Transportation Route Planner

Ready to build a career with a company that's leading the foodservice industry?

Schedule: Monday-Friday

(Mon-Thurs 10:30a-7p) (Fri 12:30pm-9pm)

The pay for this position starts at $22-23/hr

Medical, Dental and Vision, start day 1!

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US Foods is one of the largest food distributors with a culture and a history of promoting from within, excellent training programs and continuous improvement focus.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Candidate must be proficient on the computer, self motivated and able to excel in time sensitive situations. The ideal person for this job will be comfortable working in a demanding, fast paced and intense environment at times.
• Routers must develop and optimize Transportation routes to maximize truck capacity utilization while minimizing total miles traveled through efficient routing strategies.
• Work closely with Sales and Warehouse Departments to determine delivery feasibility
• Communicating and assigning drivers to routes or adjusting dispatches as needed.
• Prepare various reports for Transportation Team on a daily basis
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education/Training: High School Diploma/GED preferred
• Related Experience: A minimum of 2 years in related environment
• Must be able to read, write and communicate in English as it relates to the job and to the safety regulations.
• Must have computer skills – data entry, general report generation, spreadsheet design, data manipulation, mainframe downloads.
• Basic math skills (add, subtract, multiply and divide).
• Possess ability to resolve a variety of issues of fairly non-routine nature with some independence.
• Ability to work scheduled hours and any required overtime.

Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law. The expected base rate for this role is between $22 and $24. ​ This role will also receive overtime compensation and shift differential where applicable.

Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: .