Logistics Planner -Commerce

Batory Foods • Bell, CA

11d • $60,000 - $90,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Logistics Planner is responsible for day-to-day load planning in Batory Foods’ transportation management system (TMS) and tactical relationships involved in executing customer and supplier accounts. The role proactively communicates with internal and external customers and tracks and traces exception, outbound, and inbound shipments. Candidates must be able to work in the office in Commerce, California.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Business, or Supply Chain.
• Five years of experience in logistics.
• Ability to lead and motivate individuals and groups.
• Ability to think creatively and strategically to mediate and negotiate successfully with internal and external individuals and groups.
• Ability to overcome obstacles to cooperation and foster harmonious relations.
• Detail-oriented, with strong organizational and planning skills.
• Effective oral communication and listening skills.
• Authorization to work in the United States without current or future employment sponsorship.
• Ability to work in-office in Commerce, California.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with a transportation management system (TMS) and/or BluJay Solutions.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Assign freight to exceed customer on-time pickup and delivery expectations, analyze proactively to prevent service failures, and execute inbound and outbound movements.
• Maintain consistent, professional, effective, prompt, and courteous customer communications, including communicating difficult situations and service failures.
• Develop carrier relationships and secure coverage for loads.
• Manage accessorial requests in the TMS and handle financial procedures and operating metrics.
• Apply knowledge of transportation modes, rates, weights, volumes, pallets, and freight classes to customer shipping requirements.
• Verify shipment suitability, including weight, size, product, and special shipping requirements, and make necessary adjustments.
• Optimize customer orders into shipments in the most cost-effective way.
• Coordinate and direct shipments and deliveries and manage carrier equipment utilization.
• Communicate and obtain approval for expedited shipments or rates that exceed account-specific benchmark thresholds.
• Use the TMS to facilitate the full lifecycle of an order.

Benefits

• 14 paid holidays and an end-of-year holiday refresh break
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Profit-sharing program
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Be Positively Excellent well-being program
• Term life insurance plan
• Standard disability plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time