Transportation Route Planner

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Pay Rate: $28.00 per hour, depending on experience

• Weekly Pay!

• Low-Cost Benefits on Day 1!

• Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Life Insurance, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), etc.

• Enhanced 401k – automatic 2% Company contribution + 100% match up to 6% = FREE $$$ (up to 8% Company contribution)

• ​Strong Safety Culture, and much more!  Excellent Local Leadership.

Schedule:

Sunday - Thursday

12PM - 9PM

Main Ingredients of the Job

• Utilizing specified software, route trucks by matching customer orders to appropriate loads assigned to trucks.
• Utilizing specified software, balance loads per trailer by size and weight of product and pallets to be loaded.
• Build cost effective routes while maintaining customer needs.
• Work closely with Sales and Warehouse Departments to determine delivery feasibility.
• Prepare various reports on a daily basis, i.e. route changes request, sequence change requests, new customer request, etc.
• Maintains routing software system parameters (RoadNet, Decartes, DRP - Distribution Route Planning Software)

RELATIONSHIPS

Internal: Transportation Supervisor and/or Transportation Manager; Sales and Warehouse Dept. associates; Delivery Drivers, Dispatchers, and department clerks.

External: Customers.

What You Bring to the Table
Education/Training: High School Diploma/GED preferred;

Related Experience: A minimum of 2 years in related environment

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Must be able to read, write and communicate in English as it relates to the job and to the safety regulations.

Must have computer skills – data entry, general report generation, spreadsheet design, data manipulation, mainframe downloads.

Must have basic math skills (add, subtract, multiply and divide).

Must possess the ability to resolve a variety of issues of fairly non-routine nature with some independence.

Must have the ability to work scheduled hours and any required overtime.