Transportation Router

Our client, a distributer in The Bronx, is looking for a Transportation Router. Experience with Road Net is required. This position will support all aspects of the regional transportation network to include routing, delivery window efficiency, territory planning, assignment of drivers and vehicles, usage of equipment and customer service.

5 day work week, with Saturday and one weekday off - 5p start time

Salary from $31/hour, commensurate with experience

• Conducts continuous analysis of route, vehicle and driver assignments and reviews scheduling for possible consolidation or improvements.
• Assists with planning and implementing vehicle scheduling, resource allocation, routing, dispatching, and communication functions in accordance with established policies and objectives to optimize economical utilization of company assets.
• Interface with warehouse operations to ensure best practice truck loading logic is always in place using the Truck Builder software.
• Incorporates daily and weekly vendor pickups, into routing sessions. Allocates equipment and driver resources for scheduled and unscheduled deliveries, pick-ups, and other assignments.
• Collaborates with Fleet Team to match available vehicles with delivery requirements, distance requirements and customer requirements.
• Performs daily maintenance of and incorporates real time recommendations from drivers and sales team to optimize routing performance using the Road net system.
• Perform Roadnet application routing maintenance daily to ensure all locations have accuracte, timely, and up-to-date information:
  Standard Routes and Customer Delivery Requirements;
  Geo-Coding, delivery days, time windows, service time types, service time overrides, account types, meal beaks;
  Route start times, pre/post trips, starting/ending depot, travel modes, color for mapping, assigned driver, equipment and DOT road checks;
  Plan Maintenance equipment with regards to costing, restrictions, and capacities.

• High School degree or GED Required;
  College degree preferred
• 3+ years of routing experience within the food service industry required
• Experience with Road Net Transportation software required
• Basic understanding of transportation safety guidelines, and DOT procedures related to routing
• Strong communication and team building skills
• Proficient with all Microsoft Office software products