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Transportation Planner

Carrier Refrigeration
Indianapolis, IN Full Time
POSTED ON 4/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/2/2025
Country

United States of America

Location:

CAI22: Carrier - Indianapolis 30 S Meridian St, Suite 500 , Indianapolis, IN, 46204 USA

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating solutions that matter for people and our planet for generations to come. From the beginning, we've led in inventing new technologies and entirely new industries. Today, we continue to lead because we have a world-class, diverse workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow Carrier on social media at @Carrier.

About This Role

Responsibility of planning outbound shipments using a Transportation Management System (TMS), tendering freight to contracted carriers, and managing urgent shipping requests. The ideal candidate will proactively communicate with internal and external stakeholders, set delivery appointments based on capacity and transit time, and drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize cost and performance.

Key Responsibilities

  • Daily transportation planning consolidation and building of outbound shipments via TMS to ensure on-time delivery at the lowest reasonable cost.
  • Tendering and acceptance of all shipments daily via contracted Truckload, Intermodal, LTL, Small Parcel, and Flatbed transportation providers.
  • Manage daily hot requests to ensure prioritized for planning and transmitted to the warehouse to ensure on-time delivery.
  • Set delivery appointments to ensure the earliest possible delivery based on DC capacity and provider transit time.
  • Manage timely and accurate communications (Email, Phone, etc.) to internal and external customers.
  • Provide daily shipment plans to Distribution Centers based on forecast and capability.
  • Identify and execute continuous improvement opportunities that reduce delivered costs while improving on-time delivery.
  • Provide EOD status report to leadership measuring daily performance as well as opportunities for improvement.

Required Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • 2 years of experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain, or planning

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc)
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Passion for servicing customers. Ability to listen to customer needs and quickly act to solve their problems, go above and beyond to exceed their expectations
  • Proven ability to execute with speed and exhibit a bias for action mindset
  • Ability to think outside the box, innovate, take risks and implement progressive, sustainable solutions
  • Strong ability to build diverse, cross functional project teams to achieve high levels of performance in a dynamic, changing environment
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Excel, Project, Word and PowerPoint

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Carrier is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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