Transport Planner

Are you an organised, analytical individual who thrives in a fast‑paced transport environment? Do you enjoy problem‑solving, planning, and supporting smooth delivery operations across a nationwide network? If so, this could be the ideal next step in your career.

We’re looking for a Transport Planner to join our GXO Transport Networks team in Northampton. In this role, you’ll support the planning of core delivery routes and collections/trunking operations, ensuring plans are efficient, accurate and aligned to customer expectations. You’ll work closely with colleagues across sites, shifts and functions, providing essential administrative and planning support to keep our network moving.

This is a full‑time, permanent role, working Monday to Friday, 11:30-20:00 (40 hours per week).

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of £30,000 per annum and 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company‑sponsored pension scheme, life assurance and access to our benefits platform, including retail discounts.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Plan, update and manage core delivery routes, collections and trunking activities across the network
• Coordinate daily network reports, ad‑hoc bookings and returns, ensuring accuracy and timely communication
• Liaise with customers, depots and operational teams to resolve issues quickly and maintain strong working relationships
• Utilise planning tools such as Excel, routing software (Paragon/Aptean) and internal systems to support efficient transport scheduling
• Support continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline processes, improve data accuracy and enhance service performance

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous experience within a planning or transport/logistics environment
• Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage workloads and meet deadlines
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel; experience with routing systems such as Paragon is highly beneficial
• Excellent attention to detail and confidence analysing data and solving problems
• A proactive, flexible approach with the ability to work independently and collaboratively

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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