Transport Planning Manager 9 Month Contract
- Employer
- Indigo Search Limited
- Location
- Littlehampton, West Sussex
- Salary
- 45000 - 55000
- Closing date
- 12 May 2019
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- Specialist Area
- Transport
- Sector
- Accountancy, Advertising & Creative, Automotive, Aviation, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Charities & Not For Profit, Construction, Consultancy, Customer Service, Defence, Distribution, Education, Electronics, Energy & Utilities, Engineering, Event Management, FMCG, Food Services, Healthcare, Housing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Internet, Insurance, Legal, Leisure, Management & Executive, Manufacturing, Marketing, Media, Military, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Private sector, Production & Operations, Professional Services, Public Relations, Public Sector, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, Scientific, Secretarial & Administration, Social Services, Telecommunications, Training, Transport & Distribution, Travel & Hospitality, Utilities
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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Reporting into the Operations Director, this role would suit a Senior Transport Planning Manager, Network Planning Manager or Transport Manager with experience of Planning & Home Delivery/White glove delivery.
THE ROLE:
- Map & review of current transport processes and agree improvement actions.
- Adopt and foster a 'Change Mentality' and inspire other people to take the same approach.
- Analysing current transport plan and refining/improving it.
- Implementation of driver processes to ensure that they deliver high levels of service to their B2B clients (they are the "face of the brand to their customers")
- Make recommendations to the Board about proposed Transport changes.
- Although based in Sussex, there is an expectation that this person commutes to the West Midlands for one day a week.
THE PERSON:
- A strong Transport Planning-oriented Logistician.
- Experience of Paragon planning - HIGHLY DESIRABLE
- eCommerce, retail or B2B Logistics experience - DESIRABLE
- Able to commute to the Littlehampton area daily.
- Able to interact with and and engage site operations teams to adopt new processes & ways of thinking.
- Experience of project managing Warehouse and/or Supply Chain Change and CI within a business.
- Able to grasp the wide breadth of the business and get involved with whatever areas need improving.
- Clear and effective communicator.
- Able to liase with Board-level to shop-floor level colleagues.
- Able to think beyond the obvious.
- Open to new ideas and with a viewpoint that "anything is possible".
If this role is of interest, please apply (ideally with a Word format CV).
ABOUT US:
Indigo Search recruit for management, director & executive roles across the UK.
Our website address is - www.indigosearch.co.uk. Please view the website and let us know what you think!
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