Transportation Planner I

Do you have a passion for transportation? Do you know your geography? The Krusteaz Company is seeking a Transportation Planner I to join the team! Transportation at The Krusteaz Company (KCO) moves freight and information between KCO, suppliers, and customers.

This position leads Transportation’s transactional North American truckload and less-than-truckload processes, including load planning, scheduling, tendering, service exceptions, and freight dispositions.

The ideal candidate for this role will be able to coordinate multiple logistical partners and quickly solve transactional problems. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.


* Supervise load planning, scheduling, and tendering within the transportation management system (TMS).


* Proactively own transportation-managed shipments into and out of assigned facilities.


* Supervise carrier's and broker’s capacity and tender acceptance.


* Lead resolution on operational/tactical exceptions including scheduling, pick-up, and delivery.


* Validate and negotiate accessorial charges.


* Communicate and mitigate service challenges as appropriate.


* Facilitate effective communication between transportation suppliers and KCO stakeholders to enable stakeholder success.


* Drive transportation and supplier continuous improvement.

Position Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals qualified with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


* Objective, curious, organized, analytical, and conceptual.


* Ability to solve problems to resolution, including successfully apply mathematical and geographical concepts to operational challenges.


* Strong attention-to-detail, follow-through, and multi-tasking skills.


* Continuous improvement mindset.


* Professional written and spoken communication skills.


* Understanding or willingness to learn transportation modes, processes, and bills of lading.


* MS Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.

Education and/or Experience:


* High School education or equivalent required.


* 3+ years in domestic truckload and/or less-than-truckload transportation.


* Experience working for or with carriers, brokers, and logistics suppliers.


* Experience with business systems (ERP, TMS, WMS, and EDI) preferred.


* Documented history of success in transportation that includes load planning, carrier capacity and performance management, rate analysis and negotiation, and claims resolution.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to ...