Dairy Planner (Scheduler)

Title
Dairy Planner (Scheduler)

Categories
VIC Opportunities

Location
Geelong

Job Summary
As a result of business growth, our dairy planning team is growing! We are looking for motivated and safety focused Transport Specialists that thrive to drive efficiencies for operations, develop a deep understanding of the regional challenges and have a genuine interest to deliver business imperatives for day to day operations. The role is full-time, and ideally based in Geelong.

Joining our Dairy Optimisation Planning* team, this role will entail but is not limited to:*

• Maintaining the master data used for route optimisation;
• Optimisation of routes on a day-to-day basis to produce safe and efficient runs;
• Working with Operations Managers to ensure optimised routes meet various business rules including vehicle, geographical and time constraints;
• Liaising with Farm suppliers and Operations Managers to accommodate changes to collection patterns;
• Liaising with customers to plan and adjust factory delivery schedules;
• Maintenance of the milk collection database to enable daily customer reporting and internal invoicing;
• Reconciliation of variances between planned routes and collections and actual routes and collections;
• Documentation of systemic route optimisation issues and work alongside staff and software vendor to resolve them.

To be successful in this dynamic role you will have:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to work within a team environment as well as autonomously.
• A high level of computer literacy and attention to detail.
• A solid understanding of OH&S and Chain of Responsibility Regulations.
• The ability to work on a rotating roster, such as such as 5 days-on/2 days-off/5 days-on/4 days-off or similar.
• An undergraduate Degree in Supply Chain Management and Logistics, or similar, will be highly regarded.

• Why Join Us?*

To the successful candidate, we will offer:

• An attractive full-time salary package
• Interesting and challenging work, with a focus on commercial decision-making and adding value to the business;
• On-going formal and real-world training;
• Ability to negotiate flexible working arrangements
• On-site gym;
• 24 hour employee assistance program;
• Secure full-time position in an ‘essential service’ industry.

TO APPLY
If you’re interested in joining the friendly and dynamic team at McColl’s, please attach your current resume and cover letteraddressed to James Wynne, or alternatively email your application to hr@mccolls.com.au with the subject heading ‘Dairy Planner Geelong’.

Job Type: Full-time