Transportation Fleet Planner I, Full Time + Benefits, Remote Position - $22 p/hr!

Scholastic•XBF - Book Fairs No Office, FL

7d•$22•Remote

About The Position

Each year Scholastic Book Fairs, in partnership with schools across the country, hosts more than 100,000 book fair events that give more than 35 million students and their families access to thousands of affordable and educational products, helping foster a lifelong love of reading. School Reading Events is currently in search of a full time REMOTE Fleet Planner to accurately complete assigned weekly fleet routing within compliance and KPI thresholds to create the highest efficiency transportation plans according to established deadlines while maintaining clear and concise communication with internal customers in Distribution, Operations, and Sales to ensure complete customer satisfaction and clarify expectations. This full time position offers Medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, wellness programs and incentives, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, life insurance, short and long term disability, parental leave, 401k with company match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Tuition Assistance/Reimbursement, adoption assistance, 50% off discount on Scholastic merchandise, and very generous paid time off programs: vacation, personal, sick time, and holiday pay. The Fleet Planner will be responsible for ensuring route compliance with DOT regulations for hours of service, organizing time to prioritize immediate routing needs, analyzing routing parameters and location-specific geography to recommend cost-saving enhancements, and working with Operations and Distribution leaders to forecast transportation labor and equipment needs.

Requirements

Strong work ethic: demonstrates drive toward continuous improvement to meet company and department goals
Advanced logical thinking skills
Highly organized
Flexibility to work overtime as required during peak seasons
Strong Computer Skills: Able to easily learn to navigate new software programs, Intuitive computer skills, Basic Excel skills (beyond data entry): simple formulas, data manipulation, sorting/filtering, Basic office software skills: Outlook (email and calendar functions), navigating network drives, Teams
Self-starter: Willing and able to seek out and use available resources to find answers and solve problems independently
High degree of professionalism and basic business acumen
Advanced oral and written communication skills
Good time management skills

Responsibilities

Complete weekly preliminary and final routing of assigned branches by assigned deadlines according to established route compliance requirements.
Complete all requested route changes for assigned branches within established timelines according to established route compliance requirements.
Stay abreast of Scholastic’s network needs, limitations, and intricacies
Track progress against efficiency goals and make strategy adjustments to course correct as needed
Support communication among necessary divisions to avoid service misses
Create reports, analysis, or graphs as requested to present results of analysis projects
Analyze route metrics and make suggestions for improved efficiencies for assigned branches
Regularly review route data for accuracy and DOT compliance
Maintain and adhere to information provided on branch info sheets
Maintain data entry reporting as requested, including data for sale exceptions reports
Create and archive exports and files and requested by assigned deadlines
Provide coverage for coworkers as needed