What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Coordinator position at RJ Schinner Co., Inc.?
RJ Schinner is celebrating 75 years of business! Our journey started back in 1951. Today, we’re proud to have 20 distribution centers across the U.S. and a team of 600 amazing people, all working together to keep distributors in 48 states stocked with the essentials – from paper goods and foodservice packaging to cleaning supplies.
Headquartered in Menomonee Falls, WI, we’re proud to be recognized as one of Deloitte’s Wisconsin 75 most successful private companies and recognized by BizTimes’ Future 50 Program as one of the fastest-growing privately-owned companies in southeastern Wisconsin.
But what really matters? The people behind it all. When you join RJ Schinner, you’re not just taking a job — you’re becoming part of a team that values hard work, celebrates success, and believes in growing together.
Transportation Coordinator Job Summary
Full-time | Monday-Friday | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm | In-Office only
Daily Routing
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The employee is frequently required to sit, talk and/or hear; occasionally required to stand, and/or walk. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds while moving files, small packages. Specific vision abilities require by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Manual dexterity for computer keyboard usage.
Location: Onsite | N89W14700 Patrita Drive | Menomonee Falls WI | 53051| www.rjschinner.com
R.J. Schinner Co., Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire and promote for all positions without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, disability, or veteran status. All terms and conditions of employment are administered on the basis of equality.
Headquartered in Menomonee Falls, WI, we’re proud to be recognized as one of Deloitte’s Wisconsin 75 most successful private companies and recognized by BizTimes’ Future 50 Program as one of the fastest-growing privately-owned companies in southeastern Wisconsin.
But what really matters? The people behind it all. When you join RJ Schinner, you’re not just taking a job — you’re becoming part of a team that values hard work, celebrates success, and believes in growing together.
Transportation Coordinator Job Summary
Full-time | Monday-Friday | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm | In-Office only
Daily Routing
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Sequence stops in the most efficient way
- Balance cube to ensure most deliveries go on our own trucks to minimize common carrier utilization
- Provide guidance to sales, customer service and ops on how new customers will be delivered.
- Set route start times
- Provide appointment times and receiving hours to ops and drivers
- Provide guidance to drivers on most efficient and safest delivery routes.
- Route vendor pickups
- Route transfers
- Update routes on routing sheets including holiday schedules
- Make geocoding updates in the system for routes
- Create and separate routes as needed based on vendor/customer needs
- Investigate and initialize optimal routing solutions
- Taking field calls from Sales Representatives for potential new customers to plan out potential routes
- Prepare a number of reports to department heads to include the following: on time delivery %, driver efficiency performance, and underutilized routes for either additional sales or vendor pickup opportunity, etc.
- Monitor route efficiencies by tracking and communicating with drivers on extra stops, length of stops, and route issues.
- Field driver calls regarding customer, route, and truck issues
- Report dwell times to CS and Sales to help customer performance with deliveries.
- Provide guidance to drivers on delivery or software needs. (Geotab, POD, Samsara, Whip Around)
- Monitor equipment utilization for trucks
- Monitor, plan and schedule Preventative Maintenance (PM) and defects marked within Whiparound
- Partner with the Safety & Compliance department to communicate any training or corrective action opportunities
- Other duties as assigned by management
- High school diploma
- Requires good oral and written communication skills
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Moderate level of Excel, Word, Power point and Outlook
- Bachelor’s degree in Business
- 3 years of experience in truck routing, scheduling, and mapping in a redistribution environment
- Basic comprehension of warehouse logistics
- Eclipse system experience
- Work is performed in a warehouse office environment
- Noise level is moderately loud
- Occasional travel to offsite training and company meetings
The employee is frequently required to sit, talk and/or hear; occasionally required to stand, and/or walk. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds while moving files, small packages. Specific vision abilities require by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Manual dexterity for computer keyboard usage.
Location: Onsite | N89W14700 Patrita Drive | Menomonee Falls WI | 53051| www.rjschinner.com
R.J. Schinner Co., Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire and promote for all positions without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, disability, or veteran status. All terms and conditions of employment are administered on the basis of equality.