Job Description

Job Title: Senior Logistics Planner

Department: Operations

Reports To: VP of Operations

Direct Reports: 0

FLSA Status: Salary, Exempt

Target Start Date: ASAP

Compensation: Negotiable

OUR MISSION

Safeway Logistics has been providing conscientious, detail-driven supply chain management and warehousing solutions for nearly 50 years. The human touch will always be a core value for Safeway Logistics. Our greatest professional joy comes from knowing that you’re leveraging our skills so that you can turn your energy and passion to your own business organizations.

YOUR ROLE IN OUR MISSION

Load Planning for the Over-The-Road Drivers will be nationwide. This role is for a dedicated worker who finds fulfillment in solving problems, supporting drivers, and seeing the results of their efforts every day.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Load planner will take ownership and planning routes with efficiency and professionalism.
• Learn dispatch operations from the ground up while supporting our nationwide driver fleet.
• Communicate with customers and drivers to ensure freight moves safely, on time, and with care.
• Collaborate with each other across departments (safety, maintenance, customer service).
• Be part of a team that treats people with respect and operates with honesty and fairness.

QUALIFICATIONS AND IDEAL CHARACTERISTICS

The ideal candidate should be a self-starter and demonstrate strong organizational skills, prioritizing communication and processes. Efficient and accurate in completing tasks as required attending to detail, and able to anticipate and meet deadlines. Strong aptitude to work in a collaborative setting. Ideally, this role is for someone with at least 2 years’ of planning experience in OTR transportation, and eager to ‘hit-the ground running’ in the logistics industry.

PREFERRED RELATIONAL SKILLS

• Someone who takes pride in their work and cares about doing things right.
• A good communicator who can work well under pressure.
• A person who wants to grow with a company that invests in its people.
• Previous logistics experience a plus, but attitude and work ethic come first.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

The physical demands described here are representative of, but not limited to, those that must be met by an employee to perform the vital functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to stand, walk, sit, use hands to reach, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk and hear.
• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs.
• Must be able to observe an area that can be seen up or down or to the left or right while eyes are fixed on a given point.

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