Planner at Bison Transport
Winnipeg, MB R3H 0T8, Canada -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

29 Nov, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

29 Aug, 25

Experience

1 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Good communication skills

Industry

Information Technology/IT

Description

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.

As a member of the Planning team, you will be responsible for:

  • Establish resource availability through analysis of the drivers, tractors and trailers in their region and interpret what restrictions and opportunities they present. The IP must take all relevant factors into consideration from individual driver requirements, equipment restrictions and overall balance issues
  • Establish and forecast customer needs and demands. Corporate accounts will involve monitoring, forecasting and servicing the clients’ needs on a regular basis. The IP is expected to have a thorough understanding of the priority of a given client, their volumes, cycles, flexibility, urgency and additional opportunities they may hold
  • Assemble 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
Responsibilities
  • Establish resource availability through analysis of the drivers, tractors and trailers in their region and interpret what restrictions and opportunities they present. The IP must take all relevant factors into consideration from individual driver requirements, equipment restrictions and overall balance issues
  • Establish and forecast customer needs and demands. Corporate accounts will involve monitoring, forecasting and servicing the clients’ needs on a regular basis. The IP is expected to have a thorough understanding of the priority of a given client, their volumes, cycles, flexibility, urgency and additional opportunities they may hold
  • Assemble 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 critica
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