Procurement/Supply Chain - Supply Planner Lv1

TALENT Software Services; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Cargill is seeking a Transportation Planner in Wichita to coordinate day-to-day Packaged Truck deliveries, monitor delivery performance, and communicate risks to stakeholders. You will work with plants, sales, and the transportation team to ensure timely pickups and optimal carrier utilization.

Requirements include a degree in logistics, transportation, business or related field and 2 or more years of experience (or 4 years).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day Packaged Truck deliveries and schedules.
• Track carrier utilization, costs and service, and communicate with stakeholders.
• Tender and manage orders in SAP with tiered carrier rankings.
• Oversee orders from a set of plants and public warehouses and confirm loads.
• Log and approve carrier invoiced costs and update delivery dates as needed.

Education

Bachelor's degree in logistics, transportation, business or related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

The Transportation Planner will help coordinate Cargill 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*

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.

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 Cargill’s 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.