The Logistics Planner will partner with multiple cross-functional teams such as warehousing, customer service, deployment, sales, marketing, etc to support operational excellence within Dairy Foods, Purina Animal Nutrition and WinField United divisions. Responsibilities and activities include planning outbound and inbound transportation, track and trace shipments for on-time performance, leveraging transportation technology tools to improve load visibility, facilitating internal conversations with transportation buyers regarding capacity, carrier service issues, etc.
This role is located at our corporate headquarters in Arden Hills, MN (In office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week).
Position Purpose:
Do you enjoy making moving parts come together? If so, a career as a Logistics Planner may be a fit for you.
The Transportation Team is located in Arden Hills, MN and focuses on planning/execution of outbound and inbound freight from around 290 US facilities and shipping locations.
Responsibilities:
- Manage transportation events and enhance carrier utilization to ensure on-time deliveries and customer satisfaction.
- Facilitate all Transportation related activities, such as understanding freight bill payments and assisting Accounts payable in resolution, entering Transportation claims.
- Coordinate, direct and own decision-making processes necessary to accomplish service goals and objectives.
- Create and foster strong relationships with internal and external business partners such as material resource Planners, distribution centers, manufacturing personnel, customer service representatives and carrier providers.
- Ensure that issues are addressed quickly and professionally.
- Identify and implement continuous process improvements by strategically develop, recommend, cost savings and/or service improvement programs.
Required Experience/Education:
- Bachelors Degree
- 1+ years of logistics experience or related field.
- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Outlook, Word).
Required Competencies & Other skills:
- Ability to multi-task in high pace environment.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Must be comfortable with conflict management while maintaining strong internal and external relationships.
- Adaptability and flexibility.
- Experience with TMS systems.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Preferred Experience:
- OTM (a plus)
- FourKites (a plus)
- Sonar
- PowerBI
Salary: $61,360 - $92,040
In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges
About Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.
We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.
Land O’Lakes and our global entities support diversity in employment practices.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- At least 1 year of logistics experience or related experience
- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Outlook, and Word
- Experience with transportation management systems (TMS)
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Conflict management skills
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- OTM experience
- FourKites experience
- Sonar experience
- Power BI experience
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include automatic company contributions to retirement savings and additional support via 401(k) and HSA contributions. Legacy eligibility for a pension plan adds further long‑term security for some employees.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, and mental health support with confidential counseling and free therapy or coaching sessions for employees and dependents. Benefits begin on the start date, removing prior waiting periods.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and paid leaves cover disability, parental, maternity, and caregiving needs. Caregiver and parental leave policies have been expanded to cover broader family situations, including foster placements prior to adoption.
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Land O’Lakes, Inc. is a 100-year-old farmer- and retailer-owned cooperative originally formed with the purpose of working together to create new market opportunities. Fast forward to today and we’ve built on that uniting spirit, developing a comprehensive and leading view of agriculture while maintaining an unwavering commitment to delivering strong annual performance and long-term, shared success with our member-owners. Land O’Lakes believes farmers are the entrepreneurs who truly change the world for the better. By working together with our member-owners, we can continue to strengthen our system, champion farming’s true potential and place our farmer- and retail-owners at the heart of creating a better world for all.
