Senior Transportation Planner
Who We Are:
GEODIS specializes in unlocking business value in a complex world, ensuring seamless movement of goods worldwide. As a global third-party logistics provider (3PL), we power A Better Way to Deliver for the world's top brands and manufacturers. Fuel your career with GEODIS and discover endless growth opportunities.
Your role on the team:
- Provides leadership to the Transportation Planner and/or Coordinator by solving problems, offering guidance, and providing support
- Assigns carriers to loads and monitors pick up performance
- Assumes responsibility for load planning, optimization, routing and scheduling of all modes
- Responds to customer and Coordinator needs by answering e-mails, phone calls, tracking shipments, and moving shipments
- Participates in weekly/monthly customer meetings with supervisor
- Prepares QBR’s for supervisor and manager
- Provides ADHOC analysis and reporting for customers, supervisor and manager
- Prepares month end close revenue accruals reports for the supervisor
- Traces loads using the TMS and/or internet
- Provides load exception management and reporting
- Utilizes customer or consignee website for routing instructions when required
- Coordinates with carriers to ensure on-time delivery by tracking trucks for pick-up, estimating times of arrival and delivery, and recovering loads when necessary
- Assists supervisor with month end financial reporting prep and approval
- Researches and re-submits invoices that are unpaid
- Provides data gathering and presentation preparation for customer QBR’s
- Coordinates with the FAP Group to resolve invoicing discrepancies
- Ensures compliance with SOP’s (planners and coordinators)
- Assists in KPI development and reporting
- Tracks and reports all financial details on actual vs. planned various on cost per shipment
- Records and signs off on all financial decisions which directly impact company’s profit margin
- Recognizes and alerts management on the potential adverse consequences of decisions which will impact the customers financial performance
- Manages the “Financial Daily Health Checks” and reports variances to management
- Works overtime and/or weekends as needed based on customer requirements or departmental priorities to support customer peaks and/or end of month, quarter or year activities
- Travels up to 10%
What you need:
- Minimum 3 years related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum 1 year experience in customer service or coordinator role
- Experience with Transportation Management Systems
- Experience with optimization tools preferred
- Intermediate computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, Access and Outlook
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Professional email and phone etiquette
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
- Ability to multitask
What you gain from joining our team:
- Access wages early with the Rain financial wellness app
- Free telemedical access to doctors and therapists through First Stop Health is available on the first day of employment
- Health, dental, and vision insurance after 30 days of employment
- 401k match
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- Access to career development, employee resource groups, and mentorship programs
- Employee discounts
- Access to employee perks like fitness class discounts and free access to a relaxation and meditation app
- Free financial wellness programs
- Daycare discount program
- Opportunities to volunteer and give back to your community
- + more!
Join our Team!
- Visit our website at workatGEODIS.com and chat with our virtual recruiter, Sophie, to fast-track your way to an interview!
OR
- Text DELIVER to 88300 to apply!
