Bridgwater - Transport Admin - Logistics Advisor

We’ve got a fantastic opportunity for a Planner to join the Transport Team at our Willow Green (Bridgwater) Distribution Centre. Reporting to the Planning Manager you will be responsible for producing individual Driver schedules that will implement the overall Transport plan for the Willow Green (Bridgwater) operation. Here at Morrisons our Transport Planners do the following:

• Ensure all deliveries and collections are in line with planned requirements.


• Provide problem solving guidance on any operational issues such as late changes to plans and compliance with policies and procedures


• Plan and manage resources to deliver a cost effective delivery service.


• Produce individual plans for particular drivers within an overall plan.


• Analyse the plan against actual schedules to understand areas of improvement.


• Maintain compliance and conformance for safe working practices and working time regulations.


• Ensure policies and procedures are followed at all times.


• Ensure the completion of all associated records and reports and highlight any inaccuracies, issues or complaints


• Proactively identify opportunities for improved operational efficiencies


• Organising shunters and ensuring that vehicles and trailers are available when needed.

To be successful you should have excellent communication and analytical skills and experience of producing reports. Experience of planning a large and successful transport operation along with an understanding of planning system Paragon would be advantageous.Applicants must be a strong influencer and capable of credible, impactful interventions; working to direct or motivate. If you are interested in taking on a new challenge and have the skills to strengthen our team further, then we want to hear from you. In return for your hard work we will offer you:

• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays).


• 15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us.


• Additional 10% discount More Card for a friend or family member.


• Career progression and development opportunities.


• Subsidised staff canteen.


• Free parking.Market leading pension and life assurance.


• Healthcare/Well\-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP.


• Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more.


• Long Service Awards.Optional Payroll charity donations.


• Enhanced Family/maternity/parental leave

From a Bradford market stall to the UK’s 4th largest supermarket chain and the UK's 2nd largest fresh food manufacturer. We are proud to be the Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK in over almost 500 stores and an online home delivery service. Our 18 manufacturing sites provide our customers with the freshest produce from flowers, fish and veg to burgers and bread, all delivered to our stores via our 7 warehouse / logistics distribution sites by our 2,000 strong fleet. Every week, 11 million customers pass through our doors and around 97,000 colleagues across the business work hard each day to deliver great service to them. We cover more than 11 million households with our Morrisons.com service.With competitive, permanently low prices we are committed to helping our customers save money every day. We are foodmakers and shopkeepers and \#wemakemorrisons. Why not hear what our teams have got to say about life here at Morrisons:

Our Process
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We've outlined below what our typical process looks like, this can vary slightly depending upon the role or team you've applied for. Our goal is to provide a positive and accessible experience for all applicants, ensuring everyone has the support they need to showcase their best selves.

Our resourcing team are on hand to help with any questions about your application and you can reach them by e\-mailing resourcing@morrisonsplc.co.uk.

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Find an opportunity that's right for you

Once you've found a role that's right for you, you can apply via this site. If it's your first time applying with us then we'll need all your essential information and we might ask you to upload your most recent CV. If you've applied for roles with us before then we should recognise you and you won't need to share these details again, unless something has changed that you need to update us on.

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Online Assessment (Customer Assistant roles)

After your application, we might send you an e\-mail and ask you to complete an online assessment. This is typically a situation judgement test where we'll ask you ten questions with mutliple choice answers and takes around 10\-15 minutes to complete. The questions will give you a feel for the types of scenarios you might encounter working in our stores \- think customer first.

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Let's find out more

For some of our stores and site roles, if you've been successful with your application we might just e\-mail and ask you to book a slot for your interview. For other roles our resourcing team will get in touch with you to find out a bit more about you and why you applied. They'll also answer any questions you might have about us and the role. After all, it's a two way process!

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Interview

Our interviews are typically face to face but can sometimes be virtual. Don't worry, we'll advise either way. Your interview can differ depending on the role or team. Part of the interview may include some competency questions against our Ways of Working (listed below).

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Final Stage

With some of our roles there might be a second interveiw. This tends to be for roles in our Head Office and some salaried positions across our stores and sites. As part of this second stage, we might ask you to complete a task, such as a SWOT analysis or something similar, and present it back during the interview. This helps us understand your approach and thinking about the role.

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Decision

Our resourcing team or the store or site you've applied to will be in touch with you as soon as they can to let you know the outcome. If you've been successful we'll share the details of our offer with you and follow up with everything you need on e\-mail.

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