Planning Specialist

 

Recruiter:

Telebest

Job Ref:

3063018117

Date posted:

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa


JOB SUMMARY:
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JOB DESCRIPTION:

Our client has an EE opportunity available for a Planning Specialist.

Requirements:

  • Degree or Diploma in logistics.
  • 3+ years of relevant experience.
  • Experience in using planning tools.
  • FMCG and retail experience would be advantageous.
  • Understanding of transport and its different cost elements.
  • Understanding of total operational costs and cost drivers.
  • Code B or EB driver’s license.
  • Flexible work hours.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Planning transport activities cost effectively daily to meet agreed KPI’s and SLAs.
  • Working together with the operations team and senior planners to be aware of daily operational variables which may influence future route scheduling.
  • Updating and interpreting hard and soft constraints on delivery sites and fleet
  • Building optimal shipments from the movement requirements
  • Deciding what to complete with dedicated vs ad-hoc capacity.
  • Producing accurate and cost-effective plans based on database parameters and certain manual intervention for dedicated fleet.
  • Securing capacity for ad-hoc demand.
  • Building relationships with transport service providers and their operational staff who book vehicles.
  • On-time and accurate publishing of route schedules per delivery type.
  • Continuous improvement of planning function and reporting.
  • Continuous monitoring of actual vs. planned performance through all functions to quickly respond to changes in the system.
  • Crisis management and providing formal feedback on changes to plan and execution.
  • Continuous improvement of Transport plans taking changing operational dynamics into account.
  • Assist to manage the end-to-end customer service process.
  • Working together with the operations team to be aware of daily operational variables which may influence future route scheduling.

 

 


 

 

 

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