Transportation Planner

Reporting to the Transportation Planning Manager you will coordinate transportation planning activities across the supply chain supporting customer and stock transfer orders for finished goods and raw and packaging materials. You will execute transportation strategies that support service cost and operational goals provide system and process expertise lead cross-functional projects support transportation analytics and reporting and serve as a key resource for transportation planning processes and continuous improvement initiatives. This structure and style align with approved salaried job description formats.

A Taste of Your Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in transportation-related projects testing activities and system enhancements involving transportation systems and connected applications.
• Maintain pool schedules IDOCs SAP transit times and department SharePoint resources.
• Support supply chain initiatives through analytics reporting and operational expertise.
• Execute daily transportation planning activities for shipments moving between facilities and to customers.
• Partner with facilities to resolve shipment coverage pickup and transportation service issues.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for communication with customer service and inventory deployment teams regarding carrier performance issues.
• Monitor transportation reports and take action on loads scheduled for delivery after the Required Delivery Date or without delivery appointments.
• Consolidate shipments to improve load utilization and reduce transportation expense.
• Drive route guide compliance and support awarded carrier utilization strategies.
• Escalate facility carrier customer or network trends to transportation leadership.
• Analyze transportation data to identify root causes of service issues and recommend corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain transportation reports dashboards and analytics to support operational decision-making.
• Collaborate with inventory deployment customer service and other cross-functional teams to improve performance metrics and resolve customer concerns.
• Partner with warehouse teams and customer service teams to resolve order-related issues.
• Troubleshoot transportation system transactions and support order visibility between OTM and SAP.
• Train team members on transportation systems reporting tools and established processes.
• Provide leadership support and operational coverage during manager absences.

Ingredients Required for Your Success

• Bachelors degree preferred in Supply Chain Management Logistics Business Analytics or a related field.
• 3 years of transportation analytics logistics or supply chain experience.
• Working knowledge of transportation management systems and report development.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel Word Outlook Access Oracle and SAP.
• Experience with data extraction manipulation visualization and presentation.
• Understanding of transportation management concepts processes and industry terminology.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Experience identifying trends root causes and opportunities for process improvement.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with experience influencing and collaborating across teams.
• Strong communication skills and experience working with multiple functional groups.
• Self-driven approach to identifying opportunities and resolving issues.
• Experience supporting organizational and process change initiatives.

Number of Days in Office: 3

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Compensation

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employees actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal Conagra employees Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans wellness incentive program mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement

• Wealth: Great pay bonus incentive opportunity matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan

• Growth: Career development opportunities employee resource groups on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement

• Balance: Paid-time off parental leave flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company

At Conagra Brands we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18000 person team across 40 locations you are empowered to reach your potential make an impact and own your career. Were in the business of building champions within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye Slim Jim and Reddi-Wip.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex race color religion ethnic or national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression age pregnancy leave status disability veteran status genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national federal state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.