Transport Planner Mansfield, England
Job description
Requisition ID 44406
Position Type FT Permanent
Recruiter #LI-CC2
Posting Type LI
Leading to better encompasses all we do at Kerry, it's how we've become the worlds leading taste and nutrition company. Whether it's building and manufacturing sustainable solutions for food, beverage or pharmaceutical consumers, our commitment to lead the world to better nutrition drives us forward. With 25,000+ colleagues across the globe and 15,000+ Kerry products, your opportunities are limitless.
About Kerry
About the role
We have an excellent opportunity to join our Transport planning team based near Mansfield. Reporting into the Transport Manager you will be looking after our sites in Northern Ireland to ensure all orders are on time and in full (OTIF).
You will be responsible for liaising with hauliers, ensuring all delivery requirements are met and identifying potential cost saving efficiencies. The successful Transport Planner will be comfortable in dealing with different teams, be highly organised and have excellent communication and problem solving skills
Kerry operates a hybrid working model and we are flexible on candidate location, however ideally you will be within a commutable distance to a Kerry site.
What will I be doing?
- Build and foster relationships with sites, departments, and customers to optimise delivery performance to ensure products are collected and despatched on time, and in full.
- Timely Coordination of responses to queries from Customers, Customer Care, 3PLs and Production operations using the Supply Chain Cockpit Process.
- Proactively manage booking of domestic and international routes ensuring ample time allowed for booking with the end customer.
- Control of the system master data such as transit times and pallet calculations to support in the performance of all Logistics activities.
- Update of On Time in Full (OTIF) performance reporting and corrective actions
- Communicate any delivery discrepancy as it occurs and report any potential service failures once identified.
- Ensure that delivery creation and communications to carriers are made on time, to meet customer specifications and site requirements
- Coordination of Shipment document and Freight costing processes to ensure carriers invoicing is clean and accurate and delays to customer invoicing processes are not incurred.
- Coordination of Special Transport Delivery process, whilst minimising costs incurred
What's in it for me?
At Kerry, we believe in giving talented, curious people the opportunity to make a difference.
We work as a team, searching for the best ways to inspire food and nourish life.
We are a community of innovators, working across disciplines to solve global food challenges with a fresh approach. We want you to achieve whatever you put your mind to.
We also offer:
- 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
- Matched pension scheme
- Benefits platform offering discounts and cashback on major retailers including Tesco, Curry’s, Argos, and many others
What do I need to be successful?
In Kerry we understand that people have very different career trajectories and experiences. In order to be successful in this role we would be looking for the right competencies and aptitudes as well as your proven track record of success in a Logistics and Manufacturing environment.
These include:
- Continuous improvement ethos
- Passion for getting things right, and keeping them right,
- Continuously challenging and identifying added value opportunities, and realising their value
- Commercial understanding
- Team spirit
- Proficient in the use of Excel, Word, and Outlook
- Ability to react and manage to changing business need
- Strong customer focus
- SAP Skills desirable
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At Kerry, we believe in giving talented, curious people the opportunity to make a difference.
We work as a team, searching for the best ways to inspire food and nourish life.
We’re a community of innovators, working across disciplines to solve global food challenges with a fresh approach. We want you to achieve whatever you put your mind to.
The aim to shape the future of food might seem ambitious to some, but to us in Kerry Taste and Nutrition, it's all in a day’s work.
Kerry is dedicated to helping create better-tasting, more authentic and nutritious food and beverages. We produce safe, quality products that help feed millions every day.
Wherever you are, we can work together to create inspiring solutions that nourish life.
Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.
