Transportation Planner

As a Planner, you are responsible for coordinating assets to satisfy the needs of clients, drivers and the company. Your key role as Planner is to accurately predict availability and potential of assets in your assigned region, and properly acquire freight to effectively utilize those assets in the best of interest of the company. You are a natural problem solver that realizes opportunities and communicates them in a thorough and timely fashion with all co-workers.

 

Specific Responsibilities include:

• Establishing resource availability through analysis of the drivers, tractors and trailers in their region and interpret what restrictions and opportunities they present.
• Establishing and forecasting customer needs and demands. Corporate accounts will involve monitoring, forecasting and servicing the clients’ needs on a regular basis. The Planner is expected to have a thorough understanding of the priority of a given client, their volumes, cycles, flexibility, urgency and additional opportunities they may hold.
• Assembling the overall strategy by taking all relevant information, developing a plan, and communicating it in an effective and timely manner to the Fleet Management group for execution.
• General customer service functions, including but not limited to: Communicating with relevant customer personnel regarding all issues surrounding the movement of loads, monitoring loads, and establishing and strengthening relationships with key customer contacts.

 

Our Ideal Candidate will possess:

• 1-3 years of previous transportation or logistics experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Demonstrated skills in aligning goals with strategic direction to achieve targeted business results.
• Proven team player with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and to develop and maintain collaborative working relationship.
• Strong knowledge of company goals, work direction and practices.

 

This position requires flexibility to work a variety of shifts. Candidates must be available to work outside of typical business hours, including either a Continental shift schedule (06:00–18:00) or a Monday–Friday schedule, based on operational requirements.

 

This job is classified under NOC Code: 14405.

Why Bison:            

• Thrive in a supportive team that provides coaching and training to help develop your skills and progress your career
• Dispersed work environments that promote a healthy work-life balance
• Meaningful and impactful work and projects with an essential service provider
• Join our engaging Wellness Program & extracurricular sports teams

About Bison:                

• Celebrating over 50 years in Business
• Active in giving back through Corporate Social Responsibility and Charitable Giving
• Committed to environmental sustainability

Bison Transport is committed to Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace.