Job Title: Transport Scheduler
Location: Ballindalloch
Salary: £36,000 - £40,000
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
A&F Grant Ltd's fleet is ever growing and the Company is currently operating around 46 bulk liquid tankers, nationwide.
The Company has an experienced workforce and are proud of their low staff turnover rate. The Company specialises in farm and mill deliveries and all drivers have vast experience in delivering to sometimes very difficult and inaccessible locations.
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The Role:
The primary function of this position is a shared responsibility to manage the nationwide distribution of Molasses utilising a fleet of 15 vehicles and drivers, from our head office in Ballindalloch. The vehicles are based at four locations across the UK namely, Portbury, Liverpool, Nottingham and Grangemouth. In addition to managing the Company's own fleet, the Transport Planner would be required to schedule loads for and liaise with several sub-contractors.
Crucial to the success of this position is the ability to maintain regular and effective dialogue with the customer at all times, ensuring that they are notified of any incidents, delays or problems which may affect the service provided to their customer timeously and accurately.
You should be highly organised and be capable in prioritising your workload. Strong IT skills are essential as the position requires the post holder to make continual use of Excel spreadsheets, Mandata and Microsoft Outlook.
Managing and motivating a team to ensure that the highest standards of service are achieved is mandatory, as is ensuring that the fleet is operated compliantly at all times.
As the operation runs 24/7 7 days a week, once trained, there will be some requirements for being on call, weekend cover and holiday cover. If you are confident that you are capable of excelling in this challenging role, you will be rewarded with a competitive salary, 28 days holiday per annum (inclusive of bank holidays), a workplace pension and a friendly office environment.
The Candidate:
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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Office Administrator, Administrator, Admin Assistant, Support Administrator, Business Support, Office Coordinator, Logistics Assistant, Distribution Assistant, Logistics Coordinator, Warehouse Coordinator, Transport Coordinator, Logistics Supervisor, Warehouse Operations, Transport Supervisor, Stock Control coordinator, Supply Chain coordinator, Stock Control Supervisor, Business Administration, Office Management, Clerical Assistant, Plant Operator, HND, GNVQ will also be considered for this role..