Chemical Load Planner

Action Resources•St. Gabriel, LA

11h

About The Position

As a Load Planner, you will be responsible for growing and developing a profitable and successful chemical/waste transportation operation. Your role will involve coordinating and managing loads to ensure cost-effectiveness for the company. You will support drivers based out of all existing markets, with a primary focus on your assigned market.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in the transportation field preferred.
Experience in the transportation field preferred.
Familiar with Transportation Management Software (ie: TMW, McLeod)
Experience and ability in using Microsoft Office suite
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Teambuilding skills and the ability to drive change.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Coaching and development skills.
Strong supervision, planning, coordination, negotiations, and employee relations skills.

Responsibilities

Focus on key areas of Operations: Safety, Service, Revenue, Assets and Costs
Enthusiastically implement and support all company quality and safety improvement efforts.
Interact with customers both internal and external in a cooperative friendly manner; insist on the same level of cooperation from the driver force; ensure quality customer service
Bring energy, enthusiasm and a positive attitude to the job. Promote teamwork and a positive work atmosphere.
Willing to understand and support change, as it relates to processes, structure and business modeling.
Involved with retaining, recruiting and hiring of drivers; treating drivers fairly, respectfully and honestly.
Coordinate daily terminal activities: customer order acceptance, data entry, asset management, schedule preparation and accepting accountability of meeting dispatch & terminal specific operating objectives.
Ability to effectively handle escalations and time critical issues, perform transactions in a timely and accurate manner.
Identify process breakdowns and develop improvement plans with partners to resolve.
1st point of contact for work issues, problems and troubleshooting.
Take an active interest in self-development and focus on learning the details of our business in preparation for potential roles of greater responsibility.
Duties and responsibilities as assigned by Terminal Manager