Transportation Router

Our client, a national food distributer in Rogers, MN is looking for a Transportation Router. The Router position is an individual contributor role responsible for creating routes, managing routes, calculating delivery routes, times of deliveries and makes the necessary adjustments for drivers and customers. The Router role works with numerous routing and software systems, primarily RoadNet. The Router role requires strong attention to detail and process skills. The Router may interact with drivers, sales, transportation, warehouse and customer service personnel at management discretion.

Sunday-Thursday 12p-8:30p

$27-30/hour, commensurate with experience

Responsibilities include:

Responsible for calculating routes and times of deliveries, and makes the necessary adjustments for drivers and customers.

Establish delivery routes which are cost effective and compliant with Federal DOT guidelines while still maintaining an acceptable level of customer service, quality and satisfaction. Utilize Roadnet application to ensure Delivery costs are held to company expected run rates year over year.

Establish routing procedures and schedules which allow for the optimum use of personnel and equipment while keeping a strong emphasis on driver safety.

Perform Roadnet application routing maintenance daily to ensure all locations have accuracte, timely, and up-to-date information: Standard Routes and Customer Delivery Requirements; Geo-Coding, delivery days, time windows, service time types, service time overrides, account types, meal beaks; Route start times, pre/post trips, starting/ending depot, travel modes, color for mapping, assigned driver, equipment and DOT road checks; Plan Maintenance equipment with regards to costing, restrictions, and capacities.

Perform and provide costing, off-days, maintenance, scorecard, customer and KPI reporting on scheduled intervals.

Perform a recap of the previous days actual routing results and make necessary changes/adjustments to the Standard routes if required.

Produce driver manifest report and distribute nightly.

Qualifications:

Required: High School Diploma/GED

Preferred Education: Associates/2 year technical degree

Experience in the food distribution industry a plus.

At least 2– 3 Years Dispatch, logistics, transportation routing and/or related work experience.

Intermediate computer skills in Microsoft Office programs (Word/Excel/Outlook)

Experience with Road Net highly preferred