08700E - Planner, Logistics

Summary: Utilize transportation management system (TMS) to coordinate and plan inbound, outbound, direct-ship, and backhaul shipments. Assure all loads are tendered in a timely manner so that all purchase and sales orders will be delivered. Resolve and/or escalate when orders are not confirmed as tendered. Coordinate with Purchasing, Operations, and Accounting teams to ensure purchase orders are moving through the system during creation, change, receipt, and settlement. Monitor data concerning routing locations, carrier rates, vendor allowances, etc.   Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Manage the transportation activities to and from vendor, branch, or customer. Ensure managed orders are tendered to carriers in a timely manner; Coordinate and negotiate rates with carriers when routed orders are not confirmed; and, Retender managed orders when carriers reject or do not respond to loads. Directly responsible to ensure data integrity throughout TMS. Analyze and propose ideal shipping methods, routing or carriers to meet necessary parameters, specifications and costs. Analyze and update current and possible lanes for bid to carriers. Analyze the backhaul capabilities of the existing company fleet, and coordinate the efforts of the buyers, suppliers, and operations managers without disturbing service to customers. Audit invoices by generating documents for TMS carrier invoicing to accounting; to bill the company at the existing freight rate Create reports and metrics to Supervisor and Management related to the TMS program. Negotiate rates and service commitments with carriers, in order to assure the best possible service at the most reasonable rates. Analyze and develop an understanding of buying patterns to analyze vendors and recommend consolidations of less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments, from multiple suppliers to full truckload shipments. Qualifications: Prior Logistics and Dispatch work experience, minimum 2-5 years is a must. Must have basic knowledge concerning Supply Chain and Logistics. Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from accredited college or university strongly preferred, but not required and/or combination of education and experience Organized, detailed and result oriented, able to take on additional responsibilities. Time and project management skills a plus. Self-starter, takes initiative, with ability to work well as part of a team and independently. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret key performance indictors (KPI) reports and technical data spreadsheets. Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference. Ability to calculate rebates, cost-savings, and cost of goods sold, etc., using concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Must have basic computer experience with Windows, including Outlook, Excel, and Word, as well as internet applications. Prior experience with TMS systems is a plus.