Transport Planner Night Shift

We are recruiting a Transport Planner for a luxury food delivery business where freshness, reliability and attention to detail matter on every delivery.

NIGHT SHIFT 10pm - 4am.

This is an opportunity for an organised, commercially minded planner who enjoys making a busy multi-drop operation run efficiently while keeping customer commitments firmly in focus.

The role

You will plan daily delivery routes, balancing order volumes, delivery windows, vehicle capacity and driver availability. Working closely with the Transport Supervisor, warehouse and customer service teams, you will build realistic schedules and respond quickly when priorities change.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Planning and optimising daily multi-drop delivery routes.
• Allocating vehicles and drivers to meet delivery requirements.
• Factoring customer time windows, access restrictions and product handling requirements into each plan.
• Monitoring progress and adjusting schedules to manage delays, additional orders and operational disruption.
• Coordinating with warehouse colleagues to align loading and departure times.
• Using transport planning systems and delivery data to improve vehicle utilisation, mileage and service performance.
• Maintaining accurate schedules and communicating clear instructions to the transport team.

About you

You will have experience in transport planning or route optimisation within a busy delivery operation, ideally in foodservice, chilled distribution or another time-sensitive environment.

Confident using routing software and Excel, you will bring strong geographical awareness, attention to detail and a calm approach to solving problems. Experience with Maxoptra or a comparable transport planning system would be particularly welcome.

You will understand how to balance operational efficiency with the service expectations that come with premium products.