Transportation Planner

Job Description:

• The Transportation Planner will help coordinate shipments & deliveries to customers & plants.

• Monitor key integrated business planning performance indicators, cost-to-serve performance data, and help coordinate deliveries to meet high customer-service standards.

• Tracking and tracing day to day Packaged Truck deliveries for the Food Enterprise, specifically focused on starches, sweeteners & texturizers.

• Responsibilities include carrier shipment tracking and communication with external and internal stakeholders.

• Works with customer service and transportation team members to provide updates and work to ensure timely pickup and delivery requirements are being met and communicate risks.

• This role is responsible for planning day to day Packaged Truck deliveries.

• Carrier utilization and scheduling, cost and service reporting and communication with external and internal stakeholders.

• Works with Sales and Supply Chain groups to understand requirements and make best value delivery decisions to support customer requirements.

• Supports the sourcing strategy by tendering and managing orders in SAP with tiered carrier rankings.

• Responsible for day-to-day management of orders from an assigned set of plants and public warehouses.

• Includes building loads, monitoring of unrouted orders, coordinating ship and delivery dates, handling customer add-ons and broken or changed loads and logging and approving carrier invoiced costs.

• Help communicate transportation issues with Business unit stakeholders & carriers.

• Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.

• Work with plants & shipping locations to coordinate pickups.

• Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30-4:30 PM OR 8:00-5:00 PM

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience. Includes a degree in logistics, transportation, business or a related field and 2 or more years of experience or 4 years of experience.

• Transportation Management Systems (TMS) experience.

• Strong organizational and prioritization skills.

• Ability to manage multiple shipments simultaneously.

• Effective written communication (email-based coordination).

• ERP experience required.

Preferred Background:

• Food industry logistics or transportation experience preferred.

• Strong experience as a:

  • Transportation Planner

  • Logistics Coordinator

  • Dispatch Coordinator

• Experience coordinating with customer service representatives or internal operations teams.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-volume transportation environment.

• SAP experience preferred (similar ERP systems will also be considered).

• Logistics certifications are a plus.

• APICS/ASCM certification preferred.

• CDL knowledge or certification

Benefits:

Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.

Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.

Vision Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.

401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first of the month following at least 1 calendar year after employment begins.

Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.

Synectics is a leading staffing and workforce solutions company dedicated to connecting exceptional talent with top organizations. We specialize in IT, engineering, finance, healthcare, and professional services recruitment, offering both contract and permanent staffing solutions. With a people-first approach, we focus on understanding the unique needs of our clients and candidates to create long-term, successful matches. Our mission is to empower businesses with the right talent while helping professionals achieve rewarding career opportunities