Formed over 40 years ago, DPS LTD has grown to become a market leader in the sourcing, production and distribution of fresh produce to some of the UK's leading retailers. We pride ourselves on the way we do business and understand that we are successful because of our people.

As such we are looking for a superstar Logistics and Planning Assistant to join our Logistics Team based in Bearsted, working 5 days per week, to include the weekends. .

Some of the objectives are:

• Ensure all arrival notifications are received and uploaded onto the system at least 24hrs prior to arrival reporting any problems to procurement
• Ensure all charges under your direct control, such as foreign transport, handling & clearance, sea freight and duty are updated onto the system within 24hrs of arrival and are 100% accurate at all times with all changes to expected rates escalated to the Head of Supply Chain.
• Complete and maintain a master loading plan detailing all arrivals from all sources and ensure that this remains up to date at all times
• Ensure all stock levels & arrivals are accurately updated on the sales forecast/MRP by 9.30am & 4.00pm daily & maintain as and when changes arise in order to facilitate accurate planning
• Monitor Tesco Connect to ensure daily order split percentages are accurate to enable optimal stock holding, assist in the planning of timely arrivals, efficient date coding and overall ISS production planning.
• Publish rolling 7 and 14 day forecasts from Tesco Connect to direct model suppliers (Scherpenhuizen) by 10 am each day during summer season
• Issue date codes for all PAS product in an accurate and timely fashion in order to meet the PAS targets and minimise strip outs
• Analyse Tesco systems (Connect/TIMS) to ensure that the scheduled directs match the loading plan prior to despatch and order receipt from the customer
• Raising delivery notes and issuing booking references for all Direct Deliveries
• Monitor all foreign transport and obtain arrival times 24hrs in advance of expected arrival.
• For sea arrivals track progress through the various shipping line websites, highlighting any delays
• Book all necessary foreign transport to meet required collection and delivery days and report any variance to plans for any reason on a daily basis, particularly for direct deliveries
• Update all clearing agents and third party packers with expected arrivals for next 7 day’s
• Maintain arrivals board and by 2PM each day advise third party packers of the next day’s arrivals 
• Track and update ETAs into all ISS and 3rd party sites through the day
• Book all necessary outbound transport to supermarkets, liaising daily with haulage companies and communicating any changes to the schedule of collections, publishing average costs monthly for costings
• Ensure that we constantly maximise pallet efficiency on both inbound and outbound haulage with variances communicated asap
• Manage day to day relationships with the dps clearing agents, monitoring charges incurred for plug in and demurrage publishing costs to the business on a monthly basis
• Review and sign off all transport and logistics related invoices, monitoring additional costs incurred for second drivers and publishing those costs to the business on a monthly basis
• Collate the weekly forecast and ISS capacity data to share with the business, raising any capacity or PAS concerns to the Head of Supply Chain and relevant commercial account managers
• Publish inbound and outbound forecasts to DPS, ISS and Fowler Welch on a weekly basis, raising any concerns re storage or intake profile to the Head of Supply Chain should extra action be required
• Monitor inbound Phytosanitary Certificates to ensure that correct declarations are present in order to service our customers back in the European Union
• Finalise inspections with APHA 24 hours before export, detailing order quantities, country of origin and original import Phytosanitary numbers, with additional declarations present as per EU requirements
• Collate daily export paperwork to both Belfast and Dublin and share with Fowler Welch and Tesco by 14:00 daily pre export, also uploading Export Phytosanitary Certificates into Tesco Connect
• Complete P2D for M&S exports by 14:00 the day prior to delivery