What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Planner position at Peco Pallet?
Job Description
Job Description
Position Summary :
The Transportation Planner is responsible for coordinating all shipments of pallet orders, in a specified region of the PECO pallet network. The transportation planner has full ownership of a transaction after order creation through order fulfillment or delivery. Successful coordination of a pallet order includes balancing multiple success factors such as inventory planning, network capacity, carrier assignments and day-to-day customer service. To perform these tasks a planner will use multiple systems with specialized work flows for each of these activities. This position is fast-paced in a dynamic environment and requires initiative as well as a goal oriented customer service mentality. The position requires the ability to function in a cross functional team oriented environment to collectively achieve key cost and service metrics.
Essential Functions :
- Daily order management within specified region(s) including inbound and outbound
- Track and trace of open orders, provide status updates proactively and upon request
- Validate system recommended order planning and re-plan orders as necessary
- Daily coordination with cross functional counterparts; inventory planning team, depot operations, customer service and transportation team to manage order exceptions (e.g; unable to plan, failed-to-rate, new lanes, etc.)
- Use Transportation Management System (TMS) for carrier selection, rate shopping & tender process
- Manage all lane change requests in SharePoint, Ark i.e. lane assignments, carrier changes & carrier rates
- Daily conference calls, one-on-one phone calls, and email communications with internal and external customers, carriers and PECO field team
- Participation and appropriate contribution to daily status calls
- Provide support for RTM, and coverage for other transportation Planners, as needed
- Ability to flex work-hours to support PECO customer requirements
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T ravel :
PECO Pallet Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. PECO celebrates our continuous journey pursuing diversity through inclusion and empowerment of our employees to shape the future of the company and deliver our pillars of Quality and Service to all customers.
