Transportation Planner

Location US-IL-Lake Forest
ID
2025-2461
Function
Supply Chain
Employment Type
Salary

Overview

Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and fun workplace environment. If you are looking to build a strong career, we have an opportunity for you! We currently have an opportunity for a Transportation Planner located at our corporate headquarters in Lake Forest, IL. 

Responsibilities

Your Role: 

As a Transportation Planner, you will optimize the daily load plan and freight tendering for your assigned regions. You will balance customer service requirements for on-time delivery, ensuring carrier compliance while maintaining cost effectiveness. Leveraging systemic routing tools as well as manual shipment planning and load tracking, you will work with carriers across multiple modes of transportation to select and execute the most optimal transport plan from order entry to final delivery. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to work with existing team members to identify and provide recommendations for process efficiencies, service improvements, and cost reductions.  

 

 You will have the opportunity to Make Great Things Happen!

  • Monitor site shipment and load queries in the TMS continuously throughout the day. Ensure orders are optimized where possible, mode compliance is reviewed, and capacity is secured in a timely fashion to allow for execution. Gather, document, and communicate reason codes for exceptions.
  • Communicate & partner daily with warehouse teams and carriers regarding equipment needs, scheduling availability, shipping constraints, etc.
  • Identify gaps in transportation capacity, initiate communication with routing guide carriers, and escalate where necessary to ensure capacity is secured. Responsible for executing freight-auction and spot-market decisions when routing guide capacity has been exhausted.
  • Daily interaction with carriers to identify and resolve service and capacity issues, escalating with management as necessary. Provide input and feedback into the Carrier Scorecard on a monthly basis. Build and maintain collaborative relationships with RCP partner-carriers.
  • Execute responsive transportation support for short lead time shipments, expedite requests, mode conversions, and other unplanned activities.
  • Monitor and manage lane and load level costs, including accessorial review and approvals.
  • Support in the development of SOPs, training, KPI metrics, project work, and continuous improvement initiatives.

 

You will love it here if… 

  • You put safety first, always
  • You listen, learn, and evolve
  • You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals
  • You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity
  • You are committed to improving our impact on local communities
 

Qualifications

We need you to have: 

  • BA/BS degree in Logistics or a related field.
  • The ideal candidate demonstrates attention to detail and carries an analytical mindset with strong communication and interpersonal skills.

 

Icing on the cake: 

  • 2-4 years of relatable experience in transportation planning, dispatch operations, customer service, scheduling, driver/fleet management, or distribution operations in a multi-facility environment.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, etc).
  • Proficiency with SAP and/or BlueYonder TMS.

 

If you answer yes to the following…we want to meet you!

  • Intellectual Curiosity: Do you have an inquisitive nature?
  • Problem Solving: Do you have a knack for tackling issues head-on? 
  • Entrepreneurship: Do you enjoy taking ownership of your work?
  • Customer Centricity: Do you always act in the best interests of the customer, putting their needs first? 
  • Growth Mindset: Do you focus on progress rather than perfection?
  • Continuous Improvement: Are you never satisfied with the status quo? 
 

 

Want to know more? Check out our website or connect with us on LinkedIn! 

Apply today to join a fast-growing innovative company! 

            Not a good fit but know someone who is? Please refer them. 

     Local candidates only, no relocation assistance available 

#LI-Hybrid 

 

Join Reynolds Consumer Products and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities!

For applicants or employees who are disabled or require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, you may request assistance by emailing us at Recruitment@ReynoldsBrands.com.

No recruiter calls or emails please.

 

RCP affords equal employment opportunities to applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, disability status, sex, marital status, protected veteran status, pregnancy, national origin, genetics, genetic information, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. RCP conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

 

Posted Salary Range

USD $70,000.00 - USD $80,000.00 /A

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