Group Planning Manager

Group Planning Manager

Salary Range: £45,000 per annum
Location: Derby
Contract type: Full time, permanent
Working hours: Monday to Friday

MAIN PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE JOB

To proactively lead and plan with the relevant planning teams within the group, whilst also delivering a transport plan that effectively deploys the company’s transport assets. This plan should deliver; efficiency, compliance, meet customer requirements, keep cost to a minimum and generate profit to the business where possible.

To manage a planning organisation capable of delivering today’s business and meet the aspirations of the company and the individual into the future.

DUTIES & KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage the Daily Transport Plan by:

• Daily analysis of the costs associated with each site, region and ultimately group.
  
  
• All transactions and planning to be done through Paragon and Apod.
  
  
• Regular monitoring of Empty Legs information.
  
  
• Regular monitoring of resource pool insofar as vehicles, trailers and drivers.
  
  
• Monitoring status of planned and completed jobs.
  
  
• Liaising daily with logistics planners, ensuring data integrity and accuracy for dashboards.
  
  
• Gathering all relevant information on outstanding work in allocated regions and communicate ‘state of play’ during daily conference call.
  
  
• Working alongside Logistics planners to assist where possible all sites that have work outstanding or requirements.
  
  
• Liaising with Customer service teams, Loop teams, Site Managers and other stakeholders with remedial action put into place should it be needed.
  
  
• Briefing planning team with all relevant information from conference calls.
  
  
• Management and utilisation of “best fit” hauliers.
  
  Provide leadership and guidance to the planning team and individual planners by:
  
  
• Liaising with sites and transport team in relation to any restrictions which compromise planning efficiency.
  
  
• Analysing all information for the team’s resource pool. Discussing all excess hours and utilisation with individual planners and inform Operations of all intended actions.
  
  
• Highlighting any agency trends/challenges for proactive action.
  
  
• Controlling the management of absence and holidays for the team.
  
  
• Ensuring critical information is flowing by updating relevant parties and/or issuing notices.
  
  
• Ensuring that all training needs are met for the planners including inductions, re-training, NAV, Paragon, Apod, Webfleet, Tachomaster, Logistics Dashboard.
  
  
• Delivering improved organisation capability through the Appraisal, 1-1 process and objective setting.
  
  Skills and competency
  
  · Practical knowledge of budgeting and the monitoring the profit and loss statements.
  
  · Ability to create a good plan and determination to accomplish goals.
  
  · Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  
  · Good data analysis, planning and organisational skills.
  
  · Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  
  · Good leadership qualities with the ability to provide direction.
  
  Experience
  
  · A proven track record in transport planning.
  
  · Experience in general budgeting, including profit and loss.
  
  · An experience people manager, ideally with site experience in a highly operational and customer service focussed environment.
  
  · Experienced at delivering operational KPIs.
  
  Knowledge
  
  · Planning software use – preferably Paragon.
  
  · Planning management experience.
  
  · Experience using Microsoft Office.
  
  Personal attributes and other requirements
  
  · Ability to travel around the network sites.
  
  · Customer obsessed.
  
  · Strong manager.
  
  · Coach not dictatorial.
  
  · Communication & engagement of team.
  
  · Commercial awareness