We are looking for a Transport Planner, who would like to be part of our international team.
Duties and responsibilities
- Organizing domestic, intercompany, and export transport
- Planning based on customer demand and intercompany inbound volumes
- Daily communication with transport partners to ensure volume and service levels; maintaining relationships with preferred carriers
- Managing transport orders via TRANSPOREON
- Coordinating with Customer Service and MSP teams on delivery volumes
- Liaising with warehouses on loading/unloading time slots
- Keeping records of transport routes, invoices, and price lists; approving invoices based on agreed rates
- Reporting KPIs: on-time arrival/delivery, delays, daily volume, costs, feedback, FTL ratio
- Participating in negotiations with carriers regarding capacity, pricing, and cooperation
- Focusing on transport cost optimization, truck utilization, and full truck loads
- Promoting synergies and milk-run deliveries between PPF sites and customers
- Reducing environmental impact (CO₂ emissions)
- Contributing to optimization projects (software, processes, etc.)
You are the right fit, if you have
- Secondary education, ideally in Supply Chain, Logistics, or similar
- At least 5 years’ experience in Transport Management, preferably in FMCG; Benelux/France experience is a plus
- Knowledge of export/import transport flows
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills; open-minded and adaptable
- Operational supply chain experience with customers, warehouses, Customer Service, and demand planning
- Skilled in transport supplier negotiations
- Results-driven, well-organized, customer- and cost-focused
- Continuous improvement mindset and problem-solving ability
- Fluent in English; proficient in Excel and ERP systems (preferably TRANSPOREON)
- Flexible, resilient, and stress-tolerant
- Hands-on, disciplined, straightforward, and well-organized
- Quick learner, self-motivated, ambitious, energetic, assertive, communicative, and a team player
