Are you highly organised and passionate about planning and maximising load fill?  Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and being part of a high performing team, who deliver great service to our customers in the most cost-effective solution possible? Do you have excellent geographical knowledge? We’ve got just the role for you…Currently looking for an Unaccompanied Transport Planner to join our team.

Working any 5 from 7 days a week, you will be planning deliveries across the UK. Liaising with multiple customers, DFDS sites and delivery points, we’ll need you to build relationships quickly with our drivers and subcontractors. Naturally excellent communication skills are a prerequisite, and this will help ensure you can maximise vehicle utilisation. You’ll need to be determined, have a positive can-do attitude, with a good knowledge of Microsoft packages and a proficient IT skillset. We’ll also need you to look at costings and KPI’s, assisting with recommendations for continuous improvement.

Now about what we can give you.  You’ll become part of a great business who take our people development seriously.  You’ll be able to access some fantastic benefits such as:

• Life assurance cover
• Contributory company pension scheme
• Free ferry travel for up to 4 guests between Dover and Calais / Newcastle and Amsterdam with no limit on trips
• Regular Team social events for employees and families
• Full employee assistance programme including:
• Proactive financial, emotional, mental and physical health care support including face to face counselling, fast 24/7 access to a GP, a second medical opinion and legal support for colleagues and their family
• Huge range of retail discounts from high street and online retailers
• Cashback on health care including dental, optical, physiotherapy, prescriptions, specialist consultations and much more
• Access to Thrive, our award-winning Wellbeing platform
• Access to mental health first aid and opportunity to join support webinars with a focus on all areas of positive wellbeing

Who We Are…. DFDS provides shipping and transport services in Europe, generating annual revenues of EUR 1.8bn. To over 8,000 freight customers, we deliver high performance and superior reliability through shipping and port terminal services, and transport and logistics solutions. For six million passengers, we provide safe overnight and short sea ferry services. Our 7,000 employees are located on ships and in offices across 20 countries. DFDS was founded in 1866, is headquartered in Copenhagen, and listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen.

Interested? Apply now!  If you’re looking for a new challenge and have a desire to work with one of Northern Europe’s leading shipping and logistics company, please send us across your CV!