Transport Planner

With over 50 years experience in the haulage industry McCulla Ireland Limited are one of the countrys leading providers of Ambient, Chilled and Frozen logistics solutions throughout Ireland, the United Kingdom and Europe. We currently have Operating Centres across Northern Ireland and Ireland with further plans for expansion. There is an ever-growing modern fleet consisting of over 120 vehicles and 200 trailers operating our just in time service with sustainability at the forefront of everything we do. We are currently winners of the "Irish Supply Chain Overall Excellence Award" are "Irish Haulier Of The Year 2022" and collected the "Irish Green Transport Award" for our foods waste to Biogas circular economy fleet. We are looking to recruit an experienced Transport Planner to join our team at Lisburn HQ due to further market growth and our internal career progression plans. The ideal person will want to have a successful career within the transport industry and a drive for progression. About The Role The Person This role will require a professional individual who is highly organised, with great attention to detail and has experience of working in the logistics & warehousing sector. Duties: Assign customer sales to transport in the most cost effective and efficient way to make a delivery. Plan and assign SORs to drivers and confirm booking dates. Strive to ensure that all delivery requests are met for all customers. Maintain driver, and customer relationships. Create reports and delivery schedules for customers and different departments. Liaise and communicate with Customer Services and Sales to identify issues that may affect the agreed delivery time, in order to keep the customer updated. Work closely with the Sales team to ensure that accurate order information is obtained before a delivery is scheduled. Ensure self-management of workload and multitask by communicating with customers across different communication platforms. Maintain files and records and provide quick accurate information when required. Work to a high standard and take responsibility for delivering all expected tasks. Meet targets and deadlines to the required standards and within agreed timeframes. Show initiative, act with confidence, and show ability to work under own direction. Demonstrate commitment to the company values. Ensure good relations and communications with all members of the company and provide excellent customer care in an efficient manner. Continue to identify ways in which further improvements to performance and service delivery can be made to our customers. Criteria: Recent experience within a Transport Planner position or similar industry. Good geographical knowledge of the UK and Ireland. Comfortable communicating with all levels of business. Terms: Full Time, Permanent Role. Monday Friday. Rotating 1 weekend in 5. Hours of work 8.30am 6.30pm. Salary £35,000 upwards DOE Additional Annual Leave (Service Based). Matched employee / employer pension contribution. Life & death in service insurance. EAP Certified Training Courses. Career progression. Additional Company Benefits. Required Criteria Skills Needed Account Management, Compliance, Customer Relationship Management About The Company With more than 50 years experience, McCulla Ireland is a leading provider of ambient, chilled and frozen logistics and storage solutions. Established in 1969, we are now a second generation family-owned business which has shown great resilience, adaptability and innovation over the years. Today, we have three strategically-placed facilities in Lisburn, Dublin and Mallusk, and are the market leader for groupage coming from the UK onto the island of Ireland. We have diversified significantly over the years from the original core business of standard refrigerated haulage into a fully integrated cold supply chain, including cold storage and bespoke logistics solutions for customers of all sizes. Services include product collection, storage, picking-to-order and delivery by the box, pallet, or full load to anywhere in the UK, Ireland and the rest of continental Europe. Company Culture At McCulla Ireland we live and breathe our company motto: Be More. Deliver More. Expect More. We understand that each customer is unique, so we always seek to deliver flexible, tailored solutions to suit our broad range of customers, from independent restaurants and retailers to major retail and hospitality chains and international manufacturers. Our business ethos is to focus on removing our customers problems and to become an extension of their production lines. At McCulla we are highly committed to our staff from the moment they join our team. We recognise that an environment that supports the varying needs of our employees creates a great atmosphere work in. Company Benefits Providing the right training & development is our top priority. Each individual employee receives the resources & tools vital in helping them excel & progress in their role from the moment they step through the door. Vacation, Paid time off, Retirement plan and/or pension, Office perks, Employee development programs, Employee discounts, Casual dress, Free parking, Cycle to work, Referral bonus, Competitive salary, Life insurance, Event tickets, Long service recognition, Employee Assistance Scheme, Wellbeing Scheme, Work With Charities, Social Opportunities, Employee Recognition Scheme Salary £35,000.00 - £37,500.00 per year Skills: Account Management Compliance Customer Relationship Man Benefits: Vacation, Paid time off Retirement plan and/or pension Office perks Employee development programs Employee discounts Casual dress