What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Planner position at ektello?
Job Description
Transportation Planner
Location: Hybrid: Franklin lakes, M, t, w 3 days in office HRS: 8a-430p some flex
Interview: virtual with Brian ideally 1 interview.
Role is open due to expanding.
Start Date: 10/1
Day 2 Day Duties
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Transportation Planner
Location: Hybrid: Franklin lakes, M, t, w 3 days in office HRS: 8a-430p some flex
Interview: virtual with Brian ideally 1 interview.
Role is open due to expanding.
Start Date: 10/1
Day 2 Day Duties
- Domestic transportation planner; responsible for all outbound from 1 ware house to all north America locations, create shipments thru management system, blue yonder, full SOP to follow. Anything that falls out of SOP bring to leader to find out expectations, cleaning up SAP, communicating results to warehouse team.
- The Transportation Planners main responsibility is the scheduling of outbound customer shipments for assigned DC(s) while utilizing SAP, JDE and BD's Transportation Management System (Blue Yonder) to select an appropriate carrier to meet BD's and our customer's service requirements.
- Additional responsibilities include managing the inbound transportation routing and scheduling for BD plants, sterilizers, and distribution centers.
- The transportation planner is a key team member in the North American Supply Chain Organizations success each day.
- Transportation Planners are responsible for the building, planning, and booking of outbound shipments from our North American Distribution Centers, Manufacturing plants and Sterilizers.
- Transportation Planners balance customer needs, a portfolio of carrier partners/contacts, and special shipment requirements in order to not only deliver the highest outbound efficiency possible, but also while locking in the best financial option possible for BD.
- This customer centric focus, coupled with an eye on delivering cost savings whenever possible, are why the Transportation Planner role is essential to operational success and BDs development goals across the board.
- All planning is done while having a responsibility to meet critical BD metrics (appointed loads, on time delivery, etc.) and at the best possible cost to the company as a whole.
- Transportation planners have a large influence on business activities and processes across all BD functions.
- Transportation Planners must balance multiple specific functional needs and requirements at once, such as one business units backorder situation and anothers needed to always ship via temperature-controlled equipment.
- Excel Data Analysis
- SAP or JD Edwards
- TMS Experience
- Communication Skills, both verbal & written
- Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines across multiple tasks
- Education/Degree Required: BS College Degree in Supply Chain/Logistics
- Required: Degree Level Qualification, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience (indicate the number of years) ) 2 yrs of transportation, supply chain or related experience (5 Years Preferred)
- 2 years SAP/JDE/Blue Yonder experience Preferred
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