Transportation Planner

Bison Transport Inc.; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Coaching and training

Work-life balance

Meaningful work

Wellness program

Job summary

Bison Transport Inc. is seeking a Planner to coordinate assets and satisfy client, driver and company needs. You will predict asset availability and potential in your region, acquiring freight to optimize usage for the company's best interests.

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years in transportation or logistics, strong communication and analytical skills, and a proven ability to work in cross-functional teams to deliver reliable service. Flexible shifts and varied schedules are required.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of transportation or logistics experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to align goals with strategic direction to achieve targeted business results.
• Proven team player with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze regional driver, tractor and trailer availability to forecast capacity.
• Forecast customer needs and service client requirements, including volumes and cycles.
• Develop and communicate overall strategy to Fleet Management for execution.
• Provide general customer service: coordinate with stakeholders on load movements and relationships.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Job description

As a Planner, you are responsible for coordinating assets to satisfy the needs of clients, drivers and the company. Your key role as Planner is to accurately predict availability and potential of assets in your assigned region, and properly acquire freight to effectively utilize those assets in the best of interest of the company. You are a natural problem solver that realizes opportunities and communicates them in a thorough and timely fashion with all co-workers.

Specific Responsibilities

• Establishing resource availability through analysis of the drivers, tractors and trailers in their region and interpret what restrictions and opportunities they present.
• Establishing and forecasting customer needs and demands. Corporate accounts will involve monitoring, forecasting and servicing the clients’ needs on a regular basis. The Planner is expected to have a thorough understanding of the priority of a given client, their volumes, cycles, flexibility, urgency and additional opportunities they may hold.
• Assembling the overall strategy by taking all relevant information, developing a plan, and communicating it in an effective and timely manner to the Fleet Management group for execution.
• General customer service functions, including but not limited to: Communicating with relevant customer personnel regarding all issues surrounding the movement of loads, monitoring loads, and establishing and strengthening relationships with key customer contacts.

Our Ideal Candidate

• 1-3 years of previous transportation or logistics experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Demonstrated skills in aligning goals with strategic direction to achieve targeted business results.
• Proven team player with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and to develop and maintain collaborative working relationship.
• Strong knowledge of company goals, work direction and practices.

This position requires flexibility to work a variety of shifts. Candidates must be available to work outside of typical business hours, including either a Continental shift schedule (06:00–18:00) or a Monday–Friday schedule, based on operational requirements.

This job is classified under NOC Code: 14405.

Why Bison

• Thrive in a supportive team that provides coaching and training to help develop your skills and progress your career
• Dispersed work environments that promote a healthy work-life balance
• Meaningful and impactful work and projects with an essential service provider
• Join our engaging Wellness Program & extracurricular sports teams

About Bison

• Celebrating over 50 years in Business
• Active in giving back through Corporate Social Responsibility and Charitable Giving
• Committed to environmental sustainability

Bison Transport is committed to Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace.