Transport Planner
| Posting date: | 24 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 October 2025 |
| Location: | Buxton, SK17 8TG |
| Company: | Tarmac Trading Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | tarmac/TP/67621/7176 |
Summary
Are you a logistics enthusiast with a passion for precision and customer satisfaction?We’re looking for a dynamic Order Fulfilment & Transport Planner to join our team and play a pivotal role in ensuring our supply chain runs like clockwork.This role bridges the gap between order management and transport planning—capturing customer needs, coordinating deliveries, and keeping everything moving smoothly. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and love solving problems before they arise, this could be your next big move.
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Process customer orders via phone, email, or digital platforms
- Verify product codes, quantities, and delivery instructions
- Schedule deliveries based on availability and route efficiency
- Coordinate with planners, hauliers, and drivers
- Track deliveries and resolve issues proactively
- Maintain accurate data in planning or ERP systems
- Report on volumes, performance, and transport KPIs
- Ensure legal compliance (e.g. driver hours, weight limits)
- Handle customer queries and escalate when needed
- Support audit documentation
- Drive continuous improvement
What We’re Looking For
You’ll be a great fit if you are:
- Pragmatic and resilient
- Clear and concise communicator
- Customer-focused
- Strong in numeracy and literacy
- Skilled with planning tools
- Collaborative and influential
- Committed to team development and customer value
Key Functional Competencies
To succeed in this role, you should bring:
- Knowledge of logistics systems and planning workflows
- Experience leading centralised logistics teams
- Familiarity with continuous improvement methods
Why Join Us?
You’ll be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team where your ideas and contributions truly matter.We offer opportunities for growth, a collaborative culture, and the chance to make a real impact in a critical area of our operations.
In addition to this rolewe also offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits including:
- Bonus scheme
- Enhanced holiday entitlement
- Contributory pension scheme
- Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
- Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free andconfidential advice
- Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc.(REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause
- Training and development opportunities
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Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal opportunity employer. We arecommitted to creating aninclusive work environment for all employees andactively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Please click on the apply button to complete your application.Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
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Tarmac Trading Limited