Transportation Load Planner
ITS is driven by our freight solutions playbook, leveraging technology-supported safety equipment and innovation boosted performance, ITS heeds the call of industries and communities alike to deliver essentials through the deployment of best-in-class truck drivers.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Transportation Load Planner is responsible for matching customer orders with drivers, trucks, and trailers in the most efficient manner. Key measures of success include:
High utilization of drivers, tractors, trailers and other company resources
Keeping company commitments to customers through a high-level of on time performance
Maintaining a high level of preplan acceptance
Showing continuous improvement in order rate per mile
Managing on time performance by developing optimal planning while being flexible for last minute changes
DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Ensure company resources are most profitably utilized and assigned to customer orders in a way that keep company commitments to customers and drivers
Accurately enters information into company computer systems
Maintains direct contact with members of the organization to coordinate and increase the efficiency driver, truck and trailer assignments
Supervise and support drivers and driver managers
Spot quote customer business in a way that maximizes company revenue and resource utilization
Driver Retention- Keeping empty trucks at minimum set forth by company goals
Communicating planned driver needs to recruit to keep empty trucks at minimum