Transport and Sub Contraction Planner

Do you thrive on turning complex transport challenges into seamless, cost-effective delivery solutions? Can you keep a fast-paced logistics operation moving while maximising fleet utilisation, service performance, and commercial results? Ready to use data, technology, and sharp decision-making to make a real impact across one of the UK's leading transport networks?

Here at GXO, join our team in Nottingham as our Transport and Sub Contraction Planner . You will be responsible for business-critical services including storage, handling and distribution; high volume E-Fulfilment; two-person home delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of the UK's best-known companies. 

This is a full time, permanent position, working Monday to Friday r otating between 07:30 – 1730 Contracted hours of 40 hours per week.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £32,000 per annum and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, and access to our benefits platform, including retail discounts!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Ensures all assets are utilised in line with KPI targets
• Ensures that service is delivered through proactive and accurate planning of loads
• Drives margin by fully utilizing TMS functionality and then enhancing results through proactively sourcing further backhaul opportunities to maximise fleet utilisation
• Ensure service levels are delivered through working collaboratively with the Sub Con operation to maximise the overall service delivery KPI for customers
• Maintains a high data accuracy in the TMS for all fleet planning activities, avoiding retrospective administration

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Industrious and busy individual with an affinity for a time pressurised environment
• Excellent Communication skills, both verbal and via systems
• Experience of freight forwarding or transport planning operations essential, ideally in a network planning environment
• Systems user, comfortable with modern digital systems and the application of data combined with general large fleet operation experience

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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