Router

Sysco; Rocky Hill (CT); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco is seeking a Router/Transportation Planner to facilitate efficient delivery routing using Roadnet software. The role focuses on generating optimal route solutions, ensuring compliance with hours of service and weight regulations, and coordinating with warehouse and sales management.

The position requires strong analytical skills, detail orientation, and the ability to manage multiple routes and priorities in a fast-paced environment. Experience with Roadnet and MS Office is beneficial.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; college degree preferred.
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills; attention to detail.
• Ability to multi-task and communicate effectively with managers, clients, and drivers.

Responsibilities

• Route customer orders for multiple facilities in the most efficient way under time and accuracy constraints.
• Plan routes, integrate new customers, and adjust routes due to seasonality or new yard needs.
• Analyze routes to reduce miles, delivery days, and hours for cost efficiency.
• Maintain route data and perform standard route maintenance.
• Schedule drivers within overtime and hours-of-service regulations; adjust for volume and holidays.
• Maintain accurate loading and door information for warehouse coordination.
• Prepare meetings/presentations for sales management and executives on service areas and cost controls.
• Ensure compliance with DOT and related regulations; maintain Roadnet system; prepare management reports.
• Create transportation management proposals to improve efficiency, service, and safety.

Skills

Analytical skills

Multi-tasking

Accuracy

Communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

College degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Roadnet software

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

Facilitate the efficient and timely delivery of customer orders through the use of Roadnet software packages and associated utilities in the generation of the best possible route solutions. In addition, a router is responsible for creating routes that adhere to hours of service and weight laws and regulations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Routing of all legitimate customer orders in the most efficient way possible for multiple shipping facilities while under constant time and accuracy constraints while adhering to established procedures, protocols, and customer commitments
• Plans routes. This includes integrating new customers into existing routes, determining where new routes and shuttle yards are needed and planning for necessary route adjustments due to seasonality
• Analyzes existing routes for opportunities to reduced, miles, delivery days and hours to improve cost control and consistency of deliveries.
• Performs standard route maintenance to capture these changes
• Schedules drivers on a daily and or weekly basis to remain within overtime guidelines and hours of service laws and regulations including adjustments for volume and holidays.
• Also, maintain and provide accurate daily loading and door information for the warehouse department
• Plans and prepares meetings and presentations for sales management and the executive staff to communicate proposed service areas and expense control opportunities
• Ensures compliance with Department of Transportation (DOT) and other applicable regulations.
• Maintains Roadnet system
• Prepares reports for sales and management.
• Creates proposals for transportation management to improve efficiency, customer service, and safety.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• College degree preferred.

Professional Skills

• Computer Skills: MS Office (Excel).
• Analytical/Mathematical Skills.
• Accuracy, reliability and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Can add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Able to prepare reports and business correspondence.
• Effectively communicate information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Professional Skills.
• Demonstrate knowledge of spreadsheets and word processing software and the ability to learn Sysco software and programs.
• Working knowledge of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.

NOTICE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the environment and the level of work being performed by this job. This job description in no way states or implies that the duties and responsibilities listed are the only tasks to be performed by the associate in this job. The associate will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by his or her supervisor.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description supersedes prior job descriptions. When duties and responsibilities change and develop, the job description will be reviewed and is subject to changes of business necessity.