Transport Planning Clerk

Have you ever worked in the fast-paced logistics environment? Maybe you have experience in transport, but want a new challenge where you can further develop your skills and knowledge?

We are looking for a full-time, permanent and a 12 month fixed term contract, Transport Planning Clerk to join our team in Daventry, working in partnership with our customer Sainsburys.

You will be working on a 5- day rotating shift pattern between the hours of 07:00 and 17:00 with hybrid working, where 40% of your time will be office based.

Pay, benefits and more:

• Annual salary of £14.30 per hour
• 25 days of annual leave plus 8 Bank Holidays
• Extensive retail discounts across all the big retailers including supermarkets, fashion, technology, travel, days out, hair & beauty, sports and much more!
• Permanent employment contract with an ever evolving and growing market leader
• Extensive wellbeing programmes and initiatives accessible to all employees 
• Pension scheme

What you will do on a typical day:

• Create and manage transport schedules across multiple sites, ensuring cost efficiency, service level compliance, and optimal trailer utilisation
• Plan and execute backhaul requests and ad-hoc transport movements, addressing failures and optimising routes to reduce empty legs and costs
• Collate and validate operational data, produce financial reports, raise invoices, and maintain accurate KPI records

• Liaise with hauliers, depots, and third parties to resolve issues, monitor haulier performance
• Produce reports as requested in a timely manner

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Experience in a similar role is desirable, but not essential
• Excellent organisation, communication, and customer service skills
• Good MS Office knowledge
• Strong communication skills, with ability to work on own initiative as well as team engagement/delivery.

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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