As a Planner you are accountable for coordinating assets to satisfy the needs of clients, drivers and the company. Your key role as Planner are 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. The Planner must take all relevant factors into consideration from individual driver requirements, equipment restrictions and overall balance issues Establishing and forecasting customer needs and demands. Understand 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. Recognizing the need to adjust plans, such as required, is critical. Collaborating with fleet and drivers on overall productivity targets. Contribute to an environment where customers can comfortably and confidently place orders for their transportation needs. This will include such task as: Communicating with customer personnel regarding issues surrounding load movement, understanding freight rates, negotiating spot market business, and monitoring loads as required. Our Ideal Candidate will possess: 1-3 years previous transportation or logistics experience is required. 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. Shift: Tuesday - Saturday, 08:00 - 17:00. 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. Background and suitability for a career in Transportation is wide ranging. Some of our brightest people have joined us with no previous “trucking” experience. We always say we work in the “people business”. So, whether you have a background in the airline, automotive, retail or hospitality industries, to name a few, your experience is valuable and we are bound to find many transferrable skills. We are ready to welcome exceptional, high potential contributors who aspire to lead people and processes in the pursuit of service excellence in a highly dynamic and collaborative environment. We seek team players who are eager to learn our business from the ground up, are able to demonstrate a track record of strong performance and possess a sincere interest in growing their careers in the transportation arena. We seek top notch communicators who adopt a driver of change mindset of “how can we be better, do better and get better results”.
