Job Summary:
Reporting to the Manager of Transportation Operations, you will oversee daily planning of transportation, for finished goods and raw/packaging materials through the Supply Chain, including both customer and stock transfer orders. You will support defined financial goals and metrics related to transportation management, including load factors, mode usage and route guide compliance. You will participate on project teams and train new employees on systems and our processes. You will provide operational excellence and work with cross functional partners to promote the supply chain vision. You will support end-to-end supply chain analytics platforms through data extraction, manipulation, visualization, and presentation.
Position Responsibilities:
* Participate in transportation related projects and contribute feedback for system improvement and process efficiency
* Help with supply chain vision initiative projects supporting through analytics and operational expertise
* Implement daily coverage for loads shipping between facilities and to our customers
* Collaborate with facility daily on issues regarding loads not covered or picked up
* Be the point of contact for communication back to customer service and inventory deployment regarding carrier failures or issues
* Address daily reports showing loads appointed for delivery after the Required Delivery Date (RDD) or that have no delivery appt. day before delivery
* Organize and consolidate LTL/TL shipments into truckloads while reducing transportation expense
* Follow route guide compliance and work to use awarded carriers to reduce transportation costs
* Escalate and identify issues to Transportation Planning Managers regarding facility, carrier or customer trends
* Partner with procurement and operations management to analyze lane opportunities by carrier or customer
* Work with sites and customer service on order issues at the warehouse level
* Retrigger and understand systemic handoff points between order management, warehousing and transportation
Position Qualifications
* Bachelors Degree preferred in Supply Chain Management or related field
* Bachelor's Degree
* Transportation, analytics, or supply chain experience.
* Understanding of reporting systems, and knowledge of excel
* Microsoft Word, Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets), Outlook, Access, Oracle, SAP and technical skills
* Experience in data manipulation and visualization
* Work with other departments including Inventory Deployment, Customer Service and Project Teams
* Understanding of transportation management terms and concepts
* Influence management
* Agile
Our Benefits
* Comprehensive healthcare plans
* PTO and family leave
* Retirement plans
* 401k
About Us
Conagra Brands has the most energized, highest-impact culture in food. Our people persistently challenge and disrupt marketplace/business conventions and we are respected for our great brands, great food, great margins and consistent results. Conagra Brands, be part of building something BIG.
Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.
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Our Benefits:
We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:
* Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance
* Wealth: great salaries, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
* Growth: online courses, virtual and classroom development experiences
* Balance: paid-time off , flexible work-schedules
Our Company:
Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team thats passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye, Marie Callender's, Banquet, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Reddi-wip, and Vlasic, and emerging brands, including Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Duke's, Earth Balance, Gardein, and Frontera.
We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.
Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.
Chicago, IL
Conagra Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company in North America. The company operates through Grocery & Snacks, Refrigerated & Frozen, International, and Foodservice segments. The Grocery & Snacks segment primarily offers shelf stable food products in various retail channels in the United States. The Refrigerated & Frozen segment provides temperature controlled food products in various retail channels in the United States. The International reporting segment offers food products in various temperature states in retail and foodservice channels outside of the United States. The Foodservice segment offers food products, including meals, entrees, sauces, and various custom-manufactured culinary products packaged for sale to restaurants and other foodservice establishments in the United States. Conagra Brands, Inc. sells its products under the Marie Callender's, Reddi-wip, Hunt's, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Orville Redenbacher's, Alexia, Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Blake's, Duke's, Frontera, Banquet, Chef Boyardee, and BIGS brand names.
The company was formerly known as ConAgra Foods, Inc. and changed its name to Conagra Brands, Inc. in November 2016. Conagra Brands, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.