Central Router, Transportation
$76,230–$76,230 year
On-siteNaperville, Illinois, United States
Job Summary
Review released orders, shipments, and master data for completeness before planning routes. Build and optimize daily and forward-looking route plans in Manhattan Active Transportation Management (MATM) using approved parameters, incorporating inbound pickups, backhaul opportunities, and consolidation moves. Validate route feasibility regarding stop sequence, driver hours-of-service, delivery windows, and equipment requirements. Evaluate system-generated solutions and make documented manual adjustments to protect safety, service, and cost while maintaining enterprise standards. Coordinate with Centralized Scheduling, Fleet, and Distribution Center teams to resolve constraints and release complete plans within established cutoffs. Monitor on-time delivery risk, capacity utilization, and plan-versus-actual variances to drive corrective actions. Work a schedule aligned with routing cutoffs, including evenings, weekends, or holidays when required.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in transportation routing, transportation planning, dispatch, logistics, distribution operations, or transportation management systems
- Hands-on experience with a Transportation Management System or route-optimization platform
- Ability to work a schedule aligned with routing cutoffs, including evenings, weekends, or holidays when required
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business, Analytics, Operations, or a related field
- Experience with Manhattan Active Transportation Management, Manhattan Modeler, PCS, AS400-NTS, Samsara, Omnitracs, or similar platforms
- Experience supporting food distribution, a private or dedicated fleet, multi-Distribution Center planning, or centralized transportation operations
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint
- experience with Power BI, reporting tools, or transportation analytics
- Strong working knowledge of route optimization, load planning, stop sequencing, private-fleet operations, and the ability to interpret driver hours-of-service, route duration, cube and weight, equipment and temperature requirements, customer delivery windows, and Distribution Center constraints
- Working knowledge of Transportation Management Systems and route-optimization tools, preferably Manhattan Active Transportation Management and Manhattan routing or modeling capabilities
- Strong analytical, root-cause analysis, and problem-solving skills, with close attention to data integrity and the ability to make fact-based planning decisions under time-sensitive cutoffs and connect routing decisions to service, utilization, mileage, route count, capacity, and cost
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to explain routing decisions and collaborate across Centralized Scheduling, Centralized Dispatch, Fleet, Transportation Systems, Customer Care, and Distribution Center Operations while maintaining clear role ownership and decision rights
- Ability to manage multiple Distribution Centers, planning cycles, priorities, and exceptions; follow standardized work; maintain clear documentation; and contribute to continuous improvement in a high-volume environment
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