Transportation Planner
LanceSoft
2 days ago
Full-time
On-site
Wichita, Kansas, United States
$1 - $22.66 USD hourly
Transportation Planning
Job Title: Transportation Planner
Location: Wichita, KS, 67202
Duration: 4+ Months (10/6/2026 2/9/2027)
Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30-4:30 PM OR 8:00-5:00 PM
Job Description:
*Minimum Qualifications:
Position Description:
Responsibilities include:
Notes:
Location: Wichita, KS, 67202
Duration: 4+ Months (10/6/2026 2/9/2027)
Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30-4:30 PM OR 8:00-5:00 PM
Job Description:
- The Transportation Planner will help coordinate client shipments & deliveries to customers & plants. In this role, you will monitor key integrated business planning performance indicators, cost-to-serve performance data, and help coordinate deliveries to meet high customer-service standards.
- Help communicate transportation issues with Business unit stakeholders & carriers.
- Work with plants & shipping locations to coordinate pickups.
- Other duties as assigned
- Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
*Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience*
Position Description:
- This role is responsible for planning day to day Packaged Truck deliveries.
Responsibilities include:
- 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 client 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.
- Typical requirements include a degree in logistics, transportation, business or a related field and 2 or more years of experience or 4 years of experience.
- Interviews will be conducted in-person.
- Must complete background check only.
Notes:
- This temporary position is to provide additional track and trace support for Packaged Truck Operations.
- This role is responsible for 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.