Excel Recruitment are looking for a Senior Logistics Planner to join a leading logistics company based in North Dublin. The ideal Senior Logistics Planner will come from a background in transport and logistics, with a keen eye for detail and a flair for transport planning. This is a fast-paced role, which will involve planning and optimising routes for drivers, to ensure operational efficiency.
Responsibilities:
1. Plan the most effective daily transport and delivery schedules for each manufacturing location.
2. Lead a logistics team to manage our business process for order delivery including customer service.
3. Work closely with manufacturing location managers and batching teams to deliver effective production planning, understand location capacity and product capability.
4. Oversee process orders received via telephone, email, face-to-face or Sales Team.
5. Responsible for vehicle planning and allocation of fleet to locations to fulfil daily orders.
6. Ensure all customer orders are delivered within agreed timeframes.
7. Ensure ongoing effective communication with site teams, fleet, production locations, technical and sales.
8. Understand and achieve specific targets regarding utilisation of trucks, costs, and empty journeys.
9. Work closely with dispatch teams to maximise the utilisation of trucks.
10. Oversight on the delivery of the right products and material quantities to customers.
Skills Required:
1. 5+ years' experience working in a logistics or dispatch office.
2. Strong knowledge of systems/detailed administration.
3. Logistics experience within manufacturing would be beneficial.
4. Supply Chain or Logistics third level qualification is desirable.
If you have any questions or interest, please apply via the link below.
Skills: Logistics, Transport planner, Route planner
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