Transport Planner

About the role

We have an excellent opportunity to join our Transport planning team who are based in our planning services centre in Olesnica. 

Reporting into the Transport Planning Manager you will be looking after our sites in the UK 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.

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

Key responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications and skills

• We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds including those with a formal degree (Supply Chain, Business, Project Management, or related field) or without a formal degree, who have relevant experience in a similar role.
• Previous experience in working in a team of people located in different countries.
• Experience in dealing with and managing external freight partners and maintaining a good relationship.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in a food & beverage environment would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of food production supply chain.
• Knowledge of SAP – Logistics and Transport execution.
• Demonstrable evidence of skills, attributes & values as outlined within the job description.
• Basic business financial understanding.
• 5-10% of the role may require travel to other Kerry facilities across Europe.
• Fluent spoken and written English and Polish, French nice to have

What do you get in return?

• Work in a modern manufacturing concern with an established position on the market.
• All necessary tools to perform your tasks.
• Co-financing of sports activities (Multisportcard).
• Private medical care.
• Life insurance.
• Employee referral programme.