Load Planner

Innovative client in the services field seeks a Load Planner with transportation industry expertise. The responsibilities for this role will include planning and coordinating the efficient transportation of goods and services, ensuring optimal load management, cost efficiency, and on-time delivery. This involves creating load plans, optimizing routes, and managing transportation schedules. The ideal candidate for this role should have strong understanding of transportation logistics and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Efficiently process and implement load plans to enhance trailer utilization and provide economical transportation solutions.

• Recognize and secure backhaul opportunities to improve route efficiency and lower transportation costs.

• Partner with carriers to plan, track, and control shipments, ensuring punctual and accurate deliveries.

• Evaluate transportation data to discover trends, inefficiencies, and areas for potential enhancement.

• Maintain clear and effective communication with various stakeholders, such as drivers, dispatchers, and customers.

• Ensure all transportation activities are in compliance with company policies, safety standards, and regulatory requirements.

• Tackle and resolve any transportation-related challenges that may arise, offering support and solutions when necessary.

• Keep accurate records of all transportation activities, including load plans, shipment schedules, and backhaul arrangements.

• Guarantee that all return trips with the private fleet incorporate a backhaul.

• Allocate loads to external carriers when there is no availability within the private fleet.

• Optimize multiple pickups on less-than-truckload lanes.

The ideal Load Planner will preferably have a Bachelors degree in Accounting/Finance/Business Administration.

Other requirements for the Load Planner role include and are not limited to:

·      1+ year of transportation related experience

·      Strong Analytical skills

·      Strong communication and negotiation skills

·      Microsoft Office Suite

For more information on this Load Planner role and other full time accounting and finance opportunities, please contact us at 484.214.2669 and reference JO#03710-0013125285.