Transportation Planner
About The Position
The Transportation Planner is responsible for coordinating all shipments of pallet orders within a specified region of the PECO pallet network. This role has full ownership of a transaction from order creation through order fulfillment or delivery. Successful coordination involves balancing inventory planning, network capacity, carrier assignments, and day-to-day customer service. The planner will utilize multiple systems with specialized workflows for these activities. This is a fast-paced, dynamic environment requiring initiative and a goal-oriented customer service mentality. The position necessitates functioning within a cross-functional, team-oriented environment to collectively achieve key cost and service metrics.
Requirements
- Four-year degree preferred
- 3+ years of experience in a transportation, logistics, supply chain position with similar functions
- Experience with Microsoft office suite particularly MS excel, MS Word and Powerpoint
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Experience with carrier or fleet management a plus
- Analytical problem solving skills and data driven decision making
- Adept at time management, balancing independent work time with team meetings and projects
- Ability to learn and effectively use multiple web-based systems and planning tools (Red Link, TMS/Mercury Gate, Sharepoint, MS power BI etc.)
- Responsive, clear, professional communication skills
- Collaborative team member, ability to resolve problems and overcome constraints while working within a cross functional team-oriented environment
- Comfortable taking a leadership role when working problem resolution with a cross functional team
- Able to use data to guide, validate critical decisions pertaining to cost and service
- Continuous improvement mindset; pursue incremental improvements to existing processes, identify/implement standard work, embrace ownership of your region of responsibility and drive continuous improvement via projects and/or collaborative engagement
Responsibilities
- Daily order management within specified region(s) including inbound and outbound
- Track and trace of open orders, provide status updates proactively and upon request
- Validate system recommended order planning and re-plan orders as necessary
- Daily coordination with cross functional counterparts; inventory planning team, depot operations, customer service and transportation team to manage order exceptions (e.g; unable to plan, failed-to-rate, new lanes, etc.)
- Use Transportation Management System (TMS) for carrier selection, rate shopping & tender process
- Manage all lane change requests in SharePoint, Ark i.e. lane assignments, carrier changes & carrier rates
- Daily conference calls, one-on-one phone calls, and email communications with internal and external customers, carriers and PECO field team
- Participation and appropriate contribution to daily status calls
- Provide support for Team lead or Director, and coverage for other Transportation Planners, as needed
- Ability to flex work-hours to support PECO customer requirements
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
