Paragon Planner - Whirlpool

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Job Mission

The main scope of the role is to work within the Home Delivery Planning team to create Satellite delivery routes, whilst ensuring efficient and cost-effective results and also meet customer expectations.

Your Tasks In This Role

• Monitor workload progression across the week and manage resource levels accordingly.
• Use Paragon Software to plan cost-effective delivery routes for the Satellite depots.
• Liaise with depot supervisors/management to incorporate depot requirements into routes.
• Liaise with customer support teams, home and trade, considering customer delivery requirements that affect the finished routes.
• Monitor delivery routes using a satellite tracking feed, with a view to ensure accurate delivery arrival times are available for customers.

Measure Of Success

• Achieve key planning KPIs (e.g. Drops per driver day and cost per drop).
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of the entire planning process within depots you work with, from setting work limits to the actual completion of the routes out on to the road.
• Proactively use this information to recommend and implement adjustments to the planning/routing process, consequently improving the KPIs achieved.

Person Specification

• To achieve this role, you should be self-motivated and dedicated to completing tasks as you will assume the planning responsibility for a selection of depots and will focus on their route performance.
• You will be equally adept at working alone or as part of a team, managing planning for other depots in the absence of a team member.
• You will have a flexible approach to working time and hours of work, as it is essential that all tasks are completed each day.
• Good general knowledge of UK geography and road networks
• Skilled in problem solving
• An effective communicator with strong negotiation skills
• Confident and proficient in use of PC and new IT applications
• Work on own initiative
• A strong work ethic with a flexible attitude to tasks

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