>DHL is the global leader in Supply Chain management and we keep the world moving. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more, so they can deliver to their customers.</p> <p> </p> <p>#UKIDSCS</p></div></div></div>