Transportation Planner

Indotronix International Corporation•Wichita, KS

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This temporary position is to provide additional track and trace support for Packaged Truck Operations. This role is responsible for tracking and tracing day to day Packaged Truck deliveries for the Food Enterprise, specifically focused on starches, sweeteners & texturizers. Responsibilities include carrier shipment tracking and communication with external and internal stakeholders. Works with customer service and transportation team members to provide updates and work to ensure timely pickup and delivery requirements are being met and communicate risks. This role is responsible for planning day to day Packaged Truck deliveries. Responsibilities include: Carrier utilization and scheduling, cost and service reporting and communication with external and internal stakeholders. Works with Sales and Supply Chain groups to understand requirements and make best value delivery decisions to support client's customer requirements. Supports the sourcing strategy by tendering and managing orders in SAP with tiered carrier rankings. Responsible for day-to-day management of orders from an assigned set of plants and public warehouses. Includes building loads, monitoring of unrouted orders, coordinating ship and delivery dates, handling customer add-ons and broken or changed loads and logging and approving carrier invoiced costs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
2 or more years of experience or 4 years of experience

Responsibilities

Coordinate client shipments & deliveries to customers & plants.
Monitor key integrated business planning performance indicators and cost-to-serve performance data.
Coordinate deliveries to meet high customer-service standards.
Communicate transportation issues with Business unit stakeholders & carriers.
Work with plants & shipping locations to coordinate pickups.
Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
Track and trace day to day Packaged Truck deliveries.
Carrier utilization and scheduling.
Cost and service reporting and communication with external and internal stakeholders.
Work with Sales and Supply Chain groups to understand requirements and make best value delivery decisions.
Tender and manage orders in SAP with tiered carrier rankings.
Day-to-day management of orders from an assigned set of plants and public warehouses.
Build loads, monitor unrouted orders, coordinate ship and delivery dates, handle customer add-ons and broken or changed loads.
Log and approve carrier invoiced costs.