Transportation Planner

General Purpose

Collect daily shipping load requirements from multiple sources and locations (IBTs/Purchase Orders/Bill Of Lading/ Cooler Service); schedule transportation and insure the timely delivery of the company’s freight to a multi-regional geographic area. These tasks will be accomplished using internal Transportation Drivers and Common Carriers, SAP, Transportation Management System (manual process of emails, phones and TMS system (IT software for tendering loads). Use PC data-based products to manage Driver routing schedules, plant dock times and to optimize system efficiencies and freight costs. 
 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with Carriers on a partnership bases to include exchange of performance reports and on time schedules. Communicate with all company locations to manage Fleet movements, communicate Carrier arrival times for loading dock schedules and resolve open issues related to movement of product between locations.  
• Perform compliance audits consisting of a visual verification that IBT’s are maximized for payload, efficient equipment utilization and driver utilization. 
• Support the Centralized Transportation Planning Group in multiple areas. Coordinate carrier appointment scheduling at the production centers and sales centers and administer Contract Carrier Accounts Payable. 
• Tendering Loads by Phone, Email or TMS system management to Carriers.  
• Use SAP for trip completion and other transportation related duties.  
• Coordinate continuous movements between company locations.  
• Create daily Transport Driver shipping schedule.  
• Communicate with plants for Driver capacity and dock schedule.  
• Other Duties as assigned, such as KBI’s and Transportation Compliance Audits.  

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED equivalent required. Bachelor’s Degree preferred with major emphases in Transportation Logistics or equivalent work experience. 
• Two (2) years’ experience required in a Logistics environment, tendering loads.
• Experience managing Transport routing schedules through an IT based model, best cost scenarios and Carrier performance. 
• Strong customer relations background with all levels of customer and internal management required.
• Two (2) to four (4) years’ experience with SAP and TMS type systems preferred. 
• Intermediate to Expert Level Excel, Access, and SAP skillset for the creation and use of spreadsheets and analytical tools to facilitate scheduling, accounts payable, and other analytical tasks preferred.