Transport Coordinator

Job description

Salary: £26,000 - £28,900

Main purpose of job:

To ensure the efficient and cost effective co ordination of transport movements within the designated areas of responsibility. Ensure that customers are service in a timely, compliant and accurate manner and transport requirements are met in full.

The role

• Liaison with customer services and respond to external customers transport needs.
• Support Sales Executives with enquiry liaison and quotation requests from contractors.
• Ensure vehicle servicing is up to date and accurate records are maintained in order to comply with legal requirements and internal audits.
• Request paperwork for incoming/outgoing bookings.
• Responsible for providing all data to hauliers to allow safe carriage and organising collections where appropriate.
• Maintain working relationships with third party transport companies.
• Liaise with operations, customer services and sales to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Input relevant information on haulage parameters into databases/spreadsheets.
• Filing, archiving and scanning of relevant documentation.
• To assist others with their duties as may be reasonably requested and to undertake tasks of a general nature which are required in the day to day operation of the office
• Raising of Purchase Orders on the system.
• Process all invoices.
• To assist, as and when required, in providing holiday/sickness cover for other group transport movements.
• ADHOC cover for colleagues in the Admin Department

The person

• Previous transport administration experience
• Committed, flexible and pragmatic team player
• Good communicator
• Professional approach
• Positive can do attitude
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work without supervision
• Ability to use own initiative when required