Overview
We're looking for a Logistics Planner for our office in Enderby, UK. The position is full-time. You'll join an awesome team to support our growing operations.
About the Role
The Logistics Planner is responsible for planning and coordinating transport activity in line with customer standard operating procedures, while managing carrier compliance, service performance, cost controls and operational reporting. The role supports efficient load planning, accurate data and high-quality service delivery across the transport operation.
Key Responsibilities:
•Manage loads from planning through completion, making changes and escalating issues when needed.
•Create plans and bookings for returns, collections and special transport requirements.
•Optimise loads, assign work and liaise with carriers to support efficient capacity use.
•Monitor carrier compliance, service performance, invoicing and non-conformance, escalating recurring issues to carrier management.
•Manage cost adjustments and investigate and agree special transport costs.
•Maintain accurate operational data and resolve data-quality issues.
•Monitor costs and invoice quality, ensuring issues are corrected promptly.
•Generate and manage fleet plans.
•Achieve service-level agreement targets and contract KPIs.
•Produce accurate weekly and monthly operational reports.
•Report volume or activity-profile changes against forecast and escalate findings to the line manager.
About You
•Experience in a logistics planning function or similar environment.
•Strong IT, analytical and problem-solving skills.
•Good communication and interpersonal skills.
•Ability to prioritise and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
•Ability to build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
What's in it for you?
Aptean offers competitive pay and robust benefit plans along with the opportunity to grow your career in a fast-paced, flexible and casual environment, an outstanding opportunity for career development and growth.
About Aptean
At Aptean, our mission is to solve tomorrow's unique challenges today with unrivaled, purpose-built software and superior customer experiences from people who care. Aptean is a global provider of mission-critical, industry-specific software solutions. Aptean's purpose-built ERP and supply chain management solutions help address the unique challenges facing process and discrete manufacturers, distributors and other focused organizations. Aptean's compliance solutions are built for companies serving specific markets such as finance, healthcare, biotech and pharmaceuticals, over 10,000 highly specialized organizations in more than 20 industries and 80 countries rely on Aptean to streamline their everyday operations.
