Bi-Lingual Load Planner Load Planner (Spanish) DAN-LPSP

Position Summary:  This position is responsible for making modal and carrier selections for all customer orders.   This position is also responsible for order entry; web, EDI, and manual; as well as track and trace of all shipments including LTL, Expedite, Truckload, and Air Charter and customer updates. Load Planning requires knowledge of rating structure for Truckload, carrier rate negotiation skills, and understanding of all modes of transportation. 

 

Essential Functions:Choose low-cost mode and carrier following customer-specific routing instructions and/or routing guides.  Must be able to negotiate rates effectively with non-contracted carriers.Sending/Receiving Spot Buys and saving them to R Drive (one time move contracts provided in LMS) tracking of these daily via reports. Track and Trace of all shipments within time frame required.Identify complex move opportunities such as truckload multi-stops and pooling moves and communicating these to support teams; engineering or procurement.Coordinate & expedite requests, time-specific pickups and deliveries and other special requests. Documenting all information per shipment request in LMS – requirements for this will be provided. Daily interaction with internal and external customer is required.    Understanding Customer requirements for each account – requirements for this will be provided. Must be able to speak Spanish

 

Essential Skills and Experience Required:Understanding of Transportation Operations and Supply Chain Management.  Strong organizational and time management skills; specifically documentation of all issues, communication with customers and carriers. Strong systems aptitude and must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications, with emphasis on Outlook, Word and Excel.  Previous experience in Transportation preferred.  Some college preferred Must be able to speak Spanish

 

Reporting to this Position:  This position has no direct reports

 

Physical Demands and Work Environment:Physical Demands:  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk and hear.  Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

 Work Environment:  The duties of this job are performed in an office environment, thereby experiencing some minor level of noise due to office equipment. May require extended/ and or flexibility with employee’s hours in order to meet customer’s needs.