Planner: Primary Transport

Job Summary

Closing Date2026/11/02 Reference NumberCLO261026-1 Job TitlePlanner: Primary Transport Job Type Permanent DepartmentPrimary Distribution Number of Positions1 Location - Town / CityRoodepoort Location - ProvinceGauteng Location - CountrySouth Africa Required Education LevelBachelors Degree Job CategoryTransportation Job Advert SummaryClover is looking for a Planner: Primary Transport to schedule and optimise Primary routes and rounds to ensure optimum supply to the distribution branches. This position is based at Clover Head Office.

Requirements

• Degree
• Relevant experience in applying job related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level
• Business English: Fluent
• Code 08 Driver's license
• Computer literacy (Intermediate)
• Work shifts/weekends/public holidays

Competencies

• Proactive and action orientated
• Must be a team player
• Maintains high standards
• Displays resilience, determination and flexibility
• Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective
• Commitment and motivation
• Administrative capabilities
• Communicates effectively
• Ability to plan and organize
• Apply expertise and technology

Key Responsibilities

Schedule Primary Vehicles

• Schedule loads as per planning department requirements
• Ensure vehicle availability for all loads scheduled
• Ensure correct vehicle size as per planning requirement
• Ensure on time collection and delivery as per planning department requirements
• Ensure quick turnaround times of all primary vehicles on route.

Track Primary Vehicles

• Track vehicles as per schedule
• Ensure correct vehicles are allocated to routes for tracking purposes
• Communicate with all parties on arrival delivery times of vehicles scheduled
• Communicative any deviations on slot time bookings

Create, analyse, communicate reports

• Analyse and communicate loads on time reports
• Run report Beame tracking % analyse and take corrective action
• Run reports on loads with Beame actively tracked and take corrective action

Conduct daily administration tasks

• Ensure daily admin tasks are up to date - dispatch
• Ensure daily admin tasks are up to date - receiving
• Control shipment details
• Seek the best tariffs on new routes
• Control GKN Pallet movement on direct loads