Job Description
We are excited to be hiring for the role of Transport Planner within our Transportation team to manage the day to day transport activities ensuring our customers and distribution centres receive deliveries they need.
This is a hybrid role with flexibility of working from home.
What you will do to be successful in this role
What you will have to be successful in this role
We are RS Components part of the RS Group.
Since 1937, we have been a leading distributor of Electronic, Electrical & Industrial components and supported generations of engineers with products for all types of applications.
As a FTSE 100 company with £2 billion in revenue, we have nine operating brands: RS Components, Allied Electronics & Automation, RS PRO, OKdo, DesignSpark, IESA, Synovos, Needlers and Liscombe. We operate in 32 countries, shipping 60,000 parcels a day to over 1.2 million customers worldwide
Our vision is tobecome first choice. Not just for our customers and suppliers, but also for our people.
At Electrocomponents you'll be encouraged to think differently and share your ideas, helping our customers to create, develop and discover. As we grow our business, we'll help you grow - expanding your expertise and helping you become the best you can be. You'll be proud of the impact you make on the world and appreciated for what you do.
What we offer
You can take control of your future here at RS Components. We offer all the good stuff you'd expect like:
Grow in our high-performance culture and be rewarded for your success. Whoever you are, whatever you do and wherever you are; it all starts here.
Are you ready to explore the possibilities?
This is a hybrid role with flexibility of working from home.
What you will do to be successful in this role
- Undertakes a full range of duties in supporting the Global Parcel Manager, including administrative duties.
- Monitor's performance and day-to-day issue resolution
- Responding to the exceptions with the required input (additional information, a decision or a challenge back).
- Providing input to our business rules for transport - improving our ability to make decisions quickly, with the right level of customer service and cost.
- Help design, generate and maintain multiple reports, ensuring the highest level of data accuracy, such as exception analysis and performance reporting.
- Maintaining master data that determines the alerts you receive - for example core information about our locations, people, rules etc.
- Communicating with our distribution centres to ensure they're clear on what our logistics service providers are doing.
- Supporting the outbound, inbound & final mile delivery logistics associated with the movement of domestic and international Parcel deliveries. This includes customs compliance transactions.
- Supporting the Global Parcel Manager with supplier relationship and performance management
- Supporting fuel surcharge management
- Identifying and supporting development and maintenance of process documents to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Partner with stakeholders to build initiatives and tracked activities to improve operations in the medium-term.
- Assisting with the implementation of new strategies and innovations led by the Global Parcel Manager and other key stakeholders.
- Building strong relationships with our suppliers, and delivery partners
What you will have to be successful in this role
- Hands-on experience of working in a supply chain environment would be a great advantage
- Problem-solving experience
- Work independently and manage multiple tasks efficiently and effectively in line with operational timelines
- Experience of data manipulation and reporting
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to prioritise or seek clarification of priority
- Strong team player
- Remains calm during periods of pressure and / or when dealing with issue resolution.
- Able to communicate confidently and effectively to various stakeholder groups, both in writing and verbally.
- Excellent use of MS Excel (for example. Vlookup, pivot tables, macros, and calculative formulas), Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word. SAP experience would be beneficial.
- Sound attention to detail
- Experience in complaint & escalation handling
- Self-motivated and highly organised
We are RS Components part of the RS Group.
Since 1937, we have been a leading distributor of Electronic, Electrical & Industrial components and supported generations of engineers with products for all types of applications.
As a FTSE 100 company with £2 billion in revenue, we have nine operating brands: RS Components, Allied Electronics & Automation, RS PRO, OKdo, DesignSpark, IESA, Synovos, Needlers and Liscombe. We operate in 32 countries, shipping 60,000 parcels a day to over 1.2 million customers worldwide
Our vision is tobecome first choice. Not just for our customers and suppliers, but also for our people.
At Electrocomponents you'll be encouraged to think differently and share your ideas, helping our customers to create, develop and discover. As we grow our business, we'll help you grow - expanding your expertise and helping you become the best you can be. You'll be proud of the impact you make on the world and appreciated for what you do.
What we offer
You can take control of your future here at RS Components. We offer all the good stuff you'd expect like:
- Private medical cover for those unexpected moments
- On top of yourholiday entitlement, you can buy up to 5 extra days to enjoy how you wish
- Annual bonus to pay for those extra holidays!
- Generous, market-leading pension; it's never too early to start planning for your future
- Training and development opportunities
Grow in our high-performance culture and be rewarded for your success. Whoever you are, whatever you do and wherever you are; it all starts here.
Are you ready to explore the possibilities?
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