Transport Planner

Looking for a transport role where you can make a real impact every day?

Step into a key position at the heart of our transport operation, taking ownership of planning activities and ensuring deliveries are completed safely, efficiently, and on time. You'll be the vital link between drivers, operational teams, and our customers, keeping communication flowing, resources optimised, and service levels consistently high.

Here at GXO, we are looking for a Transport Planner to lead our team in Northampton, supporting our Mitsubishi Electric contract. As Transport Planner, you'll produce efficient route plans, allocate resources, and support the smooth running of transport operations while maintaining compliance with Driver Hours, WTD regulations, and company standards.

This is a full-time, permanent role working Monday – Friday between the hours of 11:00-19:00.

 

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £32,575.59 per annum, and 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Your benefits package includes a company-sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more! 

What you’ll do on a typical day:

 

• Plan and coordinate drivers, vehicles, and routes to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective service delivery
• Manage driver availability, workloads, and agency support while maintaining compliance with Driver Hours and Working Time Directive regulations
• Monitor transport performance, analysing route efficiency, productivity, and key operational KPIs

Build strong relationships with customers, drivers, and operational teams, ensuring effective communication and proactive issue resolution

Identify and implement improvements to enhance planning efficiency, reduce costs, and support continuous improvement across the transport operation

 

What you need to succeed at GXO:

 

• Previous experience working within a transport, logistics or planning environment
• Good understanding of Driver Hours and Working Time Directive regulations
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Ability to analyse data and produce meaningful reports
• Experience using Transport Management Systems such as Paragon, Tachomaster, Microlise, GTS or ESP
• Advanced Microsoft Office user including Word Excel and PowerPoint

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

 

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.