Job Scope/ Summary

• Control timely flow of work to execution teams. Monitor, coordinate, and schedule customer orders, including collaboration with sales, customer care, finance, transportation, and supply chain. Develop and implement distribution center outbound freight strategy.
• Working safely is part of our culture and is a condition of employment
• This position will be based in one of the following Behr facilities: Atlanta, GA; Orlando, FL; Kutztown, PA; Sauk Village, IL; Roanoke, TX.

Essential Functions

• Monitor and report on open orders; coordinate on-time scheduling for prepaid and will call outbound freight; resolve, communicate, and record exceptions or service failures.
• Prepare and analyze required reporting; attend department and cross-functional meetings as applicable to company and departmental goals.
• Generate daily load plan in accordance to financial and operational goals and customers' service level agreements.
• Maintain effective professional relationships with carrier vendors and ensure carrier selection and tendering is in accordance with carrier contracts, transportation budget, and carrier business share.
• Prepare annual freight out budget recommendation; maintain customer appointment and freight out strategies, honoring constraints for customer requirements, level weight per workday, truckload capacity maximization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor the daily freight out accrual and resolve shipment costing issues in collaboration with traffic department personnel.
• Fulfill administrative and office support to the department, including purchasing procedures.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

EXPERIENCE/ EDUCATION

• Bachelor degree in Administration or related field or equivalent work experience

KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS/ ABILITIES

• Knowledge of MS Office Suites and software application related to job functions.
• Thorough knowledge of traffic management and product distribution practices.
• Thorough knowledge of inventory control, warehousing, record keeping, and department administrative practices and procedures.
• Considerable knowledge of basic accounting practices and principles.
• Considerable knowledge of purchasing and receiving practices and procedures.
• Ability to communicate courteously and professionally.
• Ability to resolve customer service and freight issues.

Company: Behr Paint Company

Our Ongoing Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We believe a workplace that encourages and values different voices, perspectives, and backgrounds builds better teams, better solutions, and more innovation. The goal is for every single team member to have a voice and experience a sense of belonging here, regardless of where they sit in the organization and what their background is. We look forward to your sharing your outstanding and unique talents and perspectives with us!

BEHR (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we want to have the best available persons in every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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