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Transport Planning Recruitment in Hove

From night planners to network managers, we find permanent transport office people for Hove operations.

South East

Planners and schedulers in Hove

Every transport candidate we put forward has been checked on qualifications, systems and the fleets they have run.

Hove sits in the South East's busy distribution belt, where the M25 corridor and the south-coast ports keep demand for logistics talent high. We recruit the transport office people who keep that freight moving.

When the Hove market is thin for transport talent, we look further along the commute and give you an honest view of the likely shortlist.

Across the South East, planners and transport managers are hired by grocery and retail DCs, Channel-port and customs operations, FMCG supply chains and national 3PLs.

Who we recruit

Transport vacancies we cover in Hove

Permanent roles across the traffic office, from planners to transport managers.

Why operators choose a specialist

Screened on the fleets they have planned

Systems experience

We ask which routing and scheduling systems candidates use every day, so there is no hidden learning curve.

The hours that fit

Night planning, on-call and weekend cover are discussed up front, so the candidate knows the job they are taking.

Through the first months

We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new planner learns your customers.

Benchmarking the offer

What transport planners and managers earn in Hove

Indicative permanent salaries in Hove run from around £28k for planners up to £55k+ for senior transport managers.

Candidates weigh the whole package: salary, hours, on-call, holiday and the culture of the traffic office. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.

How it works

How we find the planner

Qualification check

For transport manager roles, the Transport Manager CPC is confirmed before anything else.

The search

Planners and managers who are looking and those who are not, approached with the details that matter to them.

The offer

We help settle salary, hours and start date so the offer is accepted first time.

Your brief

Setting up the search

Good planners become transport managers. Hiring well now builds the succession plan.

We ask candidates why they left their last traffic office. The answer tells us whether yours will keep them.

A strong transport brief covers:

  • The network: trunking, multi-drop, pallet or dedicated
  • The measures that matter: cost per drop, utilisation and on-time delivery
  • Salary, bonus and on-call pay
  • Your interview process and any planning exercise
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Transport FAQs

Your questions

Can you recruit night planners?

Yes. Tell us the hours and the network so we approach planners who want night work and have done it before.

Can you benchmark pay for a transport role?

Yes. We compare salary, bonus and on-call pay with current offers for similar fleets across the region.

Do you recruit for operators outside Hove?

Yes. We cover operators across the South East. Tell us where the traffic office is and we will search the commute around it.

What is the difference between an internal and an external transport manager?

GOV.UK describes an internal transport manager as employed by a single operator and an external transport manager as a freelance manager working for more than one operator.

What makes a transport planner stay?

Good systems, sensible hours, a manager who trusts the plan and pay in line with the market.

Elsewhere in the region

Related transport pages for Hove

Transport planning recruitment elsewhere in the South East:

Other specialisms in Hove:

See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Hove.

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