Transportation Planner

Transportation Planner

Who we are:

Atkore is forging a future where our employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, and communities are building better together – a future focused on serving the customer and powering and protecting the world.

With a global network of manufacturing and distribution facilities, Atkore is a leading provider of electrical, safety and infrastructure solutions.

Who we are looking for:

Our Allied Tube and Conduit business is looking for a Transportation Planner that will be based out of our Harvey, IL location. Reporting to the Transportation Manager, this person will be responsible for scheduling shipments, maintaining positive relationships with carriers, and working with key stakeholders to ensure customer satisfaction.

What you’ll do:

• Plan and schedule inbound and outbound shipments to ensure on-time delivery of products to our customers while maximizing distribution center efficiencies, controlling transportation costs, and providing best-in-class service to customers.
• Foster and maintain good working relationships with carriers.
• Work closely with Customer Service, Demand Planning, and Distribution Center Operations regarding customer related inquiries.
• Work with dedicated fleet to ensure optimization.
• Work to improve co-loads of multiple product lines to the same customer in a single shipment.
• Other duties as assigned by the Traffic Manager.

What you’ll bring:

• High School Diploma is required. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university highly desired.
• Minimum of one year experience working in distribution center operations, transportation, inventory, or demand planning.
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office applications.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, analytical and problem solving skills.
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Able to prioritize multiple tasks, strong time management skills and perform at a high level in a fast pace environment.

• Experience working with JDE in lean manufacturing or business system based company is a plus.

• Must be a self-starter and highly motivated individual.
• Comfortable working in a team-based environment.
• Supervisory experience preferred, but not required.

Atkore is a recipient of a Great Place to Work© certification and a Top Workplaces USA award! We’re committed to creating an engaged and aligned workforce that drives collaborative culture. Our team strives for breakthrough results, stays focused on being standout leaders, and fully supports decisions of the Company. We consistently live the Atkore mission, strategic priorities, and behaviors, all in a way that’s consistent with our core values. Together, we build strong leaders that continually endeavor to move us forward.

Join our team and align yourself with an industry leader!

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)