Transportation Planner

Coke Florida is looking for a Transportation Planner based out of our Tampa location, working Monday – Friday from 8:00AM – 5:00PM

What You Will Do:

As a Coke Florida Transportation Planner, you will be responsible for balancing service and cost for all processes and functions of load planning and freight movement. They will facilitate the distribution of freight based on the evaluation of carrier rates, operation capabilities, capacity commitments, and delivery dates required from deployment. This will primarily be done through the utilization of BluJay software. The nature and scope of this role is to consider freight strategies and optimize shipments and their cost for loads that come through BluJay. The overall scope is to ensure that execution is carried out through balance of service commitments and cost-effectiveness while maintaining strong relationships with carriers, shipping locations, and delivery locations.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Plans inbound/outbound truckload shipments within the Transportation Management System to ensure that cost and service goals are accomplished by utilizing the resources and tools that are provided.
• Tender shipments in accordance with Coca-Cola Beverages Florida business rules and communicate with carriers to ensure that loads can meet their delivery commitments. Assess the trade-offs between costs and service and communicate with management.
• Coordinate with deployment planners, receiving locations, and carriers to ensure on-time delivery, estimating times of arrival and delivery, and recovering loads when necessary. Trace loads using BluJay and shipment monitor. Determine root cause and apply corrective action to shipments tracking late; communicate solutions to all stakeholders.
• Maintain BluJay BI reporting and carrier key performance indicators (KPI’s) and marry up against our performance objectives. Reconcile daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports and distribute to our internal key players and management.
• Assist in the completion of multi-functional projects in the area of Operations, Forecasting, Supply Chain and Logistics as assigned.
• Develop regular supply optimization and transportation initiatives to drive high customer service while achieving inventory targets, process efficiencies, and reduced costs.
• All other assigned duties relating to supporting Coca-Cola Beverages Florida business needs

For this role, you will need:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience related to Logistics, Operations Management, Business Administration, Materials Management, or Warehouse/Manufacturing
• 1+ years of experience in utilizing a Transportation Management System
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing/Just in Time Principles
• Proficiency in MS Office is essential
• Ability to adapt in a dynamic environment and work effectively within a flat organization
• Demonstrate sound judgment by making decisions based on bettering the total network and being able to support decisions with facts, taking responsibility for actions
• Ability to prioritize and manage time/commitments and adjust to changing priorities as needed in order to complete tasks within desired timeframes
• Attention to detail and business process improvement
• Self-motivated to improve capabilities of self and others
• Good cross functional team collaboration at all levels
• Must be willing to travel 10% of the time

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. Coke Florida reserves the right to revise the job description at any time and to assign additional duties and responsibilities as needed.
Employment with Coke Florida is at-will. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.