Job Title: Transport Scheduler

Location: Ballindalloch

Salary: £36,000 - £40,000

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

A&F Grant Ltd's fleet is ever growing and the Company is currently operating around 46 bulk liquid tankers, nationwide.

The Company has an experienced workforce and are proud of their low staff turnover rate. The Company specialises in farm and mill deliveries and all drivers have vast experience in delivering to sometimes very difficult and inaccessible locations.

Overseas candidates will NOT be considered for this role. We are not sponsoring Visa's at this time, so please refrain from applying unless eligible to work in the UK

The Role:

The primary function of this position is a shared responsibility to manage the nationwide distribution of Molasses utilising a fleet of 15 vehicles and drivers, from our head office in Ballindalloch. The vehicles are based at four locations across the UK namely, Portbury, Liverpool, Nottingham and Grangemouth. In addition to managing the Company's own fleet, the Transport Planner would be required to schedule loads for and liaise with several sub-contractors.

Crucial to the success of this position is the ability to maintain regular and effective dialogue with the customer at all times, ensuring that they are notified of any incidents, delays or problems which may affect the service provided to their customer timeously and accurately.

You should be highly organised and be capable in prioritising your workload. Strong IT skills are essential as the position requires the post holder to make continual use of Excel spreadsheets, Mandata and Microsoft Outlook.

Managing and motivating a team to ensure that the highest standards of service are achieved is mandatory, as is ensuring that the fleet is operated compliantly at all times.

As the operation runs 24/7 7 days a week, once trained, there will be some requirements for being on call, weekend cover and holiday cover. If you are confident that you are capable of excelling in this challenging role, you will be rewarded with a competitive salary, 28 days holiday per annum (inclusive of bank holidays), a workplace pension and a friendly office environment.

The Candidate:

• Transport Manager CPC (Desirable)
• Experience with Microsoft Packages

Specialist Training Required:

• Bulk liquid haulage experience
• Previous transport planning experience
• UFAS/TASCC knowledge & understanding (desirable although training can be provided)

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Routing our vehicles across the UK in a cost-effective manner to maximise our profitability and ensure customer satisfaction taking into account the following:
• Ensuring the vehicles are fully compliant
• Drivers shifts and annual leave
• Paperwork and admin
• Routing of drivers to ensure work is completed within driver's hours and WTD regs
• Complete the necessary reviews of and ongoing maintenance of delivery routes
• First point of contact for all drivers, driver briefings
• Organising within a dynamic transport environment
• Ensuring cost efficient load plans
• Communicating and liaising with customers
• Assisting other members of the Transport Team with the day to day operations
• Working with customers/suppliers/drivers and other traffic desks, planning routes and scheduling delivery times to ensure the smooth running of the operation
• Prioritising workload, route planning driver brief and de-brief
• Strong organisational skills for planning schedules, journeys and loads
• Proactively work to avoid late deliveries
• Ability to work flexibly and to make decisions quickly
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to deal with people at all levels

Benefits:

• 4% Employer contribution to your pension
• Company accident policy

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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Office Administrator, Administrator, Admin Assistant, Support Administrator, Business Support, Office Coordinator, Logistics Assistant, Distribution Assistant, Logistics Coordinator, Warehouse Coordinator, Transport Coordinator, Logistics Supervisor, Warehouse Operations, Transport Supervisor, Stock Control coordinator, Supply Chain coordinator, Stock Control Supervisor, Business Administration, Office Management, Clerical Assistant, Plant Operator, HND, GNVQ will also be considered for this role..