What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Planner - Weekend Support position at Expeditors?
Company Description
"We're not in the shipping business; we're in the information business" -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder
As a Fortune 500 company, Expeditors employs more than 15,000 trained professionalsin a worldwide network of over 300 locations across six continents. Expeditorssatisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade throughcustomized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems.
Our services include the consolidation and forwarding of air or ocean freight,customs brokerage, vendor consolidation, cargo insurance, time-definitetransportation, order management, warehousing, distribution and customizedlogistics solutions. Expeditors is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
We believe our employees are our greatest competitive advantage, by focusing onour values and culture we make Expeditors' greatest competitive advantage inglobal supply chain services.
"You'd be surprised how far we'll go for you."
Job Description
If you are looking for an opportunity to get your foot in the door of an incredible organization, this position provides exactly that. This is an entry level position to join the Ground Network Services team within Expeditors. The Ground Network Services (GNS) is a dynamic team that is responsible for the design, implementation and execution of a line haul (trucking) network that supports all of the Expeditors’ products and services throughout North America. The GNS Team has responsibilities of Customer Service, Network Management, Service Provider Management, Procurement, and Compliance amongst many others. The Transportation Planner is a GNS Central position assisting in all aspects of daily line-haul network operations and support. Main focus on administration and branch support, but will also assist in monitoring all carriers and ad hoc activity for on-time departures, load tracking in transit, and timely arrivals. This person may arrange contingencies when needed and communicates delays and issues between branches, gateways, and carriers. GNS Transportation Planner should be detail oriented, curious, and flexible to identify and solve issues quickly and accurately. The Transportation Planner will have regular and consistent communication with the Expeditors Network, the GNS Network (central and regional hubs) and Service Providers.
Schedule – Thursday – Sunday (4x10 hours)
1300-2400 (Th/Fri)
0900-2000 (Sat/Sun)
Operation:
- Tracking all routes in transit and identifying pending or potential delays.
- Work with carriers to ensure all planned routes have equipment assigned.
- Coordinate with Expeditors branch offices to maximize the utilization of all available capacity
- Monitoring daily lane volumes to identify need for additional capacity.
- Identifying the need of and arranging additional capacity for demand and/or service recovery as needed.
- Working with branch, gateways, and carriers to enact contingencies as deemed necessary.
Administrative:
- Proactive and timely notification of all delays to branches (Exception Management)
- Monitoring consolidations to identify mis-routes and incomplete or inaccurate data.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent required
- Ability to work in the Expeditors’ Scottsdale office
- Basic Microsoft Office knowledge
- Fluency in written and spoken English language
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree or 2 years of logistics experience
- Customer Service and/or Sales Experience
- Procurement Experience
- Intermediate Advance knowledge of Microsoft Excel/Power Bi
- Leadership Experience
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time
- Matching 401(k) plan
- Health, Life and Long Term Disability Insurance provided
- Stock Purchase Plan
- Training and Personnel Development Program
