PepsiCo

Makes salty snacks, sodas and sports drinks

Associate Manager - Transportation Planner

Logistics & TransportationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeHyderabad, Telangana, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A university degree in engineering from a Tier 1 institute is required.
Two to five years of overall industry experience in the transport planning process is required.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.
Knowledge of SAP, transportation management systems, or logistics software is required.
Fluency in English is required.

Responsibilities

Own the transportation scheduling process.
Plan, organize, and optimize shipment schedules to ensure timely delivery and efficient use of fleets and warehouses by analyzing data, using transportation planning models, and coordinating with stakeholders.
Assign a carrier to each shipment based on company policies, carrier contracts and agreements, the current route guide, and capacity availability information captured through transportation visibility processes.
Adjust schedules as needed to ensure shipment schedules are practical and feasible.
Monitor carrier acceptances and rejections and resolve issues under time pressure.
Act as the focal point for creating and updating shipment trip builds.
Comply with scheduling processes and procedures.
Ensure proper adoption and utilization of transportation planning technology.
Meet service and productivity objectives.
Plan, optimize, and schedule efficient shipment routes, considering cost, transit time, fleet productivity, and service-level agreements.
Work with warehouses, carriers, and customers to align shipment schedules with pickup and delivery requirements.
Choose appropriate carriers to minimize freight spending and maximize operational efficiency.
Publish the final shipment trip build according to the agreed cutoff schedule, when applicable.
Collaborate with peer transport planners to balance daily workloads and support the business.
Collaborate with the transport execution team to resolve issues and transport-capacity constraints.
Support control, performance, and execution teams in identifying root causes of carrier performance deviations.

Overview

Transportation Scheduling process owner
Plan, organize, and optimize the scheduling of shipments to ensure timely delivery and efficient use of resources (fleets and warehouses). This involves analyzing data, using TCT transportation planning models, coordinating with various stakeholders
Assign appropriate Carrier to each Shipment based on PepsiCo´s policies, contracts, and agreements with Carriers, the current "Route Guide" and capacity availability information captured by TCT visibility processes
Adjust schedules as needed to ensure a practical and feasible shipment schedule
Monitors A/R (carriers’ acceptance and reject to solve them with time pressure)
Being the Focal Point to create and update the Shipments "Trip Build"

Responsibilities

Comply to scheduling processes and procedures
Ensure proper transportation planning technology adoption and utilization
Meet service and productivity objectives
Plan, optimize and schedule the most efficient routes for shipments, considering factors such as cost, transit time, fleet productivity and service level agreements (SLAs)
Work closely with warehouses, carriers, and customers to ensure alignment on shipment schedules, considering Pick-up and/or Delivery requirements
Choose the appropriate carriers that minimize freight spending and maximize operational efficiency
Publish the final shipment "Trip Build" according to the agreed cut-off time schedule (when applicable)
Collaborate with peers (transport planners) to balance daily workloads and support the business
Collaborate with Transport execution team to solve issues / lack of transport capacity constraints
Support to control & performance & execution teams to identify root causes for carriers’ performance deviation

Qualifications

Engineering university degree from a Tier 1 institute
Overall experience of close to 2-5 years in an industry working in transport planning process
Proficiency in MS Excel and knowledge of SAP, TMS or logistics software
Fluent in English.

About the Company

PepsiCo

Makes salty snacks, sodas and sports drinks

PepsiCo makes snack foods and soft drinks that supermarkets, convenience stores and restaurants sell around the world. It owns some of the most familiar grocery brands, including Lay's and Doritos chips from its Frito-Lay division and Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Gatorade on the drinks side, along with Quaker oats and cereals. The company runs its own plants and distribution network and earns most of its money selling finished products to retailers and foodservice customers, while partner bottlers produce some of its drinks under license. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Harrison, NY
Founded: 1965

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