Route Planning Specialist

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Are you full of great ideas? Do you dream of building a greener future as part of a company that values your skills and opinions? Are you looking for a flexible employer that will give you the opportunity to grow within the company?

This job is for you!

Sanimax is looking to hire a Route Planning Specialist and can be located in one of our 3 locations: Green Bay, South St Paul or De Forest.

Why join Sanimax as a Route Planning Specialist?

• This opportunity will allow remote work 3-4 days once trained
• Competitive base salary and bonus potential of up to 10%
• 3% quarterly bonus
• Stable company that has been in business for 85 years

Position Overview

This individual will be responsible for the route optimization through efficient routing, planning and supporting the execution of our 240 routes split across 8 different sites and servicing more than 26,000 customers across the US and Canada. The Route Planning Specialist is a key role that supports all of our Transportation, Customer Service, Procurement and Finance Teams. In collaboration with all of these departments, the Transport Logistics Planner will supply information and guidance for the planning and execution of transport routes to optimize the customer service and the route efficiencies.

Responsibilities include:

• Plan the routes optimization based on the monthly and weekly customer pick-up planned with the Transportation Teams
• Review and update the planning information and forecasted customer pick-up to ensure proper data integrity, customer service and efficient routing
• Monitor the planned routing versus actual results to improve overall routes efficiencies
• Perform key data analysis and maintenance to reach efficient and improved processes

Experience:

• Degree in Logistics, Transportation or equivalent experience.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in transportation or logistics, with experience as Transportation Planner or Dispatcher strongly preferred.
• Ability to plan and coordinate transportation routes locally and at distance while working with a central planning team.
• Knowledge of transportation and routing software to plan and optimize routes such as Ortec, Roadshow or Roadnet.
• Proven relationship building skills with key stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Proactively seek out cost efficiencies.
• Able to operate autonomously and with sense of urgency.
• Expert level MS Office knowledge with strong analytical skills

About Sanimax

Sanimax is a leader in the development of environmental solutions supporting the agri-food industry. We are an organization focused on the values of transforming by-product materials from food and agricultural industries into re-usable products for other sectors.

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Thank you for your interest in joining our team. Please note that we will only contact those whose applications are being considered.

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