- Location
- Brackmills
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Administration
- Seniority
- Lead
Description
Planning & Admin Team Leader
Department: Operations
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Northampton
Description
We're looking for a proactive Planning & Administration Team Leader to lead our central planning and administration function. You'll play a key role in ensuring transport operations run efficiently across the network, while driving process improvements, maintaining data accuracy, and supporting excellent customer service.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with transport or logistics experience who enjoys leading teams, improving systems, and making a real impact on operational performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the central planning and administration team.
- Manage and optimise the Transport Management System (TMS).
- Ensure planning and operational data is accurate and up to date.
- Monitor compliance and performance across sites.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, reporting, and automation.
- Support the successful delivery of customer and operational requirements.
- Work closely with operational, commercial, and customer-facing teams.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the planning function.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Required
- Experience within transport, logistics, or supply chain operations.
- Previous team leadership or supervisory experience.
- Strong organisational and communication skills.
- Experience using transport planning or management systems.
- A customer-focused approach with excellent stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
You are:
- Highly organised and detail-oriented.
- A confident communicator.
- Customer-focused and commercially aware.
- Proactive and solutions-driven.
- Adaptable, resilient, and positive.
- Passionate about continuous improvement.
Benefits
Joining our team means you'll not only enjoy a competitive salary and annual reviews, but also some pretty awesome perks:
- Competitive Salary: We value your skills and commitment.
- Discretionary Bonus: Because your hard work deserves to be rewarded.
- Pension Scheme: We've got your future covered.
- Annual Salary Review: Your growth matters to us.
- Free Eye Test and up to £69 Vouchers towards Glasses: Taking care of your vision.
- Interest-Free Company Loan: We're here to support you.
- Free On-Site Parking: Convenient and hassle-free.
- Referral Bonus £750: Spread the word and earn some extra cash.
- Care First Lifestyle Programme: Because your well-being matters.
- Flu Jabs Annually: Stay healthy, on us.
- Group Life Policy: We've got you covered.
- Electric Vehicle Charging Points at Work: Embrace sustainable transport
- Flexible Career Pathway: Grow with us!
- Supply Chain Academy: We create, deliver and manage learning that strengthens our organisation and the wider supply chain.
- Enhanced Holiday Scheme: we believe loyalty should be rewarded.
- Apprenticeships: Earn while you learn we offer apprenticeships that build talent in vital areas like technology, people, finance, operations and much more.
- Private Health Care: We are committed to your wellbeing.
Skills
ComplianceCustomer Service