DC (Maidencreek) Route Planner

At East Penn, our employees are our culture; our employees will always be the heart of the company.  We are a private, family-owned enterprise committed to cultivating an atmosphere that honors the contributions of everyone.  We want our employees to have long-term careers, and many do.  Almost 40% of our workforce has over a decade of service.  Our open-door management policy, comprehensive benefits package, annual bonus program for all, and career advancement opportunities are just some of the ways we show our employees how incredibly valued they are.

Our hiring process may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help in the initial review of applications by identifying candidates whose qualifications best match job requirements. These tools do not make hiring decisions. All final hiring decisions regarding interviews and employment are made by our employee recruiting and hiring teams.

East Penn is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. 

East Penn is currently seeking a Private Fleet Route Planner that will be a key corporate based role to ensure the successful planning of our private fleet routes, safely delivering high levels of service to our customers, while maintaining expected efficiency levels.  This role serves to plan routes based on customer requirements while achieving the lowest landed cost via the fewest miles and highest utilization of fleet assets and driver hours of service across a $70M/year Private Fleet network.

• →Plan Efficient and service-centric Private Fleet loads and routes within Descartes TMS for one or more shipping locations
• →Maximize inbound and outbound trailer utilization during planning cycles
• →Balance weekly drivers Hours of Service regulations with planned loads and routes
• →Provide feedback and recommendations to management regarding planning constraints or route creation issues
• →Actively participate and provide guidance in territory/network design reviews
• →Manage flow, sorting, filtering, and processing of Customer Orders (Shipments) within Descartes Transportation Management system (TMS)
• →Continuous maintenance of TMS configurations, parameters and data fields
• →Actively participate in Plan vs. Actual gap analysis, root cause investigation and implementation of corrective actions and continuous improvement

• →Identify potential Common Carrier Loads and LTL shipments within Descartes TMS and plan accordingly

• →Provide upstream (plannable but unshipped) customer support and ETA calculations

• →Create and maintain smelter schedules and manage appointments

• →Maintain all customer, driver, location and equipment data within Descartes TMS database

• →Weigh alternative Transportation options and make decisions based on priority/cost implications

• →Manage Route/Load/Shipment handoff to DC Operations teams

• →Backfill/support Fleet Dispatchers when needed
• →Perform other duties as required by management

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Analytical skills.

• Computer skills including experience with FGMS a plus.

• Excellent organizational skills.
• Strategic and/or critical thinking skills.
• Proficiency in Fleet/Route planning software.

• Knowledge of the interactions of the finishing/shipping/transportation departments.

• Flexible working hours.