Consolidation Planner

About RJW Logistics Group
At RJW Logistics Group, we pride ourselves on being the industry-leading experts on CPG retail logistics. We are an asset-based 3PL that delivers solutions to suppliers of Consumer-Packaged Goods utilizing our own trucking fleet, our own warehouses, and our own advanced data analytics. From our customers’ locations to retail distribution centers, we get products on shelves faster, with greater accuracy, and at a lower cost – every time. Our retail logistics expertise turns CPG supply chains into business growth drivers.

About the role
We are seeking a Consolidation Planner to join a high-performing, business-critical team in RJW’s Logistics department. This role is responsible for the successful planning of our customer shipments to ensure we service every order to customer and retailer standards. Our team utilizes technology every day to enable the best possible outcomes. If you are a driven, experienced, exceptional communicator who is ready to tackle your next challenge with a quickly growing team and operation, we encourage you to review our qualifications and apply.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with operation, warehouse and carrier teams to ensure all shipments planned meet RJW standards and the goals of our customers.
• Problem-Solve: Identify gaps in our existing processes and systems and work to develop and implement solutions.
• Communicate clearly and with the upmost professionalism in all written and verbal communication across all business departments.
• Understand transport modes and planning strategies that generate revenue vs. detract from revenue.
• Calculate best transit times and transport modes based on customer need and expectation.
• Understand the larger context and implications of load planning decisions – use known context to inform how you plan.
• Provide feedback to your manager often; know when to escalate issues and/or feedback.
• Present your decision-making processes around orders, shipments, etc. to a manager-level audience.
• Take full ownership of all load planning-related activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required for this role
• 2-3 years minimum experience in logistics, freight, supply-chain
• Must be available to work in-office in Lockport, IL or Romeoville, IL when requested in advance (1-week notice)

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong communication skills (written & verbal)
• Understand transit times, scheduling, basic brokerage knowledge
• Takes ownership and accountability for results and areas of opportunity
• Organized, efficient. Able to document updates, ideas, and processes to discuss weekly with management
• Respectful – We demonstrate respect for each other, ourselves, and our business in everything we do.
• Sets goals for personal and professional growth
• Open to change; change will be frequent, and you should be easily adaptable
• Highly coachable – able to give and receive feedback on your performance openly and professionally

Equal Opportunity Employer

At RJW Logistics Group, we're dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone is treated with respect and fairness. We believe that having a diverse team is essential to our success and innovation.

RJW Logistics Group is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to create an environment where everyone, regardless of their background, can thrive and contribute to our mission.

Thank you for considering RJW Logistics Group as a potential employer. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds to apply for this position.

Language Skills Sets

• Must be able to communicate, read, write, and speak English.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to determine “root cause” of problem and determine corrective action.

Computer Skills

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must have knowledge of Business Operating Systems, Internet software, Word Processing, and Spreadsheet software.

Physical/Mental Requirements:

• Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• Must be able to activate phone systems utilizing keyboards and buttons.

• Must be articulate and comfortable speaking in front of others.

• Regularly works in an indoor/office environment and required to sit and/or use repetitive hand motion.

• Frequently required to talk, hear, stand and walk.

• Must be able to work in excess of continuous 8 hours when required.

• Must be able to work under stressful situations, have good cognitive skills, maintain work accuracy, and the ability to concentrate on more than one task at time.

• Must have the ability to read and discern visual images on a variety of media with 20/20 corrected vision.

• Must be able to speak and communicate clearly over telephones.

• Must be in sound physical health as determined by a certified licensed physician with no evidence of the use of controlled substances.

Employer Rights

This job description is intended to provide general information about the Consolidation Planner position. The above does not constitute an exhaustive list of the job duties to be performed by an associate holding the position of Consolidation Planner, nor are the lists of the physical requirements and environmental conditions exhaustive. You may be asked by your supervisor or managers to perform other duties. Your performance will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the job duties listed in this job description, as well as any job duties not specifically listed above that you may be asked from time to time to perform.

As with all positions, the duties and responsibilities are subject to change at any time as needs arise and at the discretion of RJW Transport, Inc. The Company has the right to revise this job description at any time.

Employment-At-Will

It is the Company’s policy that all associates, other than those covered by a written individual employment or labor agreement with the Company that has been authorized in writing by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Board of Directors, are not employed for any fixed term and are employed at the will of the Company for an indefinite period. Just as our associat’s reserve the right to resign their employment at any time for any reason, the Company reserves its right to terminate an associate at any time for any reason either with or without cause.

Neither this Job Description nor any of its individual terms constitutes commitments between the Company and its associates as to the terms, conditions or duration of employment, nor does it modify the prevailing Employment-At-Will relationship.