Transportation Route Planner
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Job Description
ARE YOU A CURRENT US FOODS EMPLOYEE? PLEASE APPLY DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR INTERNAL WORKDAY CAREER SITE
Join Our Community of Food People!
BASIC PURPOSE:
The primary function of this position is to schedule and sequence routes in a timely, accurate and efficient manner using computerized programs.
Ready to build a career with a company that's leading the foodservice industry?
Schedule: Monday-Friday
(Mon-Thurs 10:30a-7p) (Fri 12:30pm-9pm)
The pay for this position starts at $22-23/hr
Medical, Dental and Vision, start day 1!
To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.
US Foods is one of the largest food distributors with a culture and a history of promoting from within, excellent training programs and continuous improvement focus.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Candidate must be proficient on the computer, self motivated and able to excel in time sensitive situations. The ideal person for this job will be comfortable working in a demanding, fast paced and intense environment at times.
- Routers must develop and optimize Transportation routes to maximize truck capacity utilization while minimizing total miles traveled through efficient routing strategies.
- Work closely with Sales and Warehouse Departments to determine delivery feasibility
- Communicating and assigning drivers to routes or adjusting dispatches as needed.
- Prepare various reports for Transportation Team on a daily basis
- Other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS
- Education/Training: High School Diploma/GED preferred
- Related Experience: A minimum of 2 years in related environment
- Must be able to read, write and communicate in English as it relates to the job and to the safety regulations.
- Must have computer skills - data entry, general report generation, spreadsheet design, data manipulation, mainframe downloads.
- Basic math skills (add, subtract, multiply and divide).
- Possess ability to resolve a variety of issues of fairly non-routine nature with some independence.
- Ability to work scheduled hours and any required overtime.
Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law. The expected base rate for this role is between $22 and $24. This role will also receive overtime compensation and shift differential where applicable.
Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.
Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state or local minimum wage thresholds). The expected base rate for this role is between
$18 - $28
- EOE - Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age/Genetic Information/Protected Veteran/Disability Status*
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