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UK Planning Manager

Ref: 643345

Warwickshire, UK

£50,000

  • Permanent
  • National Transport Planning
  • Trunking Operations
  • Route And Fleet Management

About the candidate

This candidate is an experienced UK planning and transport professional with a strong background across national trunking, route planning, depot-to-depot movements, retail operations and warehouse leadership. They are currently operating within a major global logistics environment, following progression through national freight, online retail and high-volume retail operations.

They bring a hands-on, calm and proactive approach to planning time-critical freight, working closely with UK and Ireland depot networks to keep goods moving efficiently. With an International CPC, strong Excel capability and experience supporting teams in high-pressure settings, they would suit a permanent planning or transport leadership role.

What makes them great?

  • Strong planning exposure: Has planned and managed routes collecting from 80+ suppliers and overseeing 25+ trailers daily within a fast-paced online retail distribution environment.
  • People-focused leader: Managed teams of 30+ colleagues in high-volume retail and warehouse operations, keeping productivity, safety and service levels on track.
  • Commercially aware: Comfortable monitoring transport spend against forecast and actual costs, actively identifying opportunities to improve network efficiency and reduce unnecessary spend.

Areas of expertise

  • National transport planning: Daily planning and execution of trunking schedules across UK and Ireland depot networks, with a focus on time-critical freight and network performance.
  • Route and fleet management: Experience managing driver routes, collection vehicles, trailer fleets, maintenance compliance and routing systems across busy transport operations.
  • Operational leadership: Background leading warehouse, replenishment and transport teams, including duty management, stock flow, safety routines and supplier onboarding.