Senior Transportation Planner: Load & Capacity Optimization

Exol; Brooksville (FL); On-site; USD 77,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Exol in Tampa, FL is seeking a Transportation Senior Analyst, Planning & Capacity Optimization to design and improve transportation plans across our logistics network. You will manage day-to-day carrier execution, capacity confirmation, service recovery, and performance follow-up, with backup support for adjacent POD activities.

The role emphasizes transportation planning, consolidation, and network optimization using Manhattan Active TM and related systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Operations, or related field preferred or equivalent industry experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in transportation planning, load optimization, routing, dispatch, or logistics operations.
• Working knowledge of FTL and LTL transportation, tendering, capacity management, pickup and delivery execution, and carrier service requirements.
• Experience utilizing Transportation Management Systems, preferably Manhattan Active TM.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and comfort working with carrier scorecards, operational data, and performance metrics.
• Experience managing multi-origin, multi-stop routing and freight consolidation activities.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Daily Carrier Management & Capacity Confirmation: Serve as the main carrier contact, ensuring load execution, capacity availability, schedule management, and issue resolution through approved carriers and established processes.
• Tender, Pickup & Delivery Execution: Oversee tender and load execution, ensuring carrier compliance, shipment visibility, milestone tracking, POD collection, and accurate system updates through delivery.
• Exception Management & Service Recovery: Oversee transportation exceptions, drive recovery efforts, escalation of service and compliance issues, and support continuous improvement through root cause analysis.
• Carrier Performance & Relationship Management: Track carrier performance, support continuous improvement initiatives, and strengthen carrier relationships to enhance service and reliability.
• Compliance, Controls & Cross-functional Coordination: Support transportation compliance and collaborate across planning, operations, customer service, and billing teams to optimize network performance and continuous improvement.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Carrier scorecards analysis

TMS knowledge

Excel

Routing and dispatch

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Logistics/Business/Operations

Tools

Manhattan Active TM

Job description

Exol in Tampa, FL is seeking a Transportation Senior Analyst, Planning & Capacity Optimization to design and improve transportation plans across our logistics network. You will manage day-to-day carrier execution, capacity confirmation, service recovery, and performance follow-up, with backup support for adjacent POD activities.

The role emphasizes transportation planning, consolidation, and network optimization using Manhattan Active TM and related systems.