Transportation Planner

What We Do – Accountabilities

• Partner with Inbound Transportation and Order Management teams to determine if arriving orders are candidates for pre-routing to reduce the risk of order cancellations 
• Follow up with customers and carriers to encourage timely pick up of orders that are ready and eligible for routing
• Follow customers’ routing instructions to minimize chargebacks
• Maintain accurate records for customer paid orders and orders for which routing instructions need to be communicated to DC operations
• Identify and recommend routing efficiencies 

Essential Functions

• Assigned specific outbound customers / accounts
• Support and build relationships with assigned accounts
• Use warehouse management system to identify orders that are available for shipment creation
• Schedule and communicate pick up appointments and follow up as necessary to ensure on-time pick-ups
• Monitor emails and customer routing portals for customer response to routing requests
• Utilize reporting tools to monitor shipment pickup status
• Update & communicate shipping schedule with Operations leadership, including orders that could be at-risk
• Generate and organize all related paperwork and required information for customer orders, and retain in appropriate files
• Maintain current and create new work instructions, accurately detailing shipping requirements for each account
• Effective usage of TMS (transportation management system) for shipment building / creation
• Maintains critical internal & external customer, carrier, and order management contacts
• Works to identify and partner with carriers, customers, and order management to resolve capacity and service issues
• Plan with DC operations daily to ensure continuous product flow

Preferred Qualifications & Education

• Bachelor’s Degree, Associate’s Degree preferred
• Experience in a Distribution Center, Transportation Department or Customer Service field preferred
• Ability to partner with multiple cross-functional teams
• Ability to problem solve and innovative thinking abilities
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Proven organizational, prioritization and time management abilities
• Ability to communicate professionally, both orally and in writing
• Capability to manage multiple tasks, simultaneously, without compromising quality
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, basic typing skills and experience with a Warehouse Management System/Transportation Management System (TMS)
• PKMS & AS400 knowledge preferred

Physical Requirements and/or Environment

• Office/Cubicle/Distribution Center