Logistics Planner

RJW Logistics Group•Romeoville, IL

41d•Onsite

About The Position

The Logistics Coordinator acts as the first point of escalation for any potential issues that may affect the fulfillment of customer orders. This position is responsible to maintain a 98% or higher OTIF score and a 15% or higher margin.

Requirements

Past logistics planning management experience.
Efficiency management skills.
Must be able to communicate, read, write, and speak English.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Ability to determine "root cause" of problem and determine corrective action.
Knowledge of Business Operating Systems, Internet software, Word Processing, and Spreadsheet software.

Nice To Haves

Efficiently management skills.
Interpersonal skills.
Planning / scheduling skills.
Good judgement.
Ability to create reports.
Good communication skills.

Responsibilities

Aid and assist for any needs of the Manager of Logistics Planning
Able to fill for Manager of Logistics Planning if needed
Manage warehouse routing guide
Ensure all freight for given warehouse is covered
Coordinating and organizing pool summary for given warehouse
Work with given carrier base
Coordinate with team if warehouse carrier base cannot cover
Coordinate with wolfpack to cover if team's carrier base cannot cover
Make sure freight is preloaded on RJW trailer if our existing carrier base cannot cover
Other tasks as assigned by manager.
Manage Warehouse Trailer Pool
Coordinate with warehouse to make sure onsite trailers are being utilized
Work with transport if needed to make sure trailers are being backed into warehouse to be preloaded.
Send rate confirmations to carrier(s) within the warehouse routing guide
Notify carrier(s) when trailers are loaded and ready to be picked up
Work with the tracking team if needed for updates to ensure loads are picked up/delivered on time
Maintain a 98% or higher on time deliver percentage
Maintain a 15% or higher margin
Work within warehouse carrier base and another team's carrier base to increase margin if possible
Notify team lead of any issues (Carrier related, Warehouse related, CSS related)
Manage/maintain relationships with warehouse carrier base