Transport Allocator

**Transport Allocator - Permanent**
**Crestmead**
- ** Largest family-owned equipment hire company in ANZ + great employee benefits**:

- ** Culture is our secret sauce-we care about our team mates & customers like family**:

- ** Training & career development opportunities -build your career with us**

Our mission is to be the best hire company in the world. We don’t want to be the biggest, we want to be the best. And by being the best, we are committed to sustainable growth and innovation for the benefit our customers, our people and Kennards Hire.

And with 86% of our people telling us they think Kennards Hire is a Great Place to Work, we think that’s pretty awesome

Some of the things our people have told us make Kennards Hire a Great Place to Work include: their team mates; the care and inclusiveness we show each other; that our people’s safety is a priority; and how everyone works together to live our values. Not to mention the birthday and employee anniversary celebration cakes and BBQs

**About the role**

This role is based within the State Distribution Centre and works with other teams across the branch network to allocate and manage drivers out of the Distribution Centre and ensure timely delivery and exceptional customer service.

**This role requires you to**:

- Allocating drivers to deliveries and pickups of hire equipment from customer sites;
- Ensuring that you are representing the Kennard’s Hire brand in a professional manner at all times.
- Creating, updating, finalising hire schedules & PO’s
- Managing the service & maintenance of delivery vehicle fleet
- Ensure drivers are aware of all essential safety information before each hire leaves the branch
- Manage requirements for contract drivers
- Order contract drivers as required

**About you**
- A proven ability to be adaptable to changing priorities and work conditions including the ability to bothwork as part of a team and to work autonomously to complete tasks within required timeframes
- Problem solving skills and the ability to “think on their feet” to resolve customer or delivery scheduling issues
- A proven ability to work autonomously and complete tasks independently within required timeframes
- Strong communication skills including the ability to follow directions, ask questions to ensure understanding, and proactively provide information to team members
- Time management skills including the ability to plan ahead and reschedule in accordance with changes in priorities

**Why join the family**
- We are Australia and New Zealand’s largest family-owned equipment hire company
- We are a great place to work certified employer offering a great company and team culture no matter where you work
- Our values are at the heart of everything we do; One Family, Fair Dinkum, Taking Hire Higher & Every Customer a Raving Fan
- We offer great Benefits & Rewards such as;
- Profit Share bonus
- Paid Parental Leave
- Extensive training and development throughout your career with us
- Career progression and internal transfer opportunities - across state and international borders
- Staff discount rates on our hire gear
- Access to our employee benefits program including discounts on insurance, eye care, travel and more
- Annual Awards night, Team BBQs and many other fun social events

**Please note: Background/Police Checks will be carried out as part of the recruitment process