What are the responsibilities and job description for the Logistics Planner position at Berry Global, Inc?
Overview
Harnessing the strength in our diversity and industry-leading talent of 40,000 employees across more than 240 global locations, we develop, design, and manufacture innovative products with an eye toward the circular economy. At Berry Global, we believe in the extraordinary power of people and their unique talents, experiences, and perspectives that help shape a shared future of innovation, inspiration, and influence. Every employee at Berry Global has the opportunity to make their mark on our company and the world around us. Together, we champion a people-first culture that cultivates individual growth, diversity, and collaboration, unleashing our collective strengths to forge a path to greater success for our company, people, and planet. For more information, visit our website, or connect with us on LinkedIn.
As a member of the logistics group, the Logistics Planner will be responsible for managing shipment planning for both internal and external freight by creating orders and loads within the required TMS/JDE system, managing carrier and facility communications as they apply to order movement, carrier development, and appointment scheduling as well as; managing communications with various operational and commercial groups, leading freight optimization projects, and freight market reporting in assigned areas.
Responsibilities
- Supports transportation planning over assigned locations when necessary.
- Serves as liaison between logistics, customer service, procurement, and the carrier in order to develop strong operating processes and pro-active communications.
- Provides periodic updates of shipment status, reacts to priority issues, and help requests in a timely manner.
- Accountable for responding to inquiries in the group email inbox as assigned and executing the day-to-day load planning activities for IM, LTL, and TL shipments.
- Create internal plant transfer orders as needed to fulfill forecasted demand by reviewing ERP system notifications.
- Navigate open orders, supply/demand, and internal production needs from an item’s bills of materials to maintain accurate supply levels.
- Have a clear understanding of how to read inventory levels such as safety stock, replenishment needs, and requested demand for all assigned items.
- Accountable for monitoring and maintaining effective inventory levels on all assigned transfer items.
- Responsible for routing/planning all freight.
- Responsible for private fleet route planning.
- Responsible for optimizing daily transportation plan through load consolidation.
- Responsible for key metrics that drive inventory optimization along with freight cost reduction.
- Will assist in coordination of creating transfer item setups, cost rolling, transferring bill of materials, routing notes, plate numbers, and needed ORM jointly with Sales Support, Scheduling, Creative Services, and PDM teams.
- Assists in the resolution of CIO’s, damage claims, and carrier service issues as required.
- Identifies areas of opportunity that lead to greater efficiencies and lower costs.
- Executes on projects that increase efficiencies and maximize cost advantages.
- Reviews and implements changes to processes to keep them current.
- Supports and provides training to new hires or others as required.
- Perform additional tasks as deemed necessary by leadership.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree, or closely related equivalent
- 2-3 years’ experience in transportation industry required
- Knowledge of LTL/TL pricing formats
- Experience using a TMS system required
- Blujay/TMC knowledge a plus
- Ability to lead and influence in a matrix environment
- Proficiency in gathering, analyzing and interpreting data.
- JDE/Cognos/Tableau proficiency a plus
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and related Office applications
- Effectively communicate with customers, both external and internal
Competencies
- Proven analytical and problem solving skills with a full understanding of the impact of role to total business costs
- Excellent attention to details
- Strong IT systems knowledge and skills including knowledge and understanding of specialist systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Bill of
- Material (BOM) and customer data systems
- Advanced Excel user
- Ability to analyze and manipulate technical and complex data and provide meaningful information
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