Logistics Planner

Linde Corporate; City of Tonawanda (NY); On-site; USD 52,500 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid holidays and vacation

401(k) matching

Pension benefits

Employee discount program

Educational and professional growth

Job summary

Linde Corporate in Tonawanda, NY is seeking a Logistics Planner to develop and optimize daily distribution plans, manage inventories, and coordinate with drivers and management to ensure safe, compliant, and cost-effective operations.

You will monitor demand, outages, and resources, respond to driver communications, and prepare fleet reports while upholding QA and safety standards. Open to shift flexibility for initial 2nd/3rd then potential 1st shift based on performance.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum 1 year in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Customer service experience with internal/external customers preferred.
• Logistics, transportation, supply chain, dispatch, or operations experience preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and adjust daily distribution plans for safe, reliable, cost-effective delivery.
• Monitor and manage bulk gas inventories to ensure uninterrupted supply.
• Review demand, outages, driver availability, and resources to optimize fleet utilization.
• Coordinate with management, drivers, and supervisors to address supply concerns and resources.
• Respond to customer and driver communications and resolve issues for timely support.
• Schedule and assign drivers in compliance with contracts, DOT regulations, and safety.
• Ensure distribution activities meet QA, regulatory, and safety standards.
• Prepare fleet performance reports and maintain data in the Advanced Logistics System (PALS).
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, service reliability, data integrity, and transport costs.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Proficiency with computer systems

Education

Associate degree

Military service

Tools

PALS

Job description

Logistics Planner

Tonawanda, NY, United States | req31942

What you will enjoy doing*

• You will develop, execute, and adjust daily distribution plans to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective product delivery while maintaining customer inventory requirements
• Monitor and manage bulk gas inventories using advanced planning systems and tools to ensure uninterrupted customer supply
• Review customer demand, scheduled outages, driver availability, and vehicle resources to optimize fleet utilization and support changing operational needs
• Coordinate with management, drivers, and driver supervisors to proactively address supply concerns, logistics challenges, and resource requirements
• Further, you will respond to customer and driver communications, including phone calls and DriverChat messages, resolving issues and ensuring timely operational support
• Schedule and assign drivers in compliance with contractual agreements, DOT regulations, company policies, and safety standards
• Ensure all distribution activities meet quality assurance requirements, regulatory standards, and company safety objectives
• And you will prepare fleet performance reports and maintain accurate customer, driver, vehicle, and transaction data within the Advanced Logistics System (PALS)
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, service reliability, data integrity, and transportation costs

What makes you great

• You have an associate degree, military service, or an equivalent combination of education and related work experience required
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience in a fast-paced, high-volume work environment
• Customer service experience with regular interaction with internal and/or external customers preferred
• Logistics, transportation, supply chain, dispatch, or operations experience is preferred but not required
• You have ability and willingness to work 2nd or 3rd shift initially, with opportunities for future advancement to 1st shift based on performance, experience, and business needs
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
• Proficiency with computer systems and the ability to learn logistics and planning software applications

Why you will love working with us

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet. Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you're looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

• health
• dental
• disability
• life insurance
• paid holidays and vacation
• 401(k) matching
• pension benefits
• employee discount program
• opportunities for educational and professional growth

Pay commensurate with experience. Open to salary range $52,500 - $77,000

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Linde Inc. acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

*The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Therefore employees assigned may be required to perform additional job tasks required by the manager.