Route Planner

Job title: Route Planner

Location: Remote

Duration: 2 months

shift: 1^st Shift

Position purpose:

• Drive delivery efficiencies using routing software to optimize fleet utilization and cost. Provide exceptional customer service through planning optimal routes and meeting customer commitments.

Tasks:

• Responsible for efficient processing of daily routes and special deliveries for regional DCs utilizing Road Net
• Maintain daily routing processes and procedures.
• Validates all orders drop into RoadNet.
• Analyzes routes for efficiencies
• Review routes for max cube and potential route reductions.
• Plan backhauls in the most efficient manner and communicate them with DC.
• Ensure all routing is DOT compliant.
• Releases routes to warehouse for batching
• Perform to expected level of router KPIs to be determined by Management.
• Additional work as assigned.

Requirements:

• Associate degree and/or equivalent related experience

Experience:

• Related experience preferred.
• Transportation experience preferred.

Other Skills/ Abilities:

• Understanding of DOT hours of service guidelines
• Strong knowledge of geography
• Understands procedures in other areas of the transportation department for a more global comprehension of all processes.
• Competent in Microsoft Office (Excel)
• Capability to meet deadlines.
• Mindfulness
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Overnight (PST) Availability

Physical requirements:

• Most work is performed in a temperaturecontrolled office environment.
• Incumbents may sit for long periods of time at a desk or computer terminal.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to
• finger oversee or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Incumbents may use calculators keyboards telephone and other office equipment during normal workdays.
• Stooping bending twisting and reaching may be required in completion of job duties.