What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Planner position at LX Pantos Americas?
Core Roles and Responsibilities:
- Process customer orders, plan & optimize shipments into loads, tender freight to third-party carriers.
- Update Transportation Management System with current shipment information.
- Provide detailed instruction to various customers & associates from other shifts by phone and e-mail.
- Provide visibility to management and the customer by tracking, process over-sight, auditing, researching and troubleshooting operational issues or functions.
- Complete daily logs and trackers.
- Provides load exception investigation and reporting.
- Overall management of outbound transportation and delivery
- Schedule and send orders/requests to multiple carriers for outbound shipments distribution center/customers
- Document all compliance rate & optimal carrier usage
- Ensure all pickup and delivery appointments are made between receiver and Customer Company's order lists and tracks orders to ensure on-time delivery (TMS) to receiver.
- Develop relationships with all carriers and communicate internal/external challenges between Customer Company and receivers and develop solutions to the challenges
- Reviews scorecard with carriers on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis to ensure all KPI's are being met and develops action plans to ensure compliance to KPI's
- Excellent and prompt communication skills with customers to solve any delivery issues
- Excellent interpersonal skills required to communicate effectively with senior level management.
- Prepare various daily reports
- Other projects and tasks as assigned by management
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in business or supply chain management preferred
- Minimum (1) plus year of experience in Transportation/Supply Chain preferred
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize time sensitive situations in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Excellent bilingual communication and interpersonal skills both in Korean and English
- Must be able to learn and regularly operate various computer systems across different platforms
- Must be able to work on weekends when required by Company
Salary : $18 - $22