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Senior Transportation Planner

ConAgra Foods
2 days ago
Full-time
On-site
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
$63,000 - $93,000 USD yearly
Transportation Planning

Reporting to the Transportation Manager, you will serve as a Senior Transportation Planner providing flexible, onsite coverage across Grocery & Snacks and Refrigerated & Frozen transportation planning teams. You will rotate between teams based on business need, stepping in to support daily execution, complex planning activities, and coverage gaps. This role is designed for an experienced planner who can adapt quickly, provide subject matter expertise, and support continuity of operations during periods of shifting demand.

A Taste of Your Responsibilities

  • Execute end‑to‑end transportation planning activities to support daily shipment execution for customer and stock transfer orders

  • Optimize load factors, select appropriate transportation modes, and ensure route guide compliance to support service and cost objectives

  • Serve as a primary point of contact with customer service, warehousing, and inventory deployment partners to resolve carrier failures and service disruptions

  • Use transportation systems and reporting tools to identify scheduling, on‑time delivery, and carrier performance issues and take corrective action

  • Provide coverage for Grocery & Snacks and Refrigerated & Frozen planners during planned and unplanned absences

  • Support seasonal volume increases, project‑driven demand, and quarter‑end execution and reporting needs

  • Train and mentor new Transportation Planners, providing guidance on systems, standard processes, and best practices

  • Act as a subject matter expert for transportation tools, including Oracle Transportation Management and Palantir

  • Contribute to cross‑functional initiatives and assume complex planning responsibilities as needed

  • Demonstrate flexibility as team assignments and priorities may change daily or weekly

Ingredients Required for Your Success

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management or a related field preferred

  • Three or more years of transportation, logistics, or related experience

  • Working knowledge of Outlook, Excel, Oracle Transportation Management, and SAP

  • Strong understanding of transportation concepts, terminology, and planning processes

  • Proven problem‑solving and decision‑making skills in a fast‑paced environment

  • Experience partnering with cross‑functional teams, including customer service, inventory deployment, warehousing, and project teams

  • Prior experience training or mentoring employees on transportation systems, processes, and reporting tools

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Compensation 

Pay Range:$63,000-$93,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

  • Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement

  • Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan

  • Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement

  • Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.