Fuel Logistics Planner – 3/4 Shift, Growth Path

Pilot Company; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) + FSAs

Employee fuel discount

Tuition reimbursement

Onsite gym

People-first culture

Job summary

Pilot Company in Knoxville, TN is seeking a Logistics Coordinator to plan, schedule, and execute fuel deliveries for multiple locations, ensuring uninterrupted supply at minimal cost. You will analyze costs, routes, and inventories while guiding drivers through dispatch challenges and maintaining strong vendor relations.

Ideal candidates possess a diploma or higher in business/logistics or engineering, with 3+ years in dispatch or optimization, and strong MS Office skills to support data-driven

Qualifications

• School diploma or equivalent certification required.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, logistics, supply chain management, or engineering, or minimum three years’ experience in transportation dispatch or optimization required.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and execute delivery of hundreds of fuel loads per day accounting for millions of dollars in fuel buying decisions.
• Analyze driver staffing, carrier loads, inventories, trucking costs, and fuel pricing to determine lowest cost action plan while preventing fuel outages and maintaining optimal fuel inventory.
• Answer a high volume of daily telephone calls to assist drivers through various issues affecting original dispatch plan and delivery; determine alternative delivery plan and redirect drivers as needed.
• Monitor store tank volumes and project sales demand to maintain inventories and avoid store outages.
• Maintain tank levels at par value to optimize cash flow and allow for margin enhancement via market timing arbitrage.
• Monitor gasoline and heating oil spot market prices and plan dispatches to capitalize on arbitrage opportunities and market volatility.
• Review driver DOT hours and plan routes in a safe and efficient manner.
• Collaborate daily with cross-functional teams (e.g., drivers, Supply Coordinators, store personnel and other Logistics Coordinators) to ensure purchase and delivery of fuel orders align with Key Performance Indicators.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Decision making under pressure

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, logistics, supply chain management, or engineering

School diploma or equivalent certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Pilot Company in Knoxville, TN is seeking a Logistics Coordinator to plan, schedule, and execute fuel deliveries for multiple locations, ensuring uninterrupted supply at minimal cost. You will analyze costs, routes, and inventories while guiding drivers through dispatch challenges and maintaining strong vendor relations.

Ideal candidates possess a diploma or higher in business/logistics or engineering, with 3+ years in dispatch or optimization, and strong MS Office skills to support data-driven