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As a Planner Representative at WEL Companies, you'll play a pivotal role in orchestrating the efficient movement of goods across various routes. You'll be responsible for coordinating transportation schedules, optimize delivery routes, and ensuring timely and cost-effective deliveries. You will oversee the network and ensure loads are covered in your area along with working to provide solutions for other areas. Work with other planners, and driver managers to create swaps or sell to logistics as needed. Work with the Planner Lead on what the network needs for your respective area daily and help facilitate continuous improvement with on time service in the network. You are responsible to watch the trailer pools to ensure trailers are getting assigned and turning within 3 days.Job Details: <ul><li>Job Shift: Monday thru Friday, rotating Saturdays and Holidays</li><li>Pay $55k-$65k per year</li></ul>Job Description: <ul><li>Ensure all company drivers and Independent Contractors are planned in all areas.</li><li>Ensure driver and contractor revenue needs are met while also meeting or exceeding our customer&rsquo;s service expectations for all areas.</li><li>Have open and positive communication to Customer Service and Operations teams about freight needs, ensuring there is a proper balance of freight and capacity.</li><li>Work with external brokers to book additional freight into the system at market rates.</li><li>Maintain trailer pools, routing equipment to mechanical service, and ensuring equipment is constantly in rotation.</li><li>Help facilitate swaps as needed to get all freight covered in the network.</li><li>Identify loads that may be running early and/or late and find solutions to ensure on-time delivery while keeping drivers and contractors moving.</li><li>Assist with company driver orientation and Independent Contractor onboarding.</li><li>Clear communication to support staff to help with any unresolved issues.</li><li>Other duties as assigned.</li></ul>Reasonable Accommodations StatementTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Skills &amp; AbilitiesEducation:<ul><li>High School Diploma or equivalent; required</li><li>Associate degree (Logistics, Business Management, or relatable field); preferred</li></ul>Experience:<ul><li>5 plus years of experience in the transportation industry preferred</li><li>AS400 experience; a plus</li></ul>Computer Skills:<ul><li>Knowledge of Microsoft Office software products and Windows.</li><li>Ability to learn and use proprietary software.</li><li>Advanced keyboarding skills.</li></ul>Essential Skills:<ul><li>Excellent oral and verbal communication skills.</li><li>Experience working in a team environment.</li><li>Strong attention to detail.</li></ul>About WEL Companies, Inc. In 1975 Wally Tielens and his son, Bruce had a simple vision for a family business that quickly grew into an industry leading refrigerated trucking business. What began as a two-truck business soon blossomed into more than 400 trucks and 700 trailers that provide award winning nationwide service to some of the largest companies in the food, beverage, and dairy industries. <ul><li>Certified for ELDT training with the FMCSA in Wisconsin and Florida </li><li>SmartWay Transport Partner &amp; Recognized by The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency </li><li>Ranked in the top 15 of Fueloyal.com Top 25 Refrigerated Companies </li><li>Home to 62 members of the Wisconsin Motor Carriers Presidents Safe Drivers Club </li><li>Top 250 Fleets in America &ndash; Commercial Carrier Journal </li><li>2022 Premier Carrier &ndash; FourKites </li><li>Tyson Foods 2022 Premier Carrier of the Year </li></ul>We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. WEL Companies has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the company may deem appropriate.Job Type: Full-timePay: $55,000.00 - $65,000.00 per yearWork Location: In person

Planner Representative

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POSITION SUMMARY<div>
As a Planner Representative at WEL Companies, you'll play a pivotal role in orchestrating the efficient movement of goods across various routes. You'll be responsible for coordinating transportation schedules, optimize delivery routes, and ensuring timely and cost-effective deliveries. You will oversee the network and ensure loads are covered in your area along with working to provide solutions for other areas. Work with other planners, and driver managers to create swaps or sell to logistics as needed. Work with the Planner Lead on what the network needs for your respective area daily and help facilitate continuous improvement with on time service in the network. You are responsible to watch the trailer pools to ensure trailers are getting assigned and turning within 3 days.
</div>ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS<ul><li>
Ensure all company driver and Independent Contractors are planned in all areas.
</li><li>Ensure driver and contractor revenue needs are met while also meeting or exceeding our customer&rsquo;s service expectations for all areas.
</li><li>Have open and positive communication to Customer Service and Operations teams about freight needs, ensuring there is a proper balance of freight and capacity.</li><li>
Work with external brokers to book additional freight into the system at market rates.
</li><li>Maintain trailer pools, routing equipment to mechanical service, and ensuring equipment is constantly in rotation.
</li><li>Help facilitate swaps as needed to get all freight covered in the network.
</li><li>Identify loads that may be running early and/or late and find solutions to ensure on-time delivery while keeping drivers and contractors moving.</li><li>
Assist with company driver orientation and Independent Contractor onboarding.</li><li>
Clear communication to support staff to help with any unresolved issues.</li><li>
Other duties as assigned.</li></ul>
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
SKILLS &amp; ABILITIES
Education:<ul><li>
High School Diploma or equivalent; required</li><li>
Associate degree (Logistics, Business Management, or relatable field); preferred</li></ul>
Experience:<ul><li>
5 plus years of experience in the transportation industry preferred
</li><li>AS400 experience; a plus</li></ul>
Computer Skills:<ul><li>
Knowledge of Microsoft Office software products and Windows.</li><li>
Ability to learn and use proprietary software.</li><li>
Advanced keyboarding skills.</li></ul>
Essential Skills:<ul><li>
Excellent oral and verbal communication skills.</li><li>
Experience working in a team environment.</li><li>
Strong attention to detail.</li></ul><div></div>
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
<div><div>N (Not Applicable) 
Activity is not applicable to this position. 
</div> 
<div>O (Occasionally) 
Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5+ hrs./day) 
</div> 
<div>F (Frequently) 
Position requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5+ hrs./day) 
</div> 
<div>C (Constantly) 
Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs./day) 
</div> 
 
<div>Physical Demands 
Lift/Carry 
Push/Pull</div><div> 
Stand 
F 
10 lbs. or less 
F 
12 lbs. or less 
F</div><div> 
Walk 
F 
11-20 lbs. 
O 
13-25 lbs. 
O</div><div> 
Sit 
C 
21-50 lbs. 
O 
26-40 lbs. 
O</div><div> 
Manually Manipulate 
C 
51-100 lbs. 
N 
41-100 lbs. 
N</div><div> 
Reach Outward 
F 
Over 100 lbs. 
N 
</div> 
<div>Reach Above Shoulder 
F 
</div> 
<div>Climb 
N 
</div> 
<div>Crawl 
N 
</div> 
<div>Squat or Kneel 
O 
</div> 
<div>Bend 
O 
</div> 
 
</div><div><div>Other Physical Requirements 
</div> 
<div><div><div><ul><li>&bull; 
</li></ul>Vision (Near, Distance, Color, Peripheral, Depth) 
</div> 
<div><ul><li>&bull; 
</li></ul>Sense of Sound - normal
</div> 
</div></div> 
</div><div><div>WORK ENVIRONMENT 
</div> 
<div>An office environment in a controlled atmosphere building</div> 
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WEL Companies has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the company may deem appropriate.
WEL Companies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.</div>

Planner Representative - Norman, OK

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Planner Representative - Norman, OK

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