Transport Planning Manager | Coventry | Halfords

Are you currently working in a transport environment but feel like you’ve hit a stop sign? Are you looking for a career ‘move’, where you’ll constantly be challenged to grow and develop your skills? Are you ready to take the highway to your next challenge? Transport yourself to GXO and find out more about how we do logistics differently!

Here at GXO we are looking for Transport Planning Manager to join our busy Halfords site in Coventry. This is a highly customer focussed role responsible for the strategic formulation of the transport plan, effectively scheduling a dedicated fleet for the Halfords network.  

This is a full time, permanent position, you will be working Monday to Friday, 0800 – 16:00. However some flexibility is essential, this is logistics after all!

Pay, benefits and more:

You’ll be paid a salary of up to £36,000 per annum. You’ll also receive 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days so you can enjoy a positive work-life balance. Your benefits package includes personal accident insurance, death in service benefit and a company sponsored pension scheme.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Creation, execution and monitoring of the daily traffic schedule & creation of strategic schedules maximising GXO’s service offering, revenue and profitability whilst ensuring all legal constraints are adhered to
• Incorporating resource planning (drivers/fleet) into the daily plan and working close with the operations team
• Working closely with the customer to drive scheduling efficiencies both from store changes & vehicle utilisation
• Understanding and achieving specific targets regarding vehicle utilisation for core vehicles
• Liaising with key customer stakeholders to ensure that operational requirements, KPI’s and customer service are delivered on a consistent basis
• Point of contact for all strategic planning schedules created with the customer and driving efficiencies within the operation
• Ensuring all activities are carried out in a safe and compliant manner in line with company and legislative requirements

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous experience working with planning teams and transport operations
• Advanced knowledge and experience using Paragon Routing systems
• You will have a proactive and committed approach towards all aspects of the job and ensure high standards in health and safety; customer service and legal compliance are met and exceeded
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of financial information
• Customer focused and able to deliver and exceed customer expectations
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and people management skills

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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