Transportation Planner

Overview:
We are KIK!
We create the products and brands that people trust to clean, sanitize, and protect their homes, pools, and cars. We are one of North America’s largest independent consumer product manufacturers with 20 North American manufacturing facilities. We also operate globally in Europe, Asia, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. We are known by our portfolio of over 40 brands including Spic and Span® and Comet® cleaning products, Clorox® Pool&Spa™ (under license), BioGuard®, and Natural Chemistry® pool chemicals, and Prestone® and Holts® automotive performance chemicals. We are also the #1 producer in North America for store-brand (“private label”) bleach and a leading private label provider of laundry detergent and additives, dishwashing products, general purpose cleaning and other home care products.
Our global team of over 2,500 employees drive our capabilities in product development, product formulation, strategic sourcing, manufacturing, packaging design, brand marketing, project management, quality assurance, compliance, distribution, and logistics.

Our organization is constantly evolving and is driven by a set of “One KIK” values – a dedication to following through on commitments in a customer-focused, profit-motivated way; while never compromising on safety, ethics, or integrity.

Position Summary

The Transportation Planner is responsible for improving overall transportation effectiveness through daily planning, analysis, and issue resolution.

Essential Job Functions:

• Plan, schedule and ensure the timely delivery of the company's freight to a multi-regional geographic area using Oracle Transportation Management System (OTM).
• Responsible for the tending loads, successful dispatch and pick-up of planned loads and subsequent ownership of loads for assigned area
• Utilize network balance capacity tools to determine location of trucks and available customer loads, tailor planning to meet area needs.
• Understand daily capacity demand and pro-actively communicate to appropriate leadership
• Utilize Network Decision Support tools to assign loads to trucks (OTM, PC Miler) ensuring customers' service requirements are met
• Communicate late pickups and/or deliveries, as well as any other load changes, to appropriate department personnel
• Other duties as assigned, such as transportation compliance audits, KPI reporting, and project support.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree is ideal, however will consider 5 years relevant work experience in lieu of degree.
• Thorough knowledge of the freight industry, including TL, LTL, Ocean, and parcel
• 2+ yrs experience with Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) and ERPs - JDE E1 and SAP, other Transportation Management software experience acceptable
• Strong proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel
• Knowledge of DOT Hazardous Material Shipping regulations
• Ability to plan, think ahead, and prepare action plans to achieve results
• Manages multiple competeting priorities well under pressure.

A Career with KIK Offers:KIK offers very competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including health, wellness, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. You can plan for your future with KIK's retirement savings options including employer match. KIK also recognizes the importance of continuing education and offers Education Assistance to our employees to encourage continued personal development and growth.
Thank you for your interest and consideration of a position with KIK Consumer Products.
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KIK is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. KIK does not discriminate against qualified applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, status in uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, martial status, genetic information or any other status protected by law.