Senior Logistics Planning & Optimization Lead

Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 105,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. seeks a seasoned Logistics Manager to oversee daily operations and a team of logistics planners responsible for inbound and outbound coordination within the Salt Lake City region.

You will optimize load planning, scheduling, and carrier performance to ensure economical routes, timely deliveries, and cost reductions. Responsibilities include leading KPI development, coordinating with carriers and internal teams, negotiating contracts, and implementing SOPs to

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in business, logistics, supply chain, distribution management, or related curriculum (or equivalent combination of experience and education)
• 5 to 8 years of transportation, distribution, supply chain, or related experience, applying knowledge of the motor carrier industry; 2+ years of experience with transportation management systems (TMS)
• Demonstrated leadership attributes or team leadership experience
• Supervisory or management experience preferred
• Certification and/or License – may be required during course of employment

Responsibilities

• Oversee load planning using software tools to optimize loads/truckloads
• Ensure schedules balance all parties’ needs with planned load efficiency and profitability
• Study markets trends, dialogue with suppliers, and understand what outside impacts could influence how the business goes to market or products get to their destination; perform demand forecasts for peak delivery periods
• Participate in the development, monitoring, and reporting of KPI’s for third-party carriers and other logistics teams, including but not limited to lane compliance, route guide compliance, and assessorial management
• Oversee and/or lead regular business reviews with key carriers to assure continuous improvement in service and performance; develop or approve presentations for supplier business reviews or carrier quarterly reviews
• Ensure effective communication is provided and daily activities are completed between logistics planning staff and haulers/drivers and for-hire carriers
• Liaise with and serve as an escalation point for plant personnel, haulers/drivers, for-hire carriers, and warehouse/shipping locations to resolve shipment and/or service issues, special deliveries, and order adjustments; keep everyone informed of critical changes
• Manage on-time delivery problem solving and performance improvements with customers; actively communicate with all impacted parties to discover solutions to various issues, such as the shipment of wrong product, excess or deficit of product, missed delivery time or date, etc.
• Manage the RFP process
• Lead the planning and implementation of solutions for network changes
• Analyze and document existing interplant and inbound carrier and rate structure; negotiate contract terms and rates with carrier base following defined internal parameters; manage and ensure contracts are current; understand timing of renewals and allow enough time to adequately review options as relates to potential changes and or extensions
• Establish policy and develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for logistics activities
• Foster collaboration, consistency, and process standardization within logistic planning work function
• Manage employees, including supervision, scheduling, employee development, and performance management. Work with Human Resources to recruit and hire new employees, identify training needs, and train/mentor to continually develop and improve the workforce
• The requirements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employee, but is not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Other duties may be assigned as required

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Data analysis

Decision making

Adaptability

Strategic thinking

Education

Undergraduate degree in business, logistics, supply chain or related

Tools

Transportation Management System (TMS)

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. seeks a seasoned Logistics Manager to oversee daily operations and a team of logistics planners responsible for inbound and outbound coordination within the Salt Lake City region.

You will optimize load planning, scheduling, and carrier performance to ensure economical routes, timely deliveries, and cost reductions. Responsibilities include leading KPI development, coordinating with carriers and internal teams, negotiating contracts, and implementing SOPs to