Trucking Planning Manager

Company Overview

Since its inception in 1995, FNS has been focused on providing the best total logistics services by implementing our core values: trust, communication, team play, challenge, and balance. Through trust, we can be a logistics partner that customers trust with a diverse group that works together based on a strong, unified belief. By communicating with and accommodating the voices of customers and co-workers we can deliver the best services. Our team play is enhanced by the appreciation and cooperation with each other with a focus on a singular goal. Challenging the status quo and innovating, FNS is unafraid of failure and strives to develop and improve our processes. Work-life balance strives to provide individuals with happiness to achieve and grow together.

For 2025, we have set out to become one of the nation's top 25 logistics companies with more than $1,500M in sales, with the best employee and customer satisfaction, and a network of over 100 different partners.

To achieve our goals, there is an emphasis on three traits of work. We promote a family-like working environments allow us to help promote every member's work-life balance, allowing us to develop cooperation and care for one another like family. We are nominated by our customers whom we can grow with based on a trusting relationship between our services and our customers. We specialize fields of work where professionals can nurture their talent, and we focus on every member's work-life balance so that members may cooperate and care for each other like family. Our core values are integral to the success and growth of FNS.

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Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Planning & Analysis

• Strategic Plan Development: Lead the creation and execution of annual and multi-year business plans, including growth projections, capital expenditure strategies (fleet expansion, technology investments), and market penetration initiatives.

• Financial Modeling & Cost Analysis: Analyze key cost drivers—fuel, maintenance, insurance, labor—and operational data to assess financial impact. Build and maintain advanced financial models (e.g., cost-per-mile, profitability analysis) to establish optimal freight rates and guide pricing strategies.

• Performance Management: Define, track, and present key performance indicators (KPIs) such as asset utilization, on-time delivery (OTD), terminal dwell time, safety metrics, and operating expenses to support data-driven decision-making.

1. Operational Excellence & Optimization

• Process Improvement: Collaborate with Operations and Dispatch teams to understand core workflows and identify opportunities for optimization in routing, scheduling, and daily processes. Promote a culture of continuous improvement using Lean methodologies.

• Technology Enablement: Assess, recommend, and support the implementation of new logistics technologies—including TMS platforms, routing optimization tools, and AI-driven systems—to increase efficiency, improve data visibility, and enhance operational performance.

1. Leadership & New Initiatives

• Drayage Bidding Model Development: Lead and support the establishment of a new drayage pricing model, including carrier sourcing, developing evaluation frameworks, and standardizing bidding processes.

• TMS 2.0 Upgrade Support: Actively collaborate with the PI Division to support the enhancement and rollout of the TMS 2.0 system, ensuring seamless system upgrades and operational alignment.

Qualifications:

1. Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Finance, or a related quantitative field required.

• Experience: 3–7 years of progressive experience in logistics, transportation planning, or supply chain analysis; direct experience in the trucking or freight industry strongly preferred.

• Technical Proficiency:

– Advanced expertise in Microsoft Excel for complex data modeling, scenario analysis, and financial forecasting.

– Hands-on experience with Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and logistics planning tools.

– Familiarity with business intelligence (BI) platforms is highly desirable.

1. Key Skills & Abilities

• Analytical Excellence: Strong analytical and planning capabilities with the ability to interpret large datasets, identify cost drivers, and develop actionable, data-driven recommendations.

• Strategic Thinking: Proven ability to translate complex operational challenges into clear long-term strategies and practical, executable short-term plans.

• Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial and operational concepts to stakeholders at all levels—from frontline drivers to executive leadership.

• Leadership & Influence: Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, collaborate effectively across departments, and influence decision-making without direct supervisory authority.

Benefits (Full-Time ONLY)

• Health, Dental, and Vision PPO Insurance
• Life, STD, LTD Insurance
• 401(K) Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Additional Paid time off (Bereavement, Wedding, Birth of a Child, etc.)
• Years of Service Awards
• Education Assistant Program (Based on Eligibility)

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