Regional Transport Planning Manager

As Regional Planning Manager you will proactively lead and manage the Regional Planning Team, delivering a transport plan that effectively deploys the company’s transport assets across the Tesco contract.

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 45 hour week.

This is a regional role that can be based at either Doncaster or Goole site with planning teams across both sites.

Key Duties of Regional Planning Manager:

Deliver a programme of continuous improvement in the transport plan by:

• Regularly reviewing internal and external KPI data.
• Using trend analysis and loss elimination data.
• Developing midterm and seasonal scenarios / resource plans.
• Monitoring daily performance data.
• Ensuring organisation capability is maintained today and into the future (COP 024).

Maintain Customer Service levels by:

• Monitoring key customers daily and weekly making the necessary interventions that deliver key KPIs.
• Liaising with Customer Service contacts internal and external to keep abreast of and manage issues.
• Provide key data to Business Development function that facilitates growth/business acquisition.

Provide leadership guidance and management to the planning teams by:

• Ensuring work processes, that cover the  regional needs of the planning teams, are in place and being adhered.
• Maintain overall capability through recruitment and on boarding (COP 131).
• Deliver improved organisation capability through the appraisal system and 1-1 processes. (COP 071).
• Maintain control over Discipline and Grievances (COP 011 & COP 015).
• Maintain control of staffing costs with close focus on manning levels and overtime.
• Liaise with Directors, General Managers, Operations Managers, their direct reports and Employees at all levels within the Group.
• Internal Customer Service Contacts.
• Relevant support functions, HR, Training.