What are you responsible for
- Learning and using Solera Omnitracs Roadnet to support daily, weekly and forward transport planning.
- Maintaining accurate customer, location, driver, vehicle and route data, including geocodes, service times, service windows and vehicle capacities.
- Using Excel, CSV files and agreed system processes to validate data, investigate errors and support reliable imports and reporting.
- Building and reviewing practical route plans that balance customer requirements, available resources, operating constraints and cost.
- Comparing planned and actual mileage, travel time, service time and route duration to improve future plans.
- Working with site teams to understand how routes operate in practice and ensure system information reflects real conditions.
- Travelling regularly to operational sites to observe processes, validate data, support users and help embed consistent ways of working.
- Identifying opportunities to reduce unnecessary mileage, empty running, overtime and avoidable third-party transport use.
- Supporting system testing, user adoption and continuous-improvement activity with operational colleagues, IT and system providers.
- Producing plans within agreed legal, safety and company requirements and escalating risks through the appropriate process.
Candidate Profile
- Previous experience in a Transport Planner, Logistics Coordinator or similar transport operations role.
- Experience using transport management systems (TMS) and route planning software.
- Experience working within a fast-paced logistics or distribution environment.
- A strong understanding of systems and technology, with the confidence to learn new platforms.
- Comfortable working with structured data, spreadsheets and digital tools, and understands the importance of data accuracy.
- Transport-planning or compliance knowledge is desirable and can be developed in the role.
- Logical, analytical and confident when investigating problems.
- Good Excel skills, including sorting, filtering, lookups and basic data analysis.
- Accurate and organised, with the ability to manage priorities and follow issues through.
- Clear communicator who can work effectively with operational, technical and management teams.
- Able to work independently, while asking questions and escalating when appropriate.
- Customer-focused and results-driven.
- Able to remain calm under pressure and adapt to changing priorities.
- Proactive with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Strong team player with the ability to work independently when required.
Experience
Knowledge
Skills
Personal Attributes
Skills Required
- Previous experience as a Transport Planner, Logistics Coordinator, or in a similar transport operations role
- Experience using transport management systems and route planning software
- Experience in a fast-paced logistics or distribution environment
- Strong understanding of systems and technology, with the ability to learn new platforms
- Experience working with structured data, spreadsheets, and digital tools
- Good Excel skills, including sorting, filtering, lookups, and basic data analysis
- Transport-planning or compliance knowledge
- Logical and analytical problem-solving skills
- Accurate and organized, with the ability to manage priorities and follow issues through
- Clear communication skills and ability to work with operational, technical, and management teams
- Ability to work independently and escalate issues appropriately
What We Do
If you could make your healthcare facilities even safer - would you? From peer-reviewed sharps containers to waste minimisation systems and tailored collections, Sharpsmart’s safety-driven solutions have helped healthcare facilities across the UK to: • Protect staff and patients • Reduce CO2 emissions • Meet sustainability targets • Prevent and contain infection • Stay compliant • Reduce costs Part of the Daniels Health group which has operations in Australia, USA, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Europe and South Africa; Sharpsmart is widely regarded as a leader of innovation in the clinical waste space. Our flagship product - the Sharpsmart collector, was launched in 1999 and is now used in thousands of healthcare facilities around the globe. It has been peer reviewed in numerous medical journals with findings that indisputably assert it as the safest sharps collector in the world. Through education, innovation and service, we are committed to make the healthcare industry safer for the people who work in it and continually drive the development of ecologically sustainable solutions to reduce the environmental impact of clinical waste. Find out more at: www.healthcarewaste.sharpsmart.co.uk
