Transportation Planner (Quinnesec, MI)
Job description
Purpose: Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Billerud’s mission to lead the way when it comes to challenging conventional packaging and business? Our decisions are guided by the promise of creating a better tomorrow. Building a future where lighter, stronger, more durable and sustainable packaging is the natural choice not only requires experience and expertise, but also takes dedication, teamwork and perseverance. This is a journey that we are making together with our talented staff and our customers.
Summary Description: Responsible for inbound/outbound transportation operations.
Qualifications
Key Accountabilities:
- Planner/Scheduler for Q40 machine
- Manage daily railroad activities for the Quinnesec Mill
- Demurrage on inbound / outbound shipments
- Supply & quality of railroad equipment for Q40
- Monitor railcar storage levels (i.e., “Load & Hold”)
- Tracking of inbound / outbound shipments
- Mill contact for rail yard issues (i.e., switching, maintenance, etc.)
- Coordinate movement of customer loads involved in derailments, diversions, and bad-ordered cars enroute to destination
- Plan/Tender Pulp truck shipments
- Outside warehousing: plan shipments in/out and Annual Inventory
- Perform annual inventory for Q40 warehouse
- Coordinate Monthly Inventory reports for Q40
- Provide backup coverage for production control planning positions, as required
- Participate in weekend support requirements
Personal qualities
Required skills:
Musts:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong computer and system experience
- Good interpersonal & communication skills.
Wants:
- Q40/Q41/Product Services experience
- Knowledge of shipping, transportation, and/or production control functions
- Experience in supplier/vendor interface
- Optivision, SAP, Excel system experience
Application information
Billerud NA is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.
Why us?
- Be part of a dynamic team within Billerud
- An opportunity to contribute to a more sustainable future
- Development and career opportunities
- Performance based bonus, occupational pension and a number of different benefits according to company policy
Our recruitment process may include interviews, recruitment test, reference checks and alcohol & drug testing.
Do you want to help create a sustainable future through your work?
At Billerud, we are fully committed to reduce our and our customers carbon footprint by offering high-performance paper and packaging materials. We are convinced that the right solutions can be important tools to help fight climate change. That's why we see it as our responsibility to enable the best packaging choices, for a better tomorrow.
Our proud history in the forestry and paper industry goes back more than 150 years. Since then, we’ve grown to what we are today: a world leading company in high-performing paper and packaging materials - passionately committed to sustainability, quality, and customer value. Our materials are the basis of packaging and paper products used by millions of people around the world, 24 hours a day, all year round.
We serve customers in more than 100 countries through our three business areas Liquid Packaging Board, Paper and Paper Board. Our nine production units are located in Sweden, USA, and Finland and we have around 6,000 employees in 19 countries. Our annual turnover is approximately SEK 41.2 billion and the share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. At Billerud we always put safety first, care for each other, and do what we say.
