Load Planning Specialist-West Coast USA

Chemtrade•,

3d•$65,000 - $80,000•Remote

About The Position

The Load Planning Specialist has a key role in the Logistics Operations team supporting plant sites in the Water Chemicals Business. This role is responsible for the movement of finished goods from the operating plant to the customer and includes movement of purchased finished goods, raw materials and equipment. The Load Planning Specialist will support the Chemtrade Logistics team, implementing data-based metrics to drive performance of the private fleet and common carriers. The Load Planning Specialist will work with plants, customer service, supply chain and Logistics to ensure the highest measure of customer satisfaction and continually drive improvement of the customer experience. The Load Planning Specialist will collaborate with Supply Chain to ensure safe delivery of goods to our customers.

Requirements

Associate or bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Transportation, Business or equivalent related field
Minimum of 2 years of experience with good working knowledge of chemical delivery, dispatching and logistics
Technical knowledge of DOT/Federal Motor Carrier rules and regulations

Nice To Haves

Experience with safety programs in an industrial facility preferred
Experience with a TMS (Transportation Management System) preferred

Responsibilities

Dispatch regional private fleet drivers and balance loads at the site level
Dispatch common carrier deliveries and balance loads at the site level
Optimize loads between private fleet and common carrier at all responsible plants
Develop and maintain relationships with common carriers at the plant/dispatch level
Support Road Logistics Managers in monitoring and improving common carrier performance
Work with plant managers to ensure production capacity can meet load requirements – plan accordingly
Work with customer service to ensure orders are spaced as evenly as possible throughout the week to minimize rescheduling due to carrier capacity limitations
Support the Regional Driver Managers by identifying and communicating on driver performance, opportunities for growth and improvement within the fleet, aid with incident/NCR investigations where applicable and other duties as needed
Analyze data to increase driver utilization and optimize performance of the private fleet, track seasonal trends in deliveries to aid in planning for seasonality requirements
Work evenings or weekends to secure transportation capacity during plant shutdowns, plant upsets and abnormal resource issues as situations require
Develop and maintain relationships with customers at a plant/dispatch level by communicating delivery issues and working with customers to ensure delivery expectations are met
Prepare paperwork for shipments daily
Provide excellent customer service to both internal and external partners
Participate in planning for outages/emergencies
Other duties as assigned
Participate in incident investigation and closure of action items as required
Respond to EHS incidents through prompt and thorough reporting, incident investigation, root cause identification and action item implementation
Assist in tracking and communication of EHS performance metrics
Provide leadership, guidance and mentoring to the driving operations personnel to develop a culture committed to safety, environmental awareness and continuous improvement, consistent with the ethic of Responsible Care
Support and develop strategies to effectively implement company and plant goals and objectives (i.e., Responsible Care, RC-14001, operations improvement initiatives)
Maintain a working knowledge of company policies, plant procedures, environmental regulatory and permit requirements and other applicable regulations and standards
Keep assigned safety procedures, training and education materials up to date
Prepare assigned management reports
Accountable for cost control of proper execution of daily work and fleet activities as assigned
Responsible for scheduling, pre-outage hazard preparation, measurement metrics, critiques, etc.