Transportation Planner at Paramus

Job Description

Position Summary

The Transportation Planner is responsible to establish and maintain transportation services and expertise to all functional areas of the company. He/she must have a strong emphasis on customer service and a continuous improvement track record with a “can do" attitude. The Transportation Planner will be in a situation to make significant cost savings and service improvements in this highly visible position.

Company Overview

At Boulder Brands, Inc., our mission is to become the leading health-and-wellness Company building out and acquiring natural brands that address consumer need states. Our brands consist of Smart Balance®, Udi’s®, Glutino®, Earth Balance® and LEVEL®; and each address a specific health need of consumers. As Smart Balance is to heart-health, Udi’s & Glutino are to gluten-free, Earth Balance is to the plant-based diet and LEVEL is to diabetes management. Our focus is on supporting each of our brands with a robust pipeline of innovation and strong consumer support through marketing and education to drive awareness and loyalty. Our vision is to help change the way we eat, one product and one solution at a time.

Reports to:  Senior Director of Transportation and Logistics

 

Location:  Paramus, NJ

Essential Functions and Skills

• Maintains an effective carrier base that provides competitive pricing, efficient service and sufficient equipment availability.
• Negotiate best pricing agreements and contracts with carriers and related services.
• Proves & confirms adequate cargo and liability insurance on every carrier in the BDBD network.
• Strongly supports the customer service initiative.
• Carries responsibility for routing shipments, truckload building and identifying direct ship opportunities.
• Takes accountability for resolution on freight invoices that do not match the TMS rate data base.
• Manages unloading fees, detention, redelivery costs, layover fees, “dead head" cost approval, etc.
• Provides support for Distribution network evaluations.
• Maintains an electronic carrier rate data base to serve BDBD as a transportation management system and the freight invoice match pay system.
• Manages the over, short and damage (OS&D) occurrences and assists in securing documentation for the filing and recovery on freight claims.
• Meets or beats a 96% on time delivery service level.
• Authenticates all shipping documentation for, as an example proper temperature requirements on bills of lading and “do not freeze" in the freeze zones.
• Duties may also include pallet control and other responsibilities, as assigned.
• Exposure to International Ocean & Air Shipping; assist Export CSR when required.

• Small Package (Fedex)  oversight

Job Requirements

Successful candidate will possess the following:

• A strong working knowledge of the transportation industry with emphasis on refrigerated, frozen and ambient food products.
• Be familiar with working with CPG 3PL distribution network consolidation models.
• A proven track record of generating spot and sustained cost improvements.
• Sound capacity for multi tasking and functioning as a strong team player.
• A “hands on" individual, with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to interface with all levels and departments within an organization.

 

Education

• Bachelors degree
• Logistic/transportation trade association membership a plus.

Experience

• A minimum of 3 years transportation experience in the food industry.
• Proficient in MS excel computer skills with spread sheet quantitative calculation experience.
• Above average analytical skills required.

 

To be considered for this exciting opportunity the following must be included:  Cover Letter, Resume and Salary Requirements.

EEO Employer

Country: USA, State: New Jersey, City: Paramus, Company: Boulder Brands.