Planners who cut empty miles and managers who keep the operator's licence safe, recruited for Stratford-upon-Avon fleets.
A permanent transport hire should make the operation cheaper to run and easier to keep compliant.
From national 3PLs to automotive supply chains, employers around Stratford-upon-Avon compete for experienced permanent talent in the country's busiest distribution region. We recruit the transport office people who keep that freight moving.
Trunking networks, multi-drop rounds and dedicated contracts need different planners. We recruit each one differently.
Transport demand across the West Midlands follows automotive and component supply chains, national retail DCs, contract logistics providers and rail-linked operators.
Transport roles for trunking, multi-drop, pallet network and dedicated operations.
We benchmark salary, on-call pay and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.
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 Stratford-upon-Avon 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.
For transport manager roles, the Transport Manager CPC is confirmed before anything else.
A short list with notes on each candidate's fleet, systems and results.
We arrange interviews and any planning exercise, then brief each candidate beforehand.
An empty planning desk costs more than the advert: overtime, missed slots and avoidable empty miles.
We ask candidates why they left their last traffic office. The answer tells us whether yours will keep them.
A strong transport brief covers:
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Yes. GOV.UK says you need the Transport Manager Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) to become a transport manager. Operators with a standard national or international operator's licence need a transport manager.
On GOV.UK's list, a transport manager makes sure drivers have a valid licence, vehicles are taxed, insured, properly maintained and have a valid MOT, vehicles are loaded safely and not overloaded, drivers do not speed or break the drivers' hours rules and the operator does not break safety rules.
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.
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 Stratford-upon-Avon:
See our national Transport Planning Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Share the fleet, the network and the role and we will give you a view of the Stratford-upon-Avon market before the search starts.