The traffic office talent that keeps Coventry vehicles legal, loaded and on time.
Transport planning is judged on cost per drop, vehicle utilisation and on-time delivery. We recruit people who move those numbers.
Transport employers across Warwickshire & the West Midlands include automotive and manufacturing supply chains, national 3PLs and retail distribution centres. Each plans a different kind of work, so we recruit to the network rather than the title.
Night planning, early starts and on-call cover suit different people. The hours are one of the first things we ask about.
The strongest transport candidates across Warwickshire & the West Midlands are usually already planning for operators at sites such as Prologis Park Ryton, the Gateway and Whitley sites and the M6/M69 distribution corridor.
From night planners to heads of transport.
Trunking, multi-drop or dedicated contract: we match planners to the kind of work they have planned before.
A short list of people who fit the fleet, with notes on systems, network and results.
We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your customers.
Indicative permanent salaries in Coventry run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.
Transport managers usually earn more than planners and national networks more than local ones. Local competition can move either figure. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Fleet size, network, systems, hours and the problem the new hire needs to solve.
We arrange interviews and any planning exercise, then brief each candidate beforehand.
We check in during the first months so any early issue is raised and resolved.
Good planners become transport managers. Hiring well now builds the succession plan.
Planners who leave early often cite the hours, on-call demands or an office that never plans ahead. We raise all three first.
A strong transport brief covers:
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Yes. Tell us the hours and the network so we approach planners who want night work and have done it before.
Yes. We cover operators across the West Midlands. Tell us where the traffic office is and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. We can recruit planners, supervisors and the transport manager together, timed to the contract start.
Yes. We recruit fleet managers and maintenance controllers who look after vehicle compliance and cost.
Good systems, sensible hours, a manager who trusts the plan and pay in line with the market.
Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in the West Midlands:
Other specialisms in Coventry:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Coventry.
Send the vacancy and we will flag anything in the pay, hours or advert likely to slow the search.