Al Futtaim Jobs - Transport Planner | Al Futtaim Logistics | Dubai (Jebel Ali, AE)

Job Requisition ID: 37272 

No two days are the same at Al-Futtaim, no matter what role you have. Our work is driven by the desire to make a difference and to have a meaningful impact with the goal of enriching everyday lives. Take our engaging and supportive work environment and couple it with a company culture that recognises and rewards quality performance, and what do you get? The chance to push the limits every single day.

 

As a humble family business that started on the banks of the Dubai Creek in the 1930s, Al-Futtaim has expanded to a presence in 31 countries, a portfolio of over 200 companies, and 42,000 employees. You’ll find us in industries ranging from automotive and retail, to finance and real estate, and connecting people with international names like Lexus, Ikea, Robinsons, and Adidas. Our team is proudly multicultural and multinational because that kind of diverse representation gives us the global mindset to grow and impact the people, markets, and trends around us.

 

Come join us to live well, work better, and be the best.

Al-Futtaim Automotive’s customer centric approach, international standards and value-adding business philosophy enables us to be the automotive company of choice across all of the territories in which we operate. An innovative leader in the automotive industry, Al-Futtaim Automotive Group has a widespread and well-developed distribution network currently operating in 11 countries across the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Al-Futtaim Automotive Group is proud to represent some of the world’s most popular and desirable automotive brands.

 

About the Job:

Al-Futtaim Logistics has a mission of delivering the highest level of service, quality and efficiency to be the region’s leading Logistics Provider.  As a Planner your task is to ensure cargo is delivered in safest, most efficient manner whilst adhering to all current company policies.Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will oversee all General Transport activities including customer’s transport booking confirmation, scheduling, driver and vehicle allocation, route planning, EDI update, billing and operation improvement

Specifically, your responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for the efficient planning and performance of all transport movements.
• Supervision of daily movements recording for tracking and billing purpose. Maintain all required information in EDI CargoWise system (correctly and on time) inc. timing, POD, driver and vehicle allocation, rates.
• Analysis of trip information, fleet efficiency and vehicle running costs and the optimisation thereof. Reduce drivers and vehicles idling time and drivers over time up to necessary minimum.
• Daily communication with internal and external customers and processing the requests thereof. Proactively notify Customer on all exceptions (delivery delay or cancellation, accident, damages etc.).

 

About You:

The ideal candidate for this role should be graduate in any discipline, preferable logistic, administration, business etc. You should have at 3 years of experience in logistics (transport, freight, warehousing) or administration. You should also be able to communicate effectively and be able to demonstrate strong administrative competence.

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