Transport Planner - based Stoke on Trent

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Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time)

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Salary: £30,237 per annum

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Shift patterns: Monday to Friday + 4 Saturdays a Year
Shift times: 07:00 - 15:00, 10:00 - 18:00 and 1400 - 2200 (Rotating)
Location: Stoke On Trent - ST4 4EX

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DHL, an award-winning leading supply chain business is seeking an experienced Transport Planner to play a vital role ensuring continuous improvement of planning processes within the transport department.

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WHAT DOES THE ROLE ENTAIL?

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As part of your normal duties, whilst maintaining excellent health and safety practices, you will

\n\nCreate routes and allocate vehicles, alongside Driver resources to meet planning deadlines.\nMaintain KPI's and SLA's.\nLiaise with Stores on a regular basis.\nBuild Relationships through Customer Service.\nCustomer contact point and communications.\nEnsure that work instructions and standard operating procedures are followed and check lists adhered to.\n\n

WHAT DO WE NEED FROM YOU?

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We'd love to hear from you if you have the following experience but don't hesitate to apply if you don't tick every box on this page - we're great at spotting talent and potential in everyone:

\n\nTransport planning experience desired.\nTransport experience in a Supply Chain or Logistics environment is essential.\nExcellent customer service skills.\nComputer Literacy, including Excel.\nExperience using Paragon (Desirable).\nGood critical thinking skills.\nAble to communicate at all levels, internally and externally.\n\n

✅WHO WE ARE

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​We're the global leaders in supply chain management with 188,000 people in over 50 countries. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more.

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✅BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE

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At DHL, we're all about creating a workplace where everyone's skills and experiences matter, and where you can be your true self every day.

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As proud supporters of the Armed Forces Covenant, we value the skills and experience of ex-service personnel and are dedicated to helping our veterans find jobs.

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Please be aware that interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place during the week commencing 24th November 2025. Applications received after this date may not be considered but will be added to our talent pool for future opportunities, subject to your consent. Please also be aware that we review applications continuously and where we have a large number of applications the application period may close ahead of the provisional interview date. To ensure your application is considered we recommend submitting it as early as possible.

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