Road Freight Planner

Role: Road Freight Planner

Location: Tamworth
Salary: $80,000 - $90,000 + Super + Bonus

What did you have for breakfast today? Whether it's the flour in your toast or the grain in your cereal, it's highly likely that GrainCorp helped get it onto your plate As we find new ways to connect rural communities with food, animal feed, and industrial customers around the world, we're proud to be leading the way in sustainable agriculture.

This is an opportunity to play a part in that story by:

Planning all operational aspects of GrainCorp's supply chain, including contract and order management, schedule, timeslots, and road freight provider management.

Specifically, you'll:
 

• Ensure freight is scheduled and executed in the most efficient way to meet the current and future demand of internal stakeholders and customers
• Manage third party bulk handling network and/or ex-farm execution orders
• Undertake administration associated with customer order execution, including delivery confirmations and reconciliations when required
• Undertake execution planning activities, including vehicle management, e.g. costs, monitoring deliveries in journey, reviewing load plans with clients for campaigns, etc.
• Maintain master data in our systems for contractors, sites, customers and order processing

About your experience
Candidates will have prior admin experience ideally in logistics or supply chain.  Your technical skill set should include intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel and the ability to quickly learn and apply new systems and technologies.

We also value your strong communication, time management, customer and stakeholder management skills.

Other key skills we are looking for include:
 

• Relevant industry experience, ideally bulk focussed 
• Product knowledge, including but not limited to commodity specifications, supply chain planning, end- user customer requirements, freight, grain markets, arbitrage, and trade rules. 
• Experience in customer management and influencing skills across multiple stakeholders 
• Able to manage tasks with a high level of ambiguity to make customer and operation decision in a timely manner. 
• Proficiency with CoR regulations including CoR awareness training and basic fatigue management

What we offer:

• Professional development & leadership programs
• Hybrid work and flexible leave options including birthday leave
• Health & wellbeing support
• Inclusive, values-driven culture
• We're proud to be a Family Inclusive Workplace accredited employer, supporting balance, care and flexibility in every career

Ready to apply? / How do you apply?
The next steps are easy  Simply submit your application and one of our team will reach out for a chat to discuss your background in more detail. We are looking forward to speaking to you.

Progressed candidates will be required to provide proof of working rights and suitable professional referees