We seek a highly motivated transportation planner with background in logistics and passion for process improvement to join our Famous Footwear distribution center team in Lebanon, Tenn.
We are Caleres, a global footwear company with brands that fit people’s lives. We are passionate about fit and living our mission of helping people feel good, feet first.
We seek people who:
• Analyze and develop transportation plans to ensure freight is on schedule, meeting purchase order date requirements and minimizing costs
• Serve as the information and planning liaison between product vendors and buying, product allocation and distribution center teams
• Effectively integrate return product shipments with inbound vendor product, balancing cost with product velocity
• Work with Transportation Managers to identify and efficiently resolve trailer capacity, supply chain and service issues
• Create process improvements using existing technology, formulating methods to enhance and improve existing technology, carrier costs and services
We seek people with these qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Logistics
• 1-3 years relevant logistics work experience
• Knowledge of transportation processes, including import, intermodal and domestic
• Knowledge of distribution center operations
• Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) experience preferred
• Warehouse Management System (PkMS) knowledge preferred
• Solid data analysis skills with proficiency in Microsoft Access & Excel
But most of all, we seek believers. People who believe remarkable things are possible and will not stop striving for them.
People passionate about their work. People who hold themselves and others accountable. People who think a $2.6 billion company should be as creative as a start-up. People driven by an insatiable curiosity. People who care about being the best, among the best.
