Transport Planner

At HEINEKEN Kraków (HEINEKEN Global Shared Services) our success comes directly from our great people. We are a growing team of business experts in finance, accounting, data and technology ready to „WOW” the world with our expertise, passion and pride to be GREEN. We act on our values of Passion for consumers & customers, Courage to dream & pioneer, Care for people & planet, Enjoyment of Life, always focused on being ourselves: inclusive, diverse, and open for new challenges.

Your responsibilities would include:

• act decisively and engage effectively with key stakeholders
• partner effectively with external customers and internal supply chain organization, customer service and supply planning organization with focus on increased value and benefit realization
• primary day-to-day contact with carriers, specifically around issues and exception management
• communicating with customer sites about changes in deliveries (two-way)
• assist the OpCo customer services with special requests for time definite deliveries and/or shipment-based transport selections
• daily execution of transportation planning activities including load consolidation, mode shift, and optimization of transportation routes
• manage any unrouteable issue during the optimization process within the timelines expected
• manage booking and execution of transportation loads
• monitor status updates from carriers (in-transit, appointment, delivered etc.) and proactively communicate and resolve transportation exceptions
• continuously seek out opportunities to improve current processes
• proactive advice about improvements on transport planning scope, i.e. exclusion of lanes, simulation of new scenarios
• work in shift mode (8 AM–8 PM, 8-hour shifts)

You are a good candidate if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably in Management, Business, Logistics, or related field
• excellent written and verbal English
• understanding of transportation rules, regulations, standard processes and business policies
• ability to develop and manage client and carrier relationships
• strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• ability to manage and meet deadlines and multi-task daily activities
• professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• proficiency with Microsoft Office

Nice to have:

• university degree in Management, Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or related field
• good understanding/experience with OTM
• experience working for a multinational organization and working with colleagues internationally
• FMCG/AlcoBev industry experience
• excellent written and verbal Portuguese/ Serbian/ Hungarian
• proficiency with ERP systems (e.g., SAP)

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