Overview
Job Role: Logistics Planner
Hours: 44 hours
Shift: 4 on 4 off
Salary: £28,500 per annum
We're cinch. Our mission is simple – remove the faff from buying and owning cars, giving customers more choice, with more ease. We’re putting drivers first and we’ve ripped up the rule book to make sure that happens.
We’re a customer-first business with huge ambition. Already the UK’s largest online used car retailer, we’re expanding our customer offering with an exciting roadmap of online and physical retail solutions.
For customers who want to try before they buy, cinch Stores offer a faff-free environment to test drive, buy and drive away a cinch car on the same day.
Visitors to our stores can also choose from over 7,000 cars available on our website and app – the same choice as customers browsing and buying online from home. Customers can have their car delivered to their home, or pick it up from a local collection centre or in-store.
Oh, and did we mention that all our cars come with a 14-day money back guarantee and a free 90-day warranty?
cinch is part of the Constellation Automotive Group, the UK and Europe’s largest market-leading integrated digital car marketplace.
That means we’re part of a family including WeBuyAnyCar.com, BCA and Marshall Motor Group. We like to keep good company.
The role
Cinch Logistics Planners are responsible for developing and executing efficient plans for the movement of vehicles. They coordinate, track, and monitor the supply chain process to ensure customer orders are filled on time. Planners also analyse data and design strategies to optimize deliveries, reduce cost, and improve operational efficiency.
The main purpose of the role is to plan the most optimised and cost-efficient plated driver's day, ensuring all vehicles are delivered within a customer driven timeframe and within a working time directive framework.
Logistics Planner Duties
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders regarding logistical issues
- Maintain and update logistics database
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations
- Ensure all work is planned in accordance with Customer Service level Agreements.
- Ensure all the jobs/movements on the system are planned and allocated to the available driver workforce.
- Ensure that the work planned to assist their Recruitment process in that it is efficient and productive to assist in the full training of all new drivers and Inspection Quality Training.
- To be aware of clients requirements when allocating drivers (time restraints, excess mileage, time windows and expectations)
- Inform Customer Service of any problems and or delays
- Respond quickly to real-time events absence coverage, breakdowns and last minute requests
- Re-plan the job movements, where required, due to failures, aborts, breakdowns, etc.
Key Skills and requirements
- Ability to develop and implement cost-effective logistics plans
- Organizational Skills
- Problem Solving
- Analytical Thinking
- Time Management
- Proficiency with supply chain software would be an advantage (MANDATA)
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Thank you for your interest in working for us. Unfortunately, due to the volume of responses we cannot reply to every applicant, if you haven't heard from us in two weeks please assume you have been unsuccessful.
We are proud to be Level 1 Disability Confident and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or disability.
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