Transportation Planner

Multiquip • Cypress, CA

4d • $27 - $34

About The Position

As a Transportation Planner at Multiquip Inc., you will play a key role in ensuring the efficient and accurate movement of freight across our network. Leveraging a Transportation Management System (TMS), you’ll manage the full transportation process—from creating and consolidating orders to optimizing carrier selection, generating shipping documents, and coordinating pickups and deliveries. Acting as the central communication hub between carriers, sales, production, and warehouse teams, you’ll proactively resolve issues such as delays or billing discrepancies to keep operations running smoothly and deliver exceptional service.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain/Logistics/Operation and/or three years of experience in freight brokerage managed transportation.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of SAP systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• TMS Administration: Utilize a Transportation Management System to create and consolidate shipment orders, update shipment records and financials, selecting best value carriers, and generate essential documents like Bills of Lading (BOL) and shipping labels.
• Collaboration: Acting as the central communication hub to ensure seamless coordination, communication, and execution of the entire transportation requirements between LTL carriers, truckload brokers, Sales, purchasing, production, and warehouses teams.
• Logistics Coordination: Manage carrier coordination and bookings, schedule delivery appointments, and coordinate pickups between carriers/brokers, vendors, and warehouses.
• Exception Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for resolving pickup delays, urgent shipping requests, in-transit issues, and billing disputes.
• Exception escalation: Primary contact for freight exceptions (urgent shipment request, pick up, and in transit – exceptions) within the areas assigned.
• Core Requirements: Proven experience with freight brokerage managed transportation programs or systems.
• Proficiency in TMS order consolidation, and carrier assignment
• Assist and back-up for other Transportation Planners
• Conduct business within Multiquip JSox policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Performs other duties that the Transportation Manager may assign.

Benefits

• 11 paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off - Accrues up to 4 weeks per year
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Excellent Benefits Package for Full Time Employee that starts the 1st of the month after 30 days of hire date including:
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 a year
• Employee Referral Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Multiquip provides competitive pay and benefits and supports our employees through our values of safety, integrity and respect.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees