Transport Planner

Step into a Transport Planner role in Newcastle and make your mark across KwaZulu-Natal. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.

About the Opportunity

An experienced Transport Planner is needed to support operations in Newcastle. The role forms part of how the business keeps its logistics jobs portfolio strong in KwaZulu-Natal.

Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Newcastle team.

Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Transport Planner is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in KwaZulu-Natal is consistently high and consistently fair.

Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the logistics jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Newcastle much easier.

Why This Role

The company invests in the people who join it. From structured onboarding to ongoing skills development, you will find clear paths to grow your career in logistics jobs from your base in Newcastle. Many colleagues across KwaZulu-Natal have moved into senior roles after starting in positions just like this one.

Practically speaking, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Newcastle keep progressing.

Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in KwaZulu-Natal.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Newcastle teams.

Where You’ll Work

Equally, the environment is operationally driven and physical at times, with shift-based work, strict safety standards and a strong focus on accuracy and on-time delivery.

A respectful, professional environment is the standard in KwaZulu-Natal. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Newcastle site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

In addition, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.

About the Team

Crucially, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Newcastle office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when KwaZulu-Natal operations get busy.

Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.

Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.

Equally, the team mix in Newcastle reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.

What Your Day Looks Like

Your day kicks off in the yard or at the dock, checking schedules, briefing your team and lining up the day’s priorities. You move between receiving, picking, dispatch and the WMS, keeping a close eye on accuracy and time slots. There are constant conversations — with drivers, controllers, customers and the warehouse floor — and the better you communicate, the smoother things run. By the end of the shift, the racks are tidy, the trucks are out, and the next inbound load is already on its way.

Notably, the Newcastle office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.

On top of that, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when KwaZulu-Natal operations throw up the unexpected.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Newcastle.

Diversity and Inclusion

Inclusion is a core part of how the team operates. This is an equal-opportunity employer, and candidates from all communities — including women, youth and persons living with disabilities — are encouraged to apply for this role in Newcastle.

B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.

Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across KwaZulu-Natal.

Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Newcastle.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Monitor third-party logistics partners against agreed KPIs
• Coordinate cross-docking and consolidation with inbound and outbound teams
• Investigate stock losses and contribute to shrinkage reduction plans
• Conduct daily, weekly and monthly stock counts and investigate variances
• Process returns, claims and damaged stock through the agreed workflow
• Prepare daily dispatch and receiving reports for site management
• Liaise with transporters, drivers and customers on dispatch schedules
• Plan delivery routes to maximise vehicle utilisation and on-time delivery

What You’ll Need

• Strong numeracy and accuracy on stock counts and pick lists
• Valid forklift licence for warehouse-based roles
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced, target-driven environment
• Clear criminal record and proof of address
• Computer literacy in MS Office and basic ERP modules

If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.