TJX Canada
At TJX Canada, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You’ll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritizes your development. Whether you’re working in our Distribution Centers, Corporate Offices, or Retail Stores—WINNERS, HomeSense, and Marshalls, you’ll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact. Come join our TJX family—a Fortune 100 company and the world’s leading off-price retailer. Here at TJX Canada, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to the inclusion and accommodation of all individuals.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

We’re looking for a Transportation Planner, North America – 12 Month Contract to join our dynamic team at TJX Canada! In this role, you’ll play a key part in being accountable for monitoring and supporting inbound merchandise flow from vendors to distribution centers across North America. The Transportation Planner ensures that company service level agreements (SLAs) and purchase order (PO) requirements are met within required timelines, contributing to efficient and reliable supply chain operations.

• Monitors daily freight bookings with North American (NA) carriers including special freight movement (store stock, POE, non-EDI and Shopify freight)
• Reviews and reports on shipment plans scheduled in Transportation Management System (TMS) and PO booking systems; communicates status and actions with carriers and Distribution Centers (DC)
• Responsible for ensuring continuous inbound merchandise flow between three consolidation centers, located in both US and Canada; executes exception shipments by leveraging Visibility system to review exception reports
• Analyzes visibility milestone reporting and operational dashboards to identify and advise on merchandise flow interruptions / issues; shares findings with internal and external partners on opportunities and risks; recommends solutions for milestone shipments within defined business rules
• Key contact for carriers and APLL (TMS service provider) on EDI questions and daily exceptions requiring resolution
• Prepares monthly carrier performance reports and presents findings to Logistics operations team
• Partners with DC’s and carriers to support inbound flow at DC yards including removing empty trailers, identifying non-compliance deliveries or non-TJX freight
• Contributes and participates in logistics optimization projects (TMS, Visibility etc.)
• Identifies, recommends and implements continuous improvement initiatives for North American Inbound operations